Lion Television

Background
Lion Television was a British production company that was founded in 1997 by Nick Catliff, Richard Bradley and Jeremy Mills to handle operations in London, Glasgow and New York to handle service for the U.S. and U.K.

1st Logo (1997-2004)
Logo: On a black background, we see dust that forms a white box with the black word "Lion " in it. The logo then shines with a dust effect and then the logo flashes, and then the box and "Lion " turns white, and the box turns blue with the word "t e l e v i s i o n " in it, along with a line below the logo.

Variants:
 * On shows produced by its Scotland subsidiary, the word "S c o t l a n d " is shown below the line.
 * The logo often shares the screen with other logos.
 * The logo sometimes was in-credit.

FX/SFX: The dust forming the logo.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Lion Television shows from the era, such as Hotel, Backstage, Paddington Green, documentary series and the U.S. version of Playing It Straight.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2004-2021)
Logo: On a black background, we see the white word "Lion" flashes in with a shine effect, and then a bordered square draws in, and a filled white square fades in, and the blue rectangle zooms out. As it continues zooming out, a blue line draws in, and the All3Media logo animates below. The word "Times New Roman" fades in between the word "Lion" and the blue line, and the white outlined square disappears.

Bylines:
 * 2004-2013: The pre-2013 All3Media logo animates. Sometimes starting in 2008, the byline "an" and "company" appear on the left and right sides of the All3Media logos.
 * 2013-2021: "anall3mediacompany", with the 2013-2021 All3Media logo animates.

Variants:
 * On shows produced by its Scotland subsidiary, the white word "Times New Roman" is shown on the blue line.
 * On History Detectives the logo is shortened.
 * On most shows the text appears underneath reading either "A Lion Television/All 3 Media Production" or "A Lion Television Production".
 * Sometimes, this logo shares the screen with other logos.
 * Sometimes, the logo is still.
 * Sometimes, it was an in-credit logo.
 * Sometimes, the word "Lion" was bolder, and the All3Media International logo is below.

FX/SFX: The light flashing.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show or none.

Availability:
 * It was seen on then-new seasons of current shows from Lion Television which are Homes Under the Hammer and History Detectives.
 * It was also seen on it's then-new shows and documentaries produced by Lion Television from 2004 until 2021, such as the original UK version of Cash Cab, the US version of Cash Cab as well as the original and the revival versions of Horrible Histories, Play Your Pets Right, Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb, Horrible Histories: Gory Games, The Battle for Britain and the Kids for Counting series, among others.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2021- )
Logo: On a blue spotlight background, we see the golden word "lion" with the word "TV" in a superscript font, on the right side of the word "lion". The logo shines, and the background dims to black, as the 2021-present All3Media logo fades in, along with the byline "An All3Media Company" on the right, below the logo.

Variants:
 * Sometimes, the background is black, and the text zooms out.
 * On shows produced by its Scotland subsidiary, the word "SCOTLAND" wipes in.
 * On American shows starting in 2021, the word "USA" appears underneath.
 * Sometimes it shares the screen with other logos.
 * A still version of this logo exists.

FX/SFX: The logo shining.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show or none.

Availability: Seen on new seasons of current Lion Television shows which are Homes Under the Hammer, Sexy Beasts, the revival version of Horrible Histories, Step Up to The Plate, as well as new shows and documentaries produced from them such as 22 Kids and Counting, Virtually Home and Jason Biggs: Cash at Your Door, among others.

Editor's Note: None.