Channel 5 IDs

Background
Channel 5 is a privately-owned TV channel from the UK, being considered the fifth analogical channel created in the country. Through its years, it had different owners; in 2002, it was partially rebranded as "Five" once the RTL Group bought the channel; its current company owner, ViacomCBS, bought the channel in 2014.

1st Bumper (March 30, 1997-September 1999)
Main Idents

Logo: The idents center around complex neon (and sometimes flashing) images with the Channel 5 logo, which is a circle containing the number "5". No specific names were given, although they can still be described.

Variants:
 * Christmas Idents:
 * Christmas 1997: TBA
 * Christmas 1998: TBA

FX/SFX: Likely a combination of live-action and computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Mostly varies between the idents.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (September 1999-September 10, 2000)
Main Ident

Nickname: "Celebrities"

Logo: The screen moves on a white background composed by several metal pieces. A hole is seen on the left side, in which some and yellow pieces containing the previous Channel 5 logo are displaced to shown another complete piece, while 5 colored lines (blue,, magenta, yellow, ) zoom out on the other side in sync with the music. Once everything is centered, the screen blurs and the Channel 5 logo seen in the piece pops-up.

Variants:
 * There is another ident in which the metal pieces from the background are replaced by filmstrips. This version was likely used before movies.
 * Most of the idents usually centered around different scenarios with the same logo appearing on a hole (on different materials, such as paper). Various celebrities from the channel are shown doing different things in it, before the logo pops-up.
 * Christmas Idents:
 * Christmas 1999: TBA

FX/SFX: CGI animation. The celebrity idents feature live-action.

Music/Sounds: A calm 5-note synth tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (September 11, 2000-March 4, 2002)
Main Idents

Logo: On a light, , purple or background, we see one of the holes of paper seen in the previous ident. The Channel 5 logo appears on it while several light rays are flying in the hole, while the same lines from the previous ident flash in below.

Variants:
 * Besides the aforementioned main colors, other idents feature different designs of the background.
 * Like the previous graphic package, some idents featured different celebrities of the channel doing something, before the Channel 5 itself shows up.
 * Christmas Idents:
 * Christmas 2000: TBA
 * Christmas 2001: TBA

FX/SFX: CGI animation. The celebrity idents feature live-action.

Music/Sounds: A simplified version of the previous ident's tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Bumper (March 4-September 16, 2002)
Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Another remix of the previous idents' tunes.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Bumper (September 16, 2002-January 23, 2006)
Logo: The idents now center around live-action footage of different scenarios or activities. Then, the Five logo appears on a side of the screen with a blur effect while moving slightly.

FX/SFX: Live-action footage, and the Five logo appearing.

Music/Sounds: Depends on the variant.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (September 16, 2002-October 6, 2008)
Bumper: On a black background, we see the Five logo of the time wiping in and wiping out while sliding slightly to the right.

Variant: The logo can be in different colors.

FX/SFX: The wiping.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct. This was used for break bumpers. It also appears at the end of shows that aired on the channel, like Fifi and the Flowertots and the long-forgotten game show ''Brainteaser’’.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (January 23, 2006-October 6, 2008)
Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Bumper (October 6, 2008-2010)
Logo: On a brown background, we see the new Five logo (a circle with the word "FIVE" inside) in the center of the screen. Some / auroras appear around the circle.

Variants:
 * Another version of the main ident features a more complete animation.
 * There was a series of idents that featured a random live-action or animated scene. The Five logo appears at the beginning, animated as usual, before fading out.

FX/SFX: The auroras around the Five logo. The live action footage/animated scenes in the variants.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

5th Bumper (October 6, 2008-2010)
Bumper: We see the Channel Five logo of the time wiping in, via circle effect, with pink, blue and white circular streaks.

Variants:


 * The background can be in different colors.
 * Sometimes, items (e.g. bubbles) can form around the logo.

FX/SFX: The logo transitioning in and the streaks.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct. This was used for break bumpers.

6th Bumper (2010-February 14, 2011)
Logo: On a dark green background, several auroras move in circles on the top-right corner of the screen, until the same Five logo from the previous ident (now and glossy) is revealed. Some ripples emit from it, while the auroras still move.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Bumper (2010-February 14, 2011)
Bumper: Same as the 5th bumper, except the logo is now at the right side of the screen and it colored red, several coloured streaks form around the logo which forms.

FX/SFX: The logo transitioning in and the streaks.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct. This was used for break bumpers.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Bumper (2011-2016)
Logo: On what looks like the inside of a studio, we see a screen showing the new Channel 5 logo (a circle with the number "5" inside) animated by a series of ripples, on a  background.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (2016-2020)
Logo: The idents show a certain live-action scene, that ends with a person looking at a group of 5 objects/people/animals (the Channel 5 logo is absent).

Variants: Some of these idents include:
 * Dogs: A man is driving a truck through a dry landscape. He looks at the mirror, revealing that he is also carrying 5 dogs.
 * Rainbows: A car drives through a mountainous terrain. We see a bored child sitting inside and looking out the window, smiling as he sees 5 rainbows on the horizon.

FX/SFX: A combination of live-action scenes and CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (2020-)
Logo: On a single-colored background, we see different views of the pieces of the new Channel 5 logo (the number "5" divided into 5 stylized pieces) appear ascending and descending. Light appears inside the gaps on the logo parts. Eventually, a centered and full view of the logo is shown at the end.

Variants: The idents feature one of the following colors: dark blue, dark green, pink, light blue, light green, and black.

FX/SFX: The pieces of the Channel 5 logo ascending and descending.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Current.

Editor's Note: None.