Sky Originals

Note: This will include HIT Wildlife, Parthenon Entertainment, Sky Vision, NBCUniversal Global Distribution, and Sky Studios, because they all related to Sky's original programming.

Background
Sky Originals is the production television arm of Sky that was formed in 1993. It was first started as Wild Media (later known as HIT Wildlife) and was a subsidiary of HIT Entertainment that produced and distributed nature and wildlife programming. The subsidiary was sold to a newly formed company called Parthenon Entertainment in 2002, which was founded by the former managing director of HIT Wildlife, Carl Hall. The rights to the programs are now owned by Sky plc, who acquired Parthenon Entertainment in 2012, and was rebranded as Sky Vision. In April 2019, it was announced that Sky Vision's distribution business would be folded into Comcast's NBCUniversal Global Distribution. On October 1, Sky Vision Distribution officially merged with NBCUniversal Global Distribution. Production assets were transferred to newly founded Sky Studios in the same year.

1st Logo (1997-2001)
Nickname: "Wildlife Globe"

Logo: We see the HIT logo in green, with some sort of green sun replacing the globe. "Wildlife" appears in a black cursive font.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: It was used as a print logo, but it is unknown if this was used as an on-screen logo.

2nd Logo (2001-2002)
xuVg4_Sf7EM Nicknames: "Wildlife Globe II", "Underwater Globe"

Logo: On an ocean background with ripples, the camera rotates from the bottom to the front of a blue 3D HIT logo with "WILDLIFE" in a darker blue font replacing "ENTERTAINMENT PLC". The website link "www.hitwildlife.com" appears below in a white cursive font.

FX/SFX: The camera panning and the rippling of the water.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: It was only used for a year, and is extremely rare. The only known program that featured this logo was the documentary War Secrets: Italy Forgotten Invasion, which can be found on FilmRise History on YouTube. Re-runs of other programs from the company might have this logo plastered with Parthenon Entertainment's logo.

(2003-2012)


Nicknames: "The Green Horse", "The Feathers"

Logo: On a white or black background, we see two feathers float. The feathers then morph into a horse, with the text "Parthenon" and the smaller text "ENTERTAINMENT LTD" fading in.

Variants:
 * Sometimes, the URL reads "www.parthenonentertainment.com" appears underneath the logo.
 * An in-credit version exists.
 * There is a version where it has no name on it.

FX/SFX: The feathers and the morphing.

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

Availability: Uncommon. The black background version was seen on some shows and reruns of ''Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks'' on Qubo, plastering the Entara Ltd., Crest Communications and Mike Young Productions logos. The version with the white background can be seen on its documentaries and shows such as Hornets: A Sting in the Tale, Billy, City of Friends and digital prints of Jakers on Amazon and Tubi.

1st Logo (2012-201?)
Logo: TBA.

Variants: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

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

Availability: TBA.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (201?-2019)
Logo: On a black background, we see the text "sky VISION" with a white vertical line on the middle and zooms out.

Variants:
 * Sometimes, the text "distributed internationally by Sky Vision" appears underneath the logo and still.
 * Another variant exists where the text reads "Distributed Internationally by Sky Vision" with the two letters are in capital letters.
 * There is a version where the distribution text is smaller.
 * Starting in 2018 until 2019, the logo is now inside a white rectangular box with the text in black and the vertical line is now smaller and it still zooms out.

FX/SFX: The zooming out effect.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: TBA.

Editor's Note: None.

(2021- )
Logo: Its basically just the same animation from the then-current NBCUniversal International Studios (now known as Universal International Studios) logo and the current NBCUniversal International Distribution logo from 2017, but the words "INTERNATIONAL" and the words either "STUDIOS" or "DISTRIBUTION" with the line has been replaced with the "GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION" text underneath the NBCUniversal logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the other two logos.

Music/Sounds: The same as NBCUniversal International Studios and NBCUniversal International Distribution.

Availability: Seen on international prints of most shows that were produced by Sky Studios from 2021 ownards such as The Fear Index and The Midwich Cuckoos. This is also seen on some shows that were distributed by this division such as Five Bedrooms, Everything I Know About Love and This Way Up.

Editor's Note: Same as the 2017 NBCUniversal International Studios logo.

1st Logo (October 18, 2004-February 1, 2005)


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

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on Long Way Round.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2010-2018)
Logo: On a black background, we see the "sky" logo appearing in it's print form with the copyright disclaimer and the website info below.

Variant: Another version exists where the logo is in a white background and it appears either in black or silver.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Rare. It was seen on all Sky original programming from 2010 when Living TV Group became a subsidiary of Sky and was used until 2018.

Editor's Note: None.

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

FX/SFX: 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 it 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 the multicolored thunderbolt on the top right side, then it expanded and turns to flashes of dots which they exploded and the camera turns back as it turns into the sky logo which the flashes of color appears inside the logo. Then it turns full color and the logo appears into a gradient white background with "Original Production" appearing underneath.

FX/SFX: CGI animation with the lights flashing.

Music/Sounds: A majestic fanfare.

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

Editor's Note: None.

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 version of this logo exists on season 1 and season 3 of Breeders.
 * There is a version that was used until 2018, here we see the Sky logo, then the same animation plays, but it reveals the text underneath and stacked reading "ORIGINAL PRODUCTION".
 * From 2018 until 2019, the animation remains the same but the semicircle reveals the text "a Sky original production".
 * On Chernobyl, the logo is on a black background and appears still.
 * Another version where its 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 and reveals the Sky Studios logo with "sky" on the left and "studios" appears inside on the rectangle box (which is used on its channels, services and its assets) and on the right.
 * A still version of the Sky Studios logo exists.
 * Sometimes, the Sky Studios logo shares the screen with other logos.
 * TBA.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Current and common.
 * Seen on all Sky original programming, documentaries and movies from 2016 onwards such as Four Kids and It, Bloods, Extinct and Riverdance: The Animated Adventure.
 * This logo also appears on new prints of former Sky and Living TV Group original programming such as Sun Sea and A&E, Brit Cops, Road Wars and UK Border Force, among others.
 * 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.
 * This logo is expected to be appear on the British release of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (formerly titled as Blazing Samurai) releasing in July 22, 2022, while the US release date is earlier than its UK release date.

6th Logo (as Sky Cinema Original Films) (March 2, 2018)
TBA. Only seen on British prints of Monster Family.