BBC Two's new look: September 27, 2018

[onthesea 292]

It premiered today, replacing the old 1991-2001 look:

[Samantha 2911]

This is sharp. A bit of a departure from the past, but the "2" theme is unmistakable and the package comes with a nice suite of "formal" idents to link into news and more serious fare.

[TheRolyPoly 2676]

Not a fan. I see the curve in the 2 but at the same time, I rather see the full "2" in effect. They fixed something that wasn't broken.

[Action Newsroom 1325]

I very much like these.

They're different for sure... but they're also vibrant, smooth, near breathtaking, slick and perfectly colorful. Definitely fits the channel like the 2 era certainly did.

 

The 2 era is a spectacular, flawless and iconic era for any network in any country, let alone this one from the UK. And if I lived in the country, I would've found this worth watching every single time and would've felt saddened to see it go. But after almost 30 years, the time has come for its graceful exit. And I think this package is a worthy successor.

[onthesea 292]

Here's the moment of the switch:

[ToriElectra 292]

Here's the moment of the switch:

Appropriate that they used Optics as the final ident before the switch--t hat was also the last ident used before they switched to the current BBC logo back in 1997.

[onthesea 292]

More of the new IDs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=bQS4Gm21mJs;t=0

 

And a small montage of all the new IDs:

[rkolsen 1697]

I really like this set of idents.

[JosiahCubed 288]

Apparently, BBC Two Northern Ireland used the Paint ident to send off the old idents (which coincidentally was the first one seen of the '90s 2s back in 1991).

[onthesea 292]

Some of BBC Two's new Christmas idents: