Launch New BBC Sport Graphics

[Steve Williams]

Re: previous graphics.  When was it they had those really plain blue and transparent graphics?

Well, it's at this point we turn to this brilliant thread on TV Forum, which features illustrations of all the various incarnations of the snooker graphics...
https://tvforum.uk/forums/post1036730#post-1036730

1999-2001 was the really plain set I think you're referring to - Gill Sans (I think) and non-animated. As I say, that launched on Grand National day and it was also the time they dropped the spinning world logo in favour of the BBC Sport intro with quick cut shots of blurry sports stars and no tune. 1999 was probably BBC Sport's annus horribilis in terms of rights losses (and Des' departure, of course), which seemed to fit with this plain set, quite a contrast to the whizzy graphics on other channels.