03-06-2021, 09:20 PM
Hmmm. I quite like the visuals, sums up what the show is all about (though set your stopwatches now for how long before they get abandoned for a coming up sequence). The theme…well, I grew up with the Yes/No People and that was barely Barnacle Bill, but this is only slightly behind. Maybe a grower!
Definitely overdue a refresh, that theme has been in use for ten years so is easily the third longest in the show’s history (though on screen far less due to BP only being weekly for most of the time it has been in use). The logo itself dates back to 2008 (so second longest after the 1985-99 signature logo!) and the bad old days of the late noughties in TC2 so it has survived well. They are both older than most of the audience. Bit of a bold claim to say they’ve got a new set, it’s another riff on the same thing they’ve had throughout Salford, much like CBBC pres has done over the same period of time.
I also noticed the hacked up and rebadged YouTube titles video, not big or clever. Amusingly the 1989 titles are taken from a special video compilation made by an independent production company and never shown on tv (look carefully at the weird set at the end).
Definitely overdue a refresh, that theme has been in use for ten years so is easily the third longest in the show’s history (though on screen far less due to BP only being weekly for most of the time it has been in use). The logo itself dates back to 2008 (so second longest after the 1985-99 signature logo!) and the bad old days of the late noughties in TC2 so it has survived well. They are both older than most of the audience. Bit of a bold claim to say they’ve got a new set, it’s another riff on the same thing they’ve had throughout Salford, much like CBBC pres has done over the same period of time.
I also noticed the hacked up and rebadged YouTube titles video, not big or clever. Amusingly the 1989 titles are taken from a special video compilation made by an independent production company and never shown on tv (look carefully at the weird set at the end).