Retort

Credits

Descriptions by
EnormousRat

Captures by
EnormousRat

Background

Retort was a brand name formed in January 1, 2012, when FremantleMedia split [[Talkback Thames] into four companies. It was focused on scripted comedy. In 2018, it was replaced by Hare and Tortoise.

(January 1, 2012-2018)

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Logo: We see a red box which swings a little before becoming still. The word "RETORT" is in the middle, and the FremantleMedia byline is below.

Variants:

• Most of the time it shares the screen with other logos.
• On the final episode of The IT Crowd, "The Internet is Coming" (the only episode made post-split), the Delightful Pictures logo appears between the box and "for Channel 4". Notably this is also the only time on the show the Delightful Pictures logo has a byline: "A Boom Pictures Company".

FX/SFX: The swinging.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: It was seen on then-current shows which are The IT Crowd, PhoneShop, the Goodnight Sweetheart one-off special Many Happy Returns and Birds of a Feather. It also appears on Count Arthur Strong and Chewing Gum.