Sky Originals

Background
Sky Originals (formerly Sky One Productions) is the main television production arm of Sky that was formed in 1999, and is the successor to Sky Vision and Living TV Group. Sky also operates Sky Studios, which includes the production assets of Sky Vision.

1st Logo (1999)


Logo: On a moving light blue tunnel background, we see the Sky One logo flashing in with the word "Productions" below the logo. The tunnel background continues to move.

Technique: The tunnel moving.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Seen on a special of The Springfield All-Stars.

2nd Logo (2000)


Logo: On a beach background, a light flashes in to reveal the then-current Sky One logo, with the word "Productions" on the right, which shines from the left to the right. The URL is shown below the logo

Technique: The light shining.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Seen on the TV movie The Sight.

3rd Logo (2003)


Logo: On an background, we see the then-new Sky One logo at the top with the word "production" below the logo. Underneath it is the text "for Sky One & Channel 4" with a copyright disclaimer for Patrice Productions below.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The crowd cheering.

Availability: Only seen on David Blaine: Above the Below, as other shows produced for Sky used in-credit text.

1st Logo (October 18, 2004-March 20, 2009)


Logo: On a gradient background, we see a 3D reflection bar, then a shining light appears and forms the Sky logo with the text "in association with" on the top.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on Long Way Round and UK prints of Battlestar Galactica, as most other Sky original programming used in-credit text instead.

2nd Logo (2010-June 14, 2019)
Logo: On a black background, we see the "sky" logo with blue water textures shining through the logo.

Variants:
 * A print version of the logo exists, with the copyright disclaimer and website info below.
 * There is a version where the logo is on a white background and appears either in black or.
 * Another version exists where the Sky Arts HD logo is in place of the Sky logo.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Rare. It was seen at the end of all Sky original programming from 2010 when Living TV Group became a subsidiary of Sky, and was used up until 2015 in tandem with the next logo below. Despite the logo no longer being used since 2015, it made surprise appearances on international prints of Jamestown and Stan Lee's Lucky Man. The standard version is seen on US prints of Strike Back.

3rd Logo (September 14, 2012-2016)
Logo: On a white background, we see the current "sky" logo appearing in CGI and mulitcoloured by a shine of light and the logo placing on the middle. Then the logo flashes and transitions into the text "A SKY ORIGINAL PROGRAMME", multicoloured just like the Sky logo, which appears in a zooming-in effect.

Variant: Starting in 2015, the text is bigger and the animation of this logo is shortened as a closing variant. It is also strangely seen at the start of How to Change the World as an opening variant.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: An 18-note fanfare with a violin sound throughout.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * A shorter version of the fanfare was used at the end of Sky shows until 2016.
 * A PAL version of the fanfare was heard on Penny Dreadful, which they co-produced with Showtime.
 * On How to Change the World, the sounds of people talking are used.

Availability: Uncommon.
 * Seen on all sky original programming until 2016 such as The Five, Moone Boy, Trying Again and Moonfleet, among others.
 * This logo appears on then-new seasons of current and former shows such as Trollied, A League of Their Own, The Moaning of Life, and Mount Pleasant, among others until 2016.
 * It also appears on then-new sky original programmes and documentaries until 2016 such as Yonderland, Duck Quacks Don't Echo and The Force, among others.
 * The closing variant appears at the end of sky original programming until 2016.

4th Logo (October 21-November 18, 2016)


Logo: On a black background, we see a multicoloured thunderbolt on the top-right side, then it expands and turns to flashes of dots, which explode. The camera turns back as it turns into the Sky logo, and flashes of multiple colors appear inside the logo. Then it turns full colour and the logo appears into a gradient white background with "Original Production" appearing underneath.

Technique: CGI animation with the lights flashing.

Music/Sounds: A majestic fanfare.

Availability: Very rare. This only appeared on British airings of The Young Pope.

5th Logo (2016-)
Logo: On a white background, we see a semicircle coming from the left to reveal the text "a sky original", and the background changes into gradient white as the semicircle fills the background.

Variants:
 * A widescreen version of this logo exists.
 * A short version of this logo exists on season 1 and season 3 of Breeders.
 * There is a version that was used until 2018, where we see the Sky logo, then the same animation plays, but it reveals the text "ORIGINAL PRODUCTION" stacked underneath.
 * From 2018-2019, the semicircle reveals the text "a Sky original production".
 * From 2019-2022, the text reads "a Sky original".
 * Beginning in 2022, the text now reads simply just "Sky original".
 * On Chernobyl, the logo is on a black background and appears still.
 * On Das Boot, the text appears in German reading "eine Sky original production". On one print of said show, the logo is normal and is shortened on a black background, and the text reads "sky original" instead.
 * There is a version where it has the sparkly background used for the Sky Cinema logo with the same animation from here, except it reveals "a sky cinema original".
 * Starting in 2021, the animation is enhanced with the colours in 2D.
 * Another version is used for the Sky Studios logo. Here, we see the same animation from before, but on a black background, and there is a flash on the semicircle, which reveals the Sky Studios logo with "sky" on the left and "studios" appearing inside a rectangle box (which is used on all of Sky's channels, services and its assets) on the right.
 * A still version of this logo exists.
 * A widescreen version of this logo exists.
 * A zoomed in version of this logo exists.
 * A print version of this logo appears on the TV movie Elizabeth is Missing.
 * Sometimes, this logo shares the screen with other logos.
 * For children's shows, we see the Sky logo in with four letters forming the word "KIDS" in its own colours, then the word "Sky" slides down on the left, as the paint splats the word "KIDS" with the dot changing in the splat, turning it white and forms the rectangular box.
 * A still version of this logo exists either on a black background or in-credit with the word "Sky" appering in either or white.
 * On Frayed, and at the end of both Last Train to Christmas and A Christmas Number One, the logo is still and in-credit without "a" and "original".

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A synth noise with sparkling sounds, a choir sound and a two-note synth sound.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * A PAL toned version of the sound exists on Extinct.
 * For the Sky Studios logo, a four note fanfare with a soft violin sound and a slashing sound is used.
 * For the still version of the Sky Studios logo, it's either none or the ending theme of the show.
 * On Starz prints of White Birds, the Sky Studios logo music is in low tone.
 * On Devils, it uses the Sky Originals music on the Sky Studios logo.
 * On British prints of Riverdance: The Animated Adventure, the opening theme of the movie is used instead.

Availability: Current and common.
 * Seen at the start and end of all current and new Sky original programming, documentaries and movies from 2016 onwards such as Four Kids and It, Bloods, A League of Their Own, and British prints of Extinct, Riverdance: The Animated Adventure and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, among others.
 * This logo also appears on new prints of former and current Sky original programming, documentaries and movies such as Road Wars and UK Border Force, among others.
 * It also appeared on Sun Sea and A&E and Brit Cops surprisingly after the Virgin Media Television logo.
 * This logo replaces the Sky Cinema Original Films logo on current prints of Monster Family.
 * The Sky Cinema variant was seen on original prints of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, but current prints replace it with the normal Sky Originals logo.
 * The Sky Studios logo is seen on all shows, documentaries and movies produced by this company such as The Fear Index, Landscapers and Intergalactic, among others.
 * The print version of the Sky Studios logo appears at the end of the TV movie Elizabeth is Missing.
 * This logo also appears at the beginning of Devils.
 * Oddly enough, this plays twice at the start and the end of the Sky Kids 2021 Christmas specials Christmas Crackers and Christmas Favourites.
 * The Sky Kids variant can be seen on said Christmas specials. The still version can be also seen on its children's shows such as Take Note and The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, among others.