Draft:BBC One Northern Ireland

Background
BBC One NI launched as the BBC Television Service for Northern Ireland in 1955.

Logo (1969-1973)


Logo: We see a static image with the BBC tv Ni logo in white on a blue background

Technique: unknown

Audio: None, or a voiceover

1st Logo (1973-1974)
Logo: We see a rotating BBC One Ni logo in white on a blue background. It has the text "BBC 1 Colour" underneath it.

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: None, or a voiceover

2nd Logo (1974-1981)


Logo: Same as the Last ident, but the logo is replace by a spinning globe, similarly to the normal BBC One ident at the time, but with the BBC1 ni logo instead

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: None, or a voiceover.

1st Logo (1981-1985)


Logo: Same as the Last ident, but the globe is now green, once again just like the BBC One ident at the time, but with "Northern Ireland" written in green text beneath its logo

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: None, or a voiceover.

2nd Logo (Computer Originated World) (1985-1991)
Logo: On a solid black background, a computer-generated, semi-transparent blue globe with golden landmasses slowly spins around at a steady pace throughout, and has the effect of a spotlight added to the surface. The planet being partially transparent as you can see the shadows of the continents on the other side of the world through the water. Underneath the globe, "BBC 1 NORTHERN IRELAND" is written in a gold serif font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or a voiceover.

3rd Logo (Virtual Globe) (1991-1997)


Logo: Same concept as before, except the globe is now on a space background and surrounded by a swirling smoky atmosphere, the stylised numeral "1" is in the centre and now big. The 1988 BBC logo appears at the bottom of the screen, along with the text "NORTHERN IRELAND". This was also the final time BBC One was called "BBC 1".

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or a voiceover.

1st Logo (Balloon) (1997-2002)
Logo: Inside a scene depending on one of several locations, a globe-patterned balloon flies. The pattern of the globe uses a red colour for sea, and orange colour for the continent, and is complete with clouds. Superimposed at the bottom of the screen is the current BBC logo with the text "ONE" next to it and the tex "Northern Ireland" beneath it, either fading in or appearing whenever the camera cuts to a new shot, depending on the variant. Starting in December 1999, the URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ was put at the top of the logo (and was officially introduced in June 2000). This was also the first time the channel was named "BBC One".

Variants: A Special Christmas ident where we can see Santa throwing gifts from the Ballon was used in December 2000

Technique: Live action.

Audio: An ethereal ambience mostly consisting of a piano ditty. Several different variants were used, mostly changing the arrangement and other instruments involved with it. Many of them were done by Phil Sawyer. The British national anthem played at closedown until 9 November 1997, when BBC News 24 was launched.

2nd Logo (Rhythm & Movement) (2002-2006)
Logo: At a specific location, a type of dance or specific movement is shown depending on the variant. At the bottom-left of the screen is the BBC One logo, consisting of a red square with a small BBC logo, with ONE below it in a much larger font, and NI in a smaller one.

Technique: Live action.

Audio: Depends on the variant, though they all share the same basic melody. Composed by Peter Lawlor.

3rd Logo (Circle) (2006-2016)
Logo: At the centre of the scene is the then-current BBC One logo, comprised of the 1997 BBC logo and the text "one" next to it in a lowercase proprietary font. As the logo appears, white swooshes of varying size and transparency spin around the logo, creating a circular effect. On 3 November 2010, when BBC One HD launched, the swooshes are red instead. Where the logo forms depends on the ident.

Variants:


 * A Special Ident commemorating the Titanic's 100th Anniversary, showing the skill and craftswork involved in creating a replica stained glass window.
 * A Christmas 2012 ident where the circle is formed from a tree ornament.
 * A Christmas 2015 ident.

Technique: Live-action sets and people are used, but there is also heavy usage of computer animation for effects within the idents and the formation of the BBC One logo.

Audio: Depends on the variant.

4th Logo (Oneness) (2017-2020, 2021-2022)
Logo: Depending on the ident, it showcases the everyday lives of British people and their activities. On the bottom are details (activity, location) of the scene, which fades out to the text "oneness" forming via a circular swirling line, in the same transition to the 2006 idents. The "e" extends to "ness" in a handwritten cursive font. "ness" fades out, the 1997 BBC logo fades in on the top left of "one", and the "Northern Ireland" text beneath it.

Later Variant: Beginning on October 20, 2021, with the introduction of the BBC's new logo, the idents were altered a bit. The new 2021 BBC logo appears with the blocks after the promos and stings deforming in shape a bit, and instead of the "oneness" text appear, the activity and location fades to "ONE" (in BBC Reith Bold), like with the new BBC logo. The "Subtitles" graphic is now placed in a full widescreen picture, rather than being in its original place of a 4:3 picture.

Variants:


 * there was a special "hole in oneness" ident
 * an ident with a christmas tree was used in December 2018

Technique: Live-action sets and people are used, but there is also heavy usage of computer animation for effects within the idents and the formation of the BBC One logo.

Audio: Depends on the variant.

5th Logo (2020-2021)
Logo: Several rectangles in different sizes appear one by one on a black background. Inside each of the rectangles, it shows someone doing a certain activity in their home (everyone does the same activity for each ident). After a few seconds, the "oneness" logo from the last logo animates as usual.

Variants:


 * there was a special "hole in oneness" ident
 * an ident with a christmas tree was used in December 2018

Technique: Live-action and simple computer animation.

Audio: Depends on the variant.

6th Logo (Lens) (2017-2020)
Logo: The camera pans over a large community space utilised for various purposes, with the same 2021 BBC logo from before appearing at the top of the screen and the same "ONE" (in BBC Reith Bold) from before appearing at the bottom. As this happens, the centre of the screen rotates with a circular lens effect to show part of the space being used for different times of the day and in different configurations. Then the "lens" slowly closes, with the camera still panning over the space. Parts of the space (e.g. people, trees, etc.) sometimes overlap the BBC logo and "ONE" as the ident animates. However, "Warehouse" has parts of the space sometimes overlap the "Subtitles" text as the ident animates.

Technique: Live action with some editing by BBC Creative and ManvsMachine.

Audio: Ambient music, along with whatever is happening in the ident. Many of them were done by a London-based company named Resonate.

Availability: Current.