Juniper Productions

Credits

Compiled by
Camenati

Editions by
Blue2000 and Michael Kenchington

Background

Juniper Productions is a British television and radio production company founded in 1984. They are known for their documentaries and political programmes.

1st Logo (1985-13 August 1989)

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Visuals: On a dimly lit gray wall background, a rough sketch of a juniper berry is drawn, followed by leaves behind it. After finishing the shading on the objects, The stacked text "A JUNIPER PRODUCTION" fades in with "A" in between two bars. Following this is the co-producer's in-credit notice and a copyright stamp.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A soothing piano medley. Otherwise, it's the ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Only known to appear on two Equinoxe documentaries: "Nic's Boat" and "Fatal Attraction".

2nd Logo (15 October 1989-)

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• Normal

• Later background variant

Visuals: Same as before, but with a more detailed drawing of the juniper and leaves and the rest of the text is in a serif font.

Variants:

• Sometimes, the logo is still.
• The logo may appear on a black background or superimposed into the end credits.
• The logo may be identified as "JUNIPER PRODUCTION" or just "JUNIPER", which is more common on the in-credit variant.
• From 1999 to 2003, the logo was altered where we see a different drawing of the juniper and leaves and the text, reading just "JUNIPER" is bolded and the "J" is nearly the same size as the rest of the text.
• Starting in 2015, the juniper fades in and deblurs and the text wipes in. The picture is also brighter and tilted more towards the right.
• In some instances, the logo is stretched.
• On The Indian Miracle, the logo has a black outer glow.
• On the Dispatches documentary "Stealing Your Freedom", the logo is inside a box and appears in the end credits.
• On programmes co-produced with the BBC, the logo is smaller and within a gray gradient box while still maintaining its background and also shares the screen with the 1988 and 1997 BBC logos as well.

Technique: Same as before.

Audio: A mellower rendition of the previous logo's soundtrack with less notes involved.

Audio Variants:

• In the logo's early years, it uses the same music as the previous logo.
• Most of the time, it's the ending theme of the programme.

Availability:

• Appears on nearly all of their programmes, ranging from documentaries to unscripted TV shows like This Week.
• It has made appearances in some Equinox episodes with "The Strange Case Of Crop Circles" as well as Dispatches with "Stealing Your Freedom".
• The version with the background last appeared on Afghanistan: Here's One We Invaded Earlier and Georgian Underworld: Bare Knuckle Boxer while the backdrop in general was last seen on the Dispatches documentary "Stealing Your Freedom" albeit in a boxed format. They have not been preserved outside of television airings.
• The normal music was seen on the Equinox documentary "The Strange Case Of Crop Circles" as well as The Goldring Audit. It was retired sometime in the mid-1990's.
• The 1999 variant appears on The Real Peter Mandelson, The Secret History of Rail, and The Great Plague.
• A lot of these programmes are archived by the BFI, though the only way to access them is through appointment scheduling at a BFI venue.
• It is currently seen on Channel 4's The Political Slot since 2015 and Politics London and Politics South East on BBC One.