Brook Lapping

Credits

Compiled by
Camenati

Editions by
Michael Kenchington

Background

Brook Lapping is a British television and radio production company. It was formed in 1997 from the merger of Brook Associates and Brian Lapping Associates.

1st Logo (January 10, 1999-January 19, 2003)

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Visuals: "BROOK LAPPING" in white is shown separated by a square box made up of two triangular halves coloured green and blue.

Variant: On programmes produced for the BBC, the logo shares the screen with the 1997 BBC logo.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The logo made its earliest appearances on Finest Hour and Britains Slave Trade. It later appeared on Queen Victoria's Empire, Endgame In Ireland, and The Fall of Milosevic.

2nd Logo (April 5, 2003-May 29, 2013)

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Visuals: A white symbol consisting of an upside-down "V" inside a mostly complete circle is shown against the box from before in a larger size. "BROOK" and "LAPPING" in white and a wide, blocky font, are over and underneath the symbol and "A Ten Alps Company" is shown underneath the overall logo.

Variants:

• An early variant exists, where the colouring of the box is darker. The box would remain that way until 2010.
• From 2005 until 2010, the spacing on the text is smaller.
• An animated variant also exists, where the text appears first, followed by the forming objects in the box. Here, the point rises within a circular mask, the circle surrounding the point is drawn from left to right, and the two triangular pieces rotate within a box mask.
• Sometimes, the logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 1997 BBC and 1999 Channel 4 "Square" logos).

Technique: A still, digital graphic. 2D computer animation for the animated variant.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The animated variant appears on early programmes to use this logo such as Charles. The later variant appears on 9/11: Day That Changed The World and The Iraq War, the latter of which being the logo's last appearance.

3rd Logo (June 18, 2005-February 16, 2010)

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Visuals: A detailed version of the previous logo is shown where the symbol is thinner, the boxes gain shading, and "BROOK" and "LAPPING" are displayed in a normal font.

Variant: On programmes produced for the BBC, the logo shares the screen with the 1997 BBC logo.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The logo appears on Live Aid Remembered, The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair, Live 8: A Bittersweet Symphony, among other docuseries and documentaries from this period.

4th Logo (October 8, 2014-October 16, 2016)

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Visuals: A square border nearly resembling the design of the box from the previous logos but with the bottom right side white is shown next to "Brook Lapping" with some of its letters having sharp, slanted ends. Underneath the company name is "a Ten Alps company".

Variants:

• When the logo is on a bright coloured background, the bottom right half of the box and the text are blue.
  • On Hiroshima: The Aftermath, this variant is inside a horizontal white box and also shares the screen with the 2011 Channel 5 logo.
• On The Greatest Tomb On Earth: Secrets Of Ancient China, the logo shares the screen with the 1997 BBC logo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: It appears on the Dispatches documentary "Extreme Brat Camp", Hiroshima: The Aftermath, and The Greatest Tomb On Earth: Secrets Of Ancient China.

5th Logo (June 13, 2016-February 24, 2021)

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Visuals: "brook lapping" in a round font is displayed within a thin white rectangular border.

Bylines:

• October 17, 2016-2019: "part of zinc media group"
• 2017: "part of Zinc Media group"
• 2019-2020: "A Zinc Media Company"
• 2020: "a zinc media group company"
• December 4, 2020-February 24, 2021: "a zinc media company"

Variants:

• On Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier, the logo is cropped to the white border and placed on the bottom left section of the screen.
• Sometimes, the logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 1997 BBC and 2016 Channel 5 logos).

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The logo made its debut on The Secret Life of Kittens and later appears on The Wonderful World of Puppies, Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil, and The Sound of TV with Neil Brand.

6th Logo (August 9, 2022-)

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Visuals: "BrookLapping" is displayed in a bolded serif font. "A Zinc Media company" is placed below the logo, specifically the region "rookLap".

Variants:

• Sometimes, the logo is presented in a stacked format.
• On programmes produced for the BBC, the logo shares the screen with the 1997 BBC logo.
• On 1939 Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year, the logo shares the screen with the 2020 Channel 5 logo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The logo debuted on Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me and later appears on Putin vs. the West, Afghanistan Getting Out, and 1939 Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year.

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