CPL Productions

Background
Celador was a British television production company that was formed in 1981 by producer Paul Smith. It was then expanded into film, television and licensing, and then an international division that handed international versions of game shows like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Winning Lines. In 2006 they sold off it's international divison to Netherlands-based 2waytraffic and was reincorporated as "2waytraffic International" which was later acquired by Sony Pictures Television on June 24, 2008. While it's production arm became CPL Productions

1st Logo (1985-1992)
Logo: On a black background we pan out the spinning letters that were connected together and flashes until it stops flashing. Then the pieces spread out in order to reveal the white-blue gradient words "celador" in a futuristic font. The words "a" fades in at the top left of the "celador" text while "production" is at the bottom right below the text. Below it was a copyright disclaimer.

Variants:
 * Sometimes the logo is shortened starting from the spreading animatio.
 * Sometimes the logo freezes after "celador" finishes spreading then we see the white text "A Celador Production" and the station info is shown below like either BBC, Carlton Television or Thames.
 * A Christmas version of the logo exists. Here, the logo is shown on the bottom behind a sad snowman on a grey-white gradient background with snowflakes falling. Then the snowman turns happy and above it was "Christmas Entertainment for (BBC/Thames) Television from" and below it was a copyright stamp.

FX/SFX: The spinning, panning and the spreading.

Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on early Celador productions like Comedians Do It on Stage, Everybody's Equal, Wow Fab Groovy, Wild Oats, Carrott's Commercial Breakdown and Crazy Comparisons.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1992-1999)
Nicknames: "Spinning Letters II", "Spreading Letters II".

Logo: On a black background we see the connected pieces of the Celador logo in light blue piece by piece when it's spinning. Once the logo is done we see the white text "A Celador Production" fades in below the logo.

Variants:
 * Sometimes the station info for BBC or Carlton Television/ITV is shown below the logo along with the copyright disclaimer.
 * From 1995 to 1996 for some shows produced for Carlton, this logo is shared with the Carlton UK Productions logo.
 * There is a still version of this logo.

FX/SFX: The spinning and spreading then the text fading in.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: It was last seen on at the end of Celador's shows from the 1990s such as The Detectives, Hypnotic World of Paul McKeena, Talking Telephone Numbers and early episodes of the award-winning game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', of which Challenge kept this logo.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1999-2002)
Nicknames: "The Spinning Letters", "Celador Snake", "Drawing Letters"

Logo: On a dark blue/dark sapphire/black gradient, we see the text "celador" spinning in.

Variants:


 * On Winning Lines, "A Celador Production" appears below.
 * Starting in 2002, the letters would appear drawing. The logo is bolder.
 * There is an "international" version with the corresponding word added and an arc below that almost resembles the Pearson Television logo. It was seen on the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Party Edition. Also, on the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? DVD Game, the background is pitch blue and "interactive" appears underneath the arc.

FX/SFX: The spinning letters.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Common. It's seen on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? episodes from 1998-2007 and on Winning Lines. Episodes from the U.S. version of Millionaire were last reran on GSN. The same show was originally seen on ABC airings. Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire? was another show to carry this. The logo is common in games as well. It was also seen on Roobarb and Custard Too.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2002-2009)
Nickname: "Spinning Letters II"

Logo: On a black background, we see some letters spinning like wheels, which eventually reveal the marine-colored text "celador".

Variant: The spinning variation appeared on the first 2 PlayStation adaptions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. On all other PC and PlayStation versions, including the Dreamcast and PAL versions, the logo is black-and-white and simply fades in.

FX/SFX: The spinning letters.

Music/Sounds: A part of the show fanfare. The black-and-white variant uses a 5-note synth theme transitioning from the Disney Interactive/Buena Vista Interactive theme used as part of the games.

Availability: Seen on the PC, Dreamcast (UK and France Only) and PlayStation adaptations of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Editor's Note: None.

Final Note: In December 2006, Celador International was sold to the Dutch entertainment group 2waytraffic (now "Sony Pictures Television International Formats Distribution") and was reincorporated as "2waytraffic International", which was acquired by Sony Pictures' wholly-owned group 2JS Productions B.V. on June 4, 2008. However, Celador still exists independently from 2waytraffic as "Celador Entertainment".