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 (January 23, 2006-2008)
Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (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.

4th Bumper (2010-2011)
Logo: On a dark green backgrounf, 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.

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.