BBC One 2020 - Social Distancing Oneness
With the COVID-19 pandemic reaching the UK in March 2020, requiring governments to put the countries into lockdown and rule out meeting up with people, having the flagship broadcaster continuing to use a package which showed people gathering together looked increasingly out of touch. After persisting with it for several more weeks, a new package of idents was finally introduced in May 2020, better reflecting the mood of the country with people coming together while remaining apart by splicing together video clips from different locations in a collage effect.
BBC One (Tea breaks) - 2020
On May 1st (officially), about 6 weeks into the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, BBC One replaced their usual 'Oneness' idents with groups of people doing things together with a series of 'social distancing' ones showing people and scenes cut together from lots of different places instead. Here cups of tea are shown.
BBC One NI (Tea breaks) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Tea breaks) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Tea breaks) - 2020
BBC One (Isolation Disco) - 2020
BBC One NI (Isolation Disco) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Isolation Disco) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Isolation Disco) - 2020
BBC One (Isolation Disco Sting) - 2020
BBC One (Teammates) - 2020
BBC One NI (Teammates) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Teammates) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Teammates) - 2020
BBC One (In Bloom) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (In Bloom) - 2020
BBC One NI (In Bloom) - 2020
BBC One Wales (In Bloom) - 2020
BBC One (Capoeira Group Practice) - 2020
The next new idents in the 'social distancing' Oneness set of 2020 idents appeared across all the nations on 13th May. First of all, a group of people practice Capoeira dancing, in a throwback to an ident from some 18 years prior. First aired into the 7pm junction on 13th May across all four BBC One nations.
BBC One NI (Capoeira Group Practice) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Capoeira Group Practice) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Capoeira Group Practice) - 2020
BBC One (Cabaret Cooking) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Cabaret Cooking) - 2020
BBC One NI (Cabaret Cooking) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Cabaret Cooking) - 2020
BBC One (Cabaret Cooking Sting) - 2020
BBC One (Knit Club) - 2020
Insert your own 'First Rule' joke here. The next additions of the 'socially distant' idents first appeared on 20th May, completing the initial batch of 8 which had been promised in their glossy press releases. 8pm saw the first showing of 'Knit Club', featuring various people doing knitting from different locations.
BBC One Wales (Knit Club) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Knit Club) - 2020
BBC One NI (Knit Club) - 2020
BBC One (Knit Club Sting) - 2020
BBC One (Choir Rehearsal) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Choir Rehearsal) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Choir Rehearsal) - 2020
BBC One NI (Choir Rehearsal) - 2020
BBC One (Cat Naps) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Cat Naps) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Cat Naps) - 2020
BBC One NI (Cat Naps) - 2020
BBC One (Children in Need Sting) - 2020
BBC One (Children in Need Promo) - 2020
BBC One (Fundraisers) - 2020
BBC One NI (Fundraisers) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Fundraisers) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Fundraisers) - 2020
BBC One (Bread Makers) - 2020
BBC One NI (Bread Makers) - 2020
BBC One Wales (Bread Makers) - 2020
BBC One Scotland (Bread Makers) - 2020
BBC One (Sting - Teammates) - 2020
BBC One (Sting - The Wheel) - 2020
BBC One (Small Axe) - 2020
A special ident was introduced to BBC One from 9pm Sunday 15th November, before a series of special weekly films known as 'Small Axe'. A small season of films by Steve McQueen, the ident was made of up flags from the West Indies. This ident continued to be used in the Sunday slot after the introduction of Christmas idents into other junctions from the end of November.