Channel 4 - 2015 Onwards

Nearing the end of the old look, the menu from the 8pm junction on 29/9/2015.

Still giving nothing away at the junction before 9pm.

First break, and a lot of water and crystals...

Some monkeys, miners and explosions. Yeah, I have no idea either!

Channel 4... powered by Powergen? In another obscure ident, one of the blocks from 4 is looked at under a microscope. And found to have creatures living on it!

Some first glimpses of the new look news, and the clock reappears again.

Rebranding the news slightly as part of the 2015 new look. Or... tweaked look news at least!

An alternative variant based off the original mining ident from 2015, where only the explosion of the quarry is focussed on in a slow motion.

A special version of the block breaker device used at the start of breaks and post idents, this time with a Crystal rolling down the blocks. Designed to promote the return of The Crystal Maze to screens in June 2017.

Another flash of the 4 blocks, this time a bit easier to spot.

Starting off with a black background which turns to purple.

A formed 4 now appearing for a brief moment during promos after the June 2017 tweak, before falling back into their usual broken up state.

On October 31st 2017 just ahead of their 35th Birthday, Channel 4 released its latest set of idents. Replacing the films of blocks in random locations was a new set reminiscent of E4. A character made of the Channel 4 blocks interacts with various scenes, complete with a remix of the original Fourscore signature notes in the background. In this one, he walks to the top of the hills (again possibly borrowing inspiration from E4) before shouting out so loud the nearby village knows all about it.

Shorter 20 second edits exist for the 2017 idents, and in most cases use footage from the initial 30-40 seconds as this is where most of the important action happens. Two shorter versions exist for the Kickabout ident - one showing 20 seconds from the earlier footage, with this second one showing the end of the film, which is normally cut off from even the longer playouts. Here the football smashes the window of a local resident, and everyone quickly runs off.

The block man transports people across the ocean in this Channel 4 ident, possibly intended as bait in the hope certain tabloid rags would kick up a fuss.

Channel 4 launched their Christmas presentation on the 21st December. Following a style that had been previewed in trailers in throughout December, the idents featured 4 blocks animated in a Christmassy fashion. In this ident, coloured block lights fly around. These idents and endboards were reused in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

A third ident, this time with snow blocks and occasional Channel 4 logos gently falling from the sky.

A specially recorded ident featuring a 100 year old woman named Millie, to mark the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote in the UK.

Another 100 year old woman, Margaret, appears this time to talk about her experience voting, in a generic Vote 100 ident which makes no particular programme reference.

To try and gain as much traction as possible for the launch of their new reality show 'The Circle' in September 2018, Channel 4 decided to use an accelerated flow junction off the back of their high rating 'Great British Bake Off'. A countdown starts during the usual ECP slot, using a pre-recorded announcement with most of the same wording that had been played repeatedly over other junctions in the weeks leading up to the show. After a brief break for sponsor bumpers, the special countdown continues, replacing the usual ident to to lead into the show itself.

In order to mark their '4 All The UK' diversity strategy, Channel 4 have a special link featuring many different voices from the CA team repeating 'I am Channel 4'. Aired here on August 23rd 2019. Due to the use of the pre-recorded ident, a separate set of blocks has to follow afterwards to carry the programme content warning.

Aired on September 21st, another sting to mark 3 days to go until the start of reality series The Circle.

From Sunday September 22nd, the sting now marks 2 days until the start of 'The Circle'. The latest series of Channel 4's much hyped reality TV show.

One of the regular Channel 4 idents sees a re-edit to draw attention towards mental health.

The third mental health ident from Channel 4 focuses on feelings of exhaustion or tiredness. Using a re-edit of the same ident as the previous days.

A new addition among the rest of the recycled pres for Channel 4 for Christmas 2019. Here an animated tiger interacts with the blocks in an early break bumper reveal, to promote their big animation for the year The Tiger Who Came To Tea. In the run up to Christmas, this was used as a sting or break bumper, before being used with continuity as an ident into the film itself on Christmas Eve.

Going round the new offices for another special ident in the '4 All The UK' on Christmas Day 2019. This time its Lauren Mortimer from the new Glasgow office providing the anno for the channel.

Izzy, a creative diversity executive based in the new Bristol office provides the announcement for this special Christmas Day '4 All The UK' ident.

Another Stay At Home sting from Channel 4 in 2020 this time featuring Rob Beckett.

To mark 'Clap For Our Carers' as part of their COVID-19 response in April 2020, Channel 4 repurposed their Pride blocks ident as rainbows had also been used a symbol of support for the NHS during the era too. Over the updated idents, staff from St George's Hospital, which had featured in the show '24 Hours in A&E' provided recorded announcements.

A special simple ident from Channel 4 to mark their 'Black and Proud' series of programming. Aired here during Black History Month in October 2020.

For Christmas 2020 Channel 4 reused their usual set of Christmas idents, but added an extra one to the set. To mark their animated adaption of Quentin Blake's Clown that year, a new ident was created featuring the titular character decorating the Channel 4 blocks. Unlike with The Tiger Who Came To Tea the previous year, this ident was put into rotation with the other Christmas idents for use on festive shows throughout December.