Sky One Idents (1984-2021) - The Ident Review

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks for tuning into the longest episode of the Ident Review! If you enjoyed it, leave a like, share around with your pals, and subscribe to the channel for more ident content!

[@ArenC.]

sky one will turn into sky showcase this year

[@lukemccorkell6533]

Your Welcome

[@edcola6671]

So long, Sky One. I’ll always remember watching The Simpsons on you. That new channel has potential, yet some may clammer for your return. We bid you goodnight.

[@jayhe1037]

You mean goodbye, Edcola

[@TRYYU330]

@@jayhe1037 yes Jay

[@AdmiringBalkhHound-vn1oo]

I was sad to

[@steeviebops]

I remember the 2004 idents getting panned by some critics due to the logo design. "Is it Sky One or Sky Onc?" was one of them.

[@batlin]

I remember when Cablelink started carrying Sky One (along with Super Channel and a few other weird ones) in Ireland back around 1991/92 when I was about 10 years old. It felt so futuristic and world-bridging...

[@WhoChaser]

Another stellar episode pal! It's a shame to see Sky One go really, I can't see its successor doing anything remotely as good in terms of style, but I'm welcome to be surprised. In terms of these idents, I mean I very much have vivid memories of seeing the 2002 style in my youth (mainly thanks to childhood hype surrounding the 300th episode of the Simpsons lmao) but I don't think anything really tops the Tombstones looking back. For the modern era though, definitely the first "1" in 2008 too, those were awesome. Never gelled with the current idents at all. But yeah. RIP Sky One. Been a privilege knowing ya.

[@areasquirrel]

The 90s disappear further into history. If you ever saw a Sky One ident then, or a Simpsons episode not on BBC, either your parents were loaded or for those of us in NI you were visiting a relative or otherwise on holiday in the Republic, and were watching on cable. The week's holiday in Dublin every year for me meant watching Sky One with breakfast! How exotic! I remember watching Blockbusters on the channel one year when arriving at the caravan park. Amazing idents, a window into an alien world across the Atlantic, and sometimes the Pacific, too (Australia), and one of the biggest reasons why The Simpsons has lasted as long as it has. Truly the end of a TV era. Sky One. Take a bow.

[@elliot_to]

Fun Fact: The last 2008 Sky One idents shown (the one where the man is floating wrapped in pieces of the 1) is actually an ident themed of the American tv show “LOST”. That guy is one of the characters from the show, and the 1 is in place of the big reactor from the show bunker!

[@liamgrist7799]

What about the ‘Fringe’ Ident

[@knudsthr4800]

Nothing will ever beat the 1989-1992 idents. The style and the music made you want to be part of the SKY ONE world.

[@VSwede]

It’s a shame Sky One is going away, but as the saying goes “This too shall pass.” Everything will have a start and an end. At least it existed, and that’s what’s most important. I hope Sky finds success with their use of what’s essentially category channels as instead of a traditional channel. I hope someone records the channels final moments as well, that’s valuable history XD Rest well, Sky One. You’ll definitely be remembered by millions.

[@BobBarnes2005]

Underrated comment

[@rory828]

Sky max has the same programming so it’s basically sky two

[@usmanrashid2600]

Old Sky logos are the best!

[@callumpolaa.k.adjvinylrise2543]

i love these idents reviews dont stop making these, theyre amazing "soon to be retired" sky one quote gave me chills

[@JennyAnnTea]

Fab ident review as always Adam! I first got Sky in ‘95, so I never saw anything before the tombstones. Shocked that they’re getting rid of Sky 1 ☹️. I hope someone uploads the closure.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you Jenny! Glad you enjoyed it 😊 I'm sure there will be someone who'll capture the big moment!

[@VSwede]

I swear if someone doesn’t record it, that’s some heavy history lost to time XD

[@kbrooo4395]

The closure was underwhelming imo. It just went straight to Sky Max.

[@tgheretford]

8:42 - it's the ident equivalent of the "how do you do, fellow kids" meme.

[@SatsukiVM]

We will miss you, Sky One!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@writer_novice.]

I'll definetily miss Sky One because it was the only channel where I'd sit down and watch The Simpsons or Futurama. Great review, as always. One day, I want to make an ident review show just like this(im obbsessed with idents). RIP Sky One (1982-2021)

[@ScoutSunset]

Being an avid viewer of the Simpsons (starting off in 2020) I saw the domino Sky One ident every single time it was about to start, it was literally the only one I could remember. And though I thought I'd get really tired of it, the SFX used is appealing and cosy, especially considering what would pop up next. Good Ident Review episode, Adam! It was very interesting to see ident batches I've really never seen before and your thoughts on it. Sad that Sky One is being phased out soon, even if it didn't need to be.

[@alexmacleod3728]

I’ve been watching the Simpsons since 1999 I was 2 yrs old

[@clarkejoseph49]

The Simpsons will still be on Sky. I think it will be on Sky Showcase. Or you can still watch on Disney+

[@ArMartz]

@@clarkejoseph49 Even after Comcast bought Sky over unsuccessfully outbidding Disney for 21st Century Fox?

[@laurenjeffery340]

I'll miss Sky One/1 so much this is where I watched An Idiot Abroad and The Simpsons for the first time and I've never laughed so much in my life

[@robertcomer2767]

Don't worry, you'll see it all again only it's now called Sky Max

[@NetflixISPP]

@@robertcomer2767no it’s called Sky Showcase, Sky Max was what they rebranded Sky Two into

[@NetflixISPP]

@@robertcomer2767it’s called Sky showcase

[@CulturePhilter]

The Tombstone style was from before we got Sky in my house but it does remind me of going round my neighbors to watch the channel or when I was on holiday that had a ‘TV room’ The ‘dish’ logo and the square logo of the 90s are my eras. Haven’t lived in a house with Sky in since 2011 ish though so don’t have much nostalgia for the others. Looking at all of these I definitely prefer where the ‘one’ is written rather than the numeral.

[@clarkejoseph49]

The 2008-11 idents (The ones with the blue glass shards) are the best ones in my opinion and were used for Sky 2 (Which used green slime) and Sky 3 (Purple smoke) as well and should also be reviewed. P.S. I think you should also review the Sky Movies idents from 2011-16 as it was the same ident over and over but would stop at a certain genre of film depending on which one you’re watching. (Except for the Christmas variant and the Disney one which is either Disney related memorabilia or ends on the Disney castle)

[@AdamMartyn]

The 08-11 set are gorgeous 👌

[@DavidDoom95]

@@AdamMartyn It looks like a set of Rejected Channel 4 idents

[@londonbuses8191]

@@DavidDoom95 Channel 4 had excellent idents in 2008, but the Sky 1 idents are very visually pleasing

[@liamgrist7799]

Hey AMTV Rewiew the Sky 1 Ident called ‘Fringe’

[@ManF3]

*AMAZING* Ident Review once again! Do you know what? Those Sky One idents are really brilliant, especially the 1989 ident! And... oh my god, this is probably one of - if not - _the longest Ident Review you've ever did!_ (Along with VPRO Idents!) I even can't pick a favourite ident out of Sky One, but I guess it would probably be the 1989 ident, as the graphics and animation are very good for the time. And... wait. WHAT?! Sky One will be retired and get replaced with Sky Showcase?! 🌎 *No!* That's a very big shame indeed! I can't believe that Sky One will get retired! The other Sky UK channels like Sky Two and Sky Three also got rebranded! This is so sad! Rest in peace to Sky Channel/Sky One (1984-2021)!

[@anoctoberdaybreak3365]

Lmao.

[@RenoDesign]

Sky Two - Sky Replay (2020) Sky Three - Pick (2011)

[@jackdubz4247]

These take me back. My family didn't get Sky until 1996 so the Tombstone ident (and its variants for the other Sky channels) will always be my favourite. I watched so much Star Trek during that time. The 1998 ident just makes me think of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Friends.

[@Hgames_RBLX]

Yep Adam, That’s a great choice of a channel nearly to be replaced by another channel! And also it’s pretty weird it’s the second longest Ident Review ever! And also, Sky Replay will also end with Sky One. But Sky Replay will turn into Sky Showcase. Sky One will turn into another channel called “Sky Max”, featuring most panel shows (A League Of Their Own, Never Mind The Buzzcocks reboot). Most of the comedy shows on Sky One will go onto Sky Comedy. But “The Simpsons” will go onto Sky Showcase.

[@theothercd]

i'm pretty sure sky showcase and max are in reverse

[@clarkejoseph49]

I think Sky Replay may still be available.

[@Hgames_RBLX]

@@theothercd Oops! I forgotten! You were right.

[@Hgames_RBLX]

And also, @@clarkejoseph49, I heard from a video that Sky Replay will end on the same day.

[@Hgames_RBLX]

@@theothercd Nevermind. Sky Max did replace Sky One.

[@tyler3112]

As always, great video Adam!

[@Manny8669]

God bless sky one,that channel has gotten me through some rough times 😂❤

[@imrustyokay]

I still say BSB should've gotten a fairer shot.

[@RebeccaPhythian]

The Little alien ident I loved but it didn't seem very Sky when you compare it to others. I loved 2008 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Great video my love ❤❤❤

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks lovely one! Glad you enjoyed it 😁😘❤❤

[@thought-drops]

Love your channel. Idents have always fascinated me. Could you do Sky News through the ages when you get a chance.

[@diaquallo]

Lovely sky one idents as usual.

[@8bitbrothers_l95]

shame they're getting rid of it, i have many fond memories of watching a league of their own, the simpsons, and friends on sky one. It was fun, the new channels sound kinda cool, and i'm excited to see them! farewell, sky one!

[@markgenner1747]

Sky One 1982-2021 (R.I.P.)

[@the99doctor81]

Great video the idents video6 are the highlight of your channel love it.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks pal!

[@DavidDoom95]

@@AdamMartyn When is Nickelodeon Idents Part 2 coming out?

[@ChrisScottNI]

R.I.P Sky One 1980-2021

[@Redrally]

I mainly watched Sky One between 2001 and 2006. You were right, the Idents are absolutely lacklustre. I didn't like them one bit and the Idents showing up just meant the LOOooooong commercial breaks were finally over! I'm sad I never got to see SkyOne during the more 'exclusive' era of the 80s and 90s. Truth be told, we had no need of it back then, but you could tell the Idents back then were meant to tell you you were about to see something special or you had access to something special. The later eras of Sky, when it was finally more accessible in more households, I swear they normally just dumped content into as many channels as possible just to sell more advertising space and keep more eyes on the screens/channels. I suppose it worked initially...but...

[@aldomir]

2:18 - Sky Channel - circa February 1989 3:55 - Sky One (with a sans-serif font for the 'ONE') - circa 1990 4:31 - Sky One (with a script font for the 'One') - 30 July 1989 5:44 - Sky Multi Channels era - 1 September 1993 7:07 - Tombstone era • Tombstone first variant - early 1995 • Tombstone second variant - 1 September 1996 8:42 - 'Egg' era - 1 November 1997 10:40 - Sky Digital launched and 10 year anniversary of Sky One - 31 May 1998 12:54 - 7 January 2002 14:44 - 21 September 2004 17:11 - 31 August 2008 20:24 - 1 February 2011 22:23 - 19 April 2016 24:20 - 9 October 2017 26:14 - 7 April 2020

[@Questionmarkfan408]

Sky one I will never forget you I can just watch your community idents and adverts

[@OfficialTomMason]

I will miss sky one but sky showcase and sky max seem good

[@smallscreenseagulls]

Excellent review, found myself agreeing with your summary of every one

[@Paradysium]

aww yes, the channel that brought us yonderland.

[@joshuaaaron125]

The 1997 idents are the most 90s thing I’ve ever seen 😂 Got to think about the time though, turn of the millennium coming up and start of digital broadcasting

[@RenoDesign]

Yeah, but it's a shit right?

[@LastChanceChez]

Oh man, I remember seeing those 2002 ones showing everyday before the live feed Sky One had of David Blaine's Above The Below

[@DanBmthUK]

7:17 is the one I remember and love the most

[@BalazsBiroYT]

About that 1993 ident... So Sky One was their main, general entertainment channel with the latest US shows. Among them, Beverly Hills 90210, which was a massive hit back in the day. The 1993 ident theme still has the main meloy from the past, but the remix very much reminds me of the 90210 title theme. Probably not a coincidence as it was considered a trendy and hip show, much like what Sky One was aiming for. PS: Ahh, the good old days. Before being encrypted, Sky One was the main English language channel available throughout Europe, and it had content we didn't get in Hungary until years later. I used to watch Sky One all the time as a kid and i credit it for going from almost failing English class at high school to majoring in English years later.

[@dtvfan24]

so sad to see sky one go. Sky one was first channel I watched when i got Sky (SD) back in 90s. First show i wathced was simpsons. Was such a great alternative to bbc and did like how programs like dream team and other shows. It will be missed

[@jbtv7955]

37 years of Sky One cool video Adam

[@robertcomer2767]

Sky Atlantic has a lot to blame in the demise of Sky One. But it has been clear nobody cared about it for the last 20 years. With any luck Viacom CBS might do us all a favour and close down MTV. Shame to see two powerhouses of the 90's are now channels nobody cares about.

[@europa2000man]

Ireland began receiving Sky Channel (Sky One) around 1987 via cable television. Ireland had cable television since the late 60's / early 70's, receiving British channels (BBC 1 Northern Ireland, BBC 2 and Ulster Television (Channel 4 came later) or BBC 1 Wales, BBC 2 and HTV Wales (S4C came later), depending on where you lived and what channels the cable operator broadcasted). Around 1987, certain cable companies, especially in cities such as Dublin, Cork and Waterford, began showing satellite channels such as Sky Channel, Super Channel, Screensport, Lifestyle and The Children's Channel. Others came along later. According to a Sky Channel Network Summary from June 1987, Ireland had more viewers watching the channel than Britain did, with just over 813,000 viewers in Ireland as oppose to only 688,000 viewers in Britain. You can see the summary on this video here around the 50 minute mark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZXPYquNbJJgjaM

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

What's Super Channel?

[@europa2000man]

@@rogerdarthwell5393 Super Channel was a Pan-European satellite channel, just like Sky Channel, but was more focused on British programmes from the BBC and ITV, where as Sky Channel were more focused on American programmes. Super Channel opened in 1987, taking over the transponder for Music Box, a 24 hour a day music channel. Some of their programmes went over to Super Channel. They continued to broadcast British programmes until the early 1990's, when they were taken over by NBC from America and the channel was renamed NBC Super Channel. I think they showed mainly documentaries and news programmes at this time.

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

@@europa2000man This is so cool! It's a pity it no longer exists

[@dannystavs2003]

Farewell, Sky One. May your legacy live on within Sky Showcase.

[@BitsOfBen]

Back in the 90s when I was in high school, I always felt lucky that my family had Sky One as it would show TV shows months before they broadcast on terrestrial TV like friends, i felt i was ahead of the game and loved satellite TV. Now decades on, I feel sky channels and TV channels in general are just old and nothing like streaming today. When I see TV channels, it feels like so old school.

[@JennyAmponsah]

I used to be so jealous of anyone who had Sky back then. I’m a huge fan of Friends and always had to wait until they showed it on Channel 4.everyone who had Sky got to watch it earlier.

[@AJD73]

I had SKY since 1984 when it was SKY CHANNEL and renamed SKY 1 in 89 so why are SKY not saying this is a rename this time

[@daviniarobbins9298]

Eutelsat II-F1 the satellite that carried Sky Channel(13 degrees east) required at least a 1 metre satellite dish(you could get away with a 80cm if the weather was good or at night) in the UK. This satellite was joined and later replaced by Hotbird around 1996.

[@Questionmarkfan408]

Request MTV UK 2011 idents

[@sophie_drachen]

Why on earth does the music of the 2011 idents remind me of "The Fear" by Lily Allen (love that song!). It's like they couldn't come up with something more original.

[@NicolasPetrosLanning]

I want to be rich and I want lots of money, I don’t care about clever, I don’t care about funny

[@sophie_drachen]

@@NicolasPetrosLanning It's so similar that you could actually sing it over too!

[@bytearchives]

I honestly think the split of Sky One was kinda unnecessary

[@CrazyTobster]

Swindon (Swindon Cable) was the first town to air Sky Channel, then Milton Keynes by one week. The original ident is the best. I am being nostalgic I know. The original ident brings up a lot of TV memories :-) You got to remember Rupert Murdoch is Australian, Australian TV networks (9, 7 and 10) are very American in style. It doesn't really work in the UK which is why they dropped those early 90s program intros, or so I heard.

[@kefas2playpama04]

@Adam Martyn Please note that both Sky One's musical themes from 1989 and 1993 were composed by Gari Communications in Nashville, TN - United States of America, although you may prefer much more the music that they've used in 1989 to '93 than it's sucessor, which sometimes is also my case with most satellite and cable television idents from the past decades. What is your opinion about this?

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

Very appropriate video, given the news.....

[@AdamMartyn]

It was only a matter of time before it appeared!

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

@@AdamMartyn Indeed

[@Dingus_Tech]

Fun fact: There was also a sister channel to Sky One called Sky Two

[@actiongamingvlogs9226]

18:11 that ident was made to play before the program Lost.

[@usmanrashid2600]

Will you be able to do Sky Sports Idents from the 1980s to present, please?

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Can you do the Sky Uno (Sky One’s italian version) ident review?

[@PhirePhlame]

I wonder if the late 90s ones, just from how varied they are, might have been dependent on the context of what was being shown at the time?

[@princewellidk]

Finally 😎 A New Vid from my g

[@imrustyokay]

oh yea, looking through TV Ark, there is one set of idents that you've forgotten but I don't blame you, it's just a bunch of waves with the Sky One logo on top. Lazy and Bland.

[@enderblazer479]

The animated sky one varient from 1998 was used for the kids programming under the name animaktion

[@lukemccorkell6533]

Adam Martyn You missed The Sky one Ident Boxes From 2008

[@glx3846]

Does anyone have the other Animaktion Sky One ident with the spaceman looking through his binoculars at his space pod and jumps onto sprays cans going into his pod? I’ve been looking for that idents for ages

[@ZachMaxx6000]

How has it been a year since sky1 closed

[@King-oy4or]

1993 reminds me on the 1992/1993 ident of the German language RTL-TV Service

[@ESCSMRandUK]

R.I.P Sky One!

[@shaydailly]

Adam Martyn, I hear Sky One is closing down this year and getting replaced.

[@aldomir]

The "1" tombstone variant launched more or less the same time as they launched Sky 2.

[@aldomir]

1 September 1996.

[@jacob3217]

UH! WHAT THE HECK? I SPEND THE WHOLE DAY WITH YOU SKY 1,INCLUDING CHANNEL 4,INCLUDING BBC 2 AS WELL! BBC 2 WAS LAUNCHED IN 2000'S

[@patenglishby5439]

Ah yes my favourite channel *S K Y O N C*

[@robertcomer2767]

That first Sky One logo that was made in the USA made satellite television so different to what we'd be used to previously. You knew you were watching something different and after that some of them were utter rubbish

[@salliewagenblatt5188]

Why are they getting rid of sky one there's not many of the old sky channels left from the 80s and 90s s as it is.

[@AdamMartyn]

I suppose it's the ol' winds of change!

[@AJD73]

Only Discovery Channel & MTV left of the OG cable/Sat channels that started in the 80s

[@Blubatt]

11:58 That Jack Frost character scared me as a two year old.

[@AdamMartyn]

He is quite frightening!

[@DavidDoom95]

@@AdamMartyn Freeze Man is not Terrifying

[@Blubatt]

@@DavidDoom95 He was when I was a little boy.

[@finishlastguy]

I like the box variant of the 2008 idents not shown

[@kargaroc386]

Clearly in 1997/98 those who were actually responsible for these were replaced, and the new guys had absolutely no idea what they were doing.

[@jgdsgh]

Anyone else think that Adam should do a collab with Bob the fish aka Applemask?

[@GryphLane]

I was just thinking of Applemask when this came up; obviously you also know what's coming from his Patreon feed? 😉

[@lollieandLPSfan0481]

i love this video a lot.

[@TravellingacrosstheUK9996]

Well sky one hasn't been changed into sky showcase sky 1 HD has been changed into sky showcase , and sky 1 has been changed into sky max.

[@henrythomasbarthram6065]

The 1993 logo is VERY similar to the current RTL one in Germany

[@pacuk01]

By the way purple is a secondary colour, and not primary as you said

[@anonymoustipster202]

I have no idea why they decided to change Sky One into Sky Showcase? Sure, they never had the best content. Sure in its last few years, it just became a dumping ground for Simpsons re-runs. But if you really dissect Sky One, you’ll find it’s actually way better than Sky Showcase.

[@rocon86]

Huge mistake by Sky to get rid of Sky 1. Now it's Showcase or Max or something?? Who was the "genius", not, to come up with that, way way way better alternative? I think a lot of Sky customers feel disconnected now, it's a product now that nobody can relate to.

[@jacob3217]

I have some great news for sky one with amazing news about sky one when BBC2 WAS LAUNCHED IN THE 2000'S IN THE LATE 1990'S SKY ONE WAS LETTERED WITH SKY ARTS AND THAT IS KIND OF UNEXPECTABLE FOR SKY ONE TO LEAVE AND I CRYED AND I WANT SKY ONE BACK GO ON CATCH UP TV TO SEE SKY ONE SHOWS BUT NOT TO BE SAD IT'S DOMINO IS A SKY ONE WITH LEAVE BLOWER AND TO BE HONEST SKY ONE WAS BE HERE YAY!!!!!! I LIKE SKY ONE SO MUCH!!!!

[@CameronReape]

19:20 reminds me of BBC 2 “personality” idents

[@TheDerpyBoi]

Sky One: Ripperoni and Cheese Rest in Spaghetti, Never Forgetti

[@jacob3217]

AND PLUS! sky one will close down on 2021

[@actiongamingvlogs9226]

Sky one is retiring!? 😳😧🤯

[@realnoahsimpson]

surprisingly interesting

[@danieldoes1]

What happened to the Discord?

[@jacob3217]

☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹I AM SO SAD THAT SKY 1 IS GOING AWAY!

[@thisisalogochannel4953]

lol i was fastforwarding and skipped from a frame of the ident around 1:54 to the very next frame around 4:3something

[@kbrooo4395]

just realised it has been a year since sky announced that they would be replacing the flagship channel with sky showcase and max

[@RyanGonTV]

The first 2016 one mentions NCTs and that’s only Irish I think?

[@NicolasPetrosLanning]

The 2011 idents' soundtrack sounds like The Fear by Lily Allen! She could’ve sued Sky with Fuckloads of Diamonds

[@jacob3217]

For So Long Time Ago In 1982! sky one was launched in that year! In 2008! sky one terrorismed you,and look at sky one's clothes they are amazing,they commurted sky one for a long time but in 2016 sky 1 is like a 1 in 2016,in 2017 sky one was lettered form of itself,I can't help it with loving sky one,on channel 4 simpsons ident was in pieces

[@jacob3217]

SKY 1 IS THE BEST CHANNEL EVER MADE ON SKY NETWORK

[@hitmondle]

almost gone. 8 hours.