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An alternative edit of the 'You just can't help chewing' advert. The piranha once again features just with different vocals, and this time a ventriloquist's dummy is also involved.

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For the first weekend of December 1995, Channel 4 devoted their airtime to 'Soap Weekend'. A marathon celebration of all things from the world of soaps, with soaps from other channels popping up, as well as themed specials of other shows to mark the occasion. A trailer for the weekend here from the day before it was all due to start.

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A different block formation, with a different segment of the Fourscore music track played. In this version the blocks disappear off one side of the screen, before appearing again at the other side.

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The background that feels like it was rejected from The Crystal Maze pops up in another sting on Channel 4, this time with Moviewatch star Johnny Vaughan featuring.

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Always looking for a way to be the 'alternative' Christmas, for 1995 Channel 4 decided to dub the festive season 'Beastly Xmas', with a series of a animal related programmes going out. A trailer for the season here, featuring the same graphical style from the ident for that Christmas.

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The somewhat unusual mashup of Channel 4 airing a slide to promote a BBC1 show, before moving onto their own slides. The reason for this was as part of a season of LGBT programming on Channel 4 aired in late slots in February 1989. Known as 'Out On Tuesday', this particular episode was going to be followed up with discussions from the producers as part of the BBC's Open Air programme the following morning.

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BBC Two Wales' version of the animated green blobs ident.

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This famous campaign for Volkswagen launched in 1987 and starred Paula Hamilton styled up as a Diana-esque character. Leaving her husband after the breakup of a marriage, she is seen throwing away luxury items, before deciding to keep the VW car. At the time, the advert was hailed as a sign of a car advert finally targeting women complete with a strong female lead, contrasting with the traditional style of car advertising. The song used in the ad is 'Changes' written by Alan Price.

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A pirate follows a treasure map to an island in this late-October addition to the ident set... only to find someone has already beaten him to the E4 treasure.

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A second break bumper from Horror's 'Haunted Halloween Season', once again featuring some clockface shots.

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This time the UFO/Forest ident is edited to bring in the 'Film Fear' branding, for Halloween 2018.

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Horror introduced special idents and break bumpers for Halloween 2018, not entirely unsurprisingly given the channel's stated core remit (even if it has been watered down by Sci-fi somewhat these days). A new ident featuring clocks and the number 13 was introduced for special 9pm films to mark their 'Haunted Halloween Season'. Shorter edits of this ident were also used for break bumpers.

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A group of powerful beings summon the great E4 in the sky to take them away in another new ident from the end of October 2018.

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Prior to 1989, 'ITV' promo branding tended to be adhoc (if mentioned at all) and usually followed the house style of the region who'd produced it. Here Granada provide the Christmas 1987 trailer style for 'ITV', which was picked up and used by quite a few other regions that year. This same style was also used for local presentation elements in the North West. This particular promo gives a rundown of the evening's shows for Sunday December 27th.

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Another new ident from the end of October 2018. This time round an obstacle course features, with an odd reward at the end.

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For this Really bumper all the computers across a bank of office cubicles suddenly start displaying the number 13.

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A computer starts displaying the number 13 in this break bumper, the second of only two special bumpers to also have an ident produced for the season.

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A bank of CCTV monitors suddenly start displaying the number 13 in this break bumper.

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An airport arrivals board suddenly clears to reveal lots of the number 13 for this bumper.

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The number 13 appears on developing photos in a photography darkroom for this Really Halloween bumper.

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Birthday Candles make up the 13 for this Really Halloween bumper.

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Special presentation was introduced to Really for Halloween 2018, marking '13 Nights of Frights' with a series of idents and trailers all themed around the number 13. In this one, a roulette wheel features, before falling back to a fullscreen Really logo complete with video glitching.

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A special promo for the '13 Nights of Frights' season on Really, marking some of the shows that would be airing around Halloween.

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Despite only 16 idents for the launch set, it was a very short wait for additional ones to appear. On October 27th the next new ident made it to air, this time featuring coloured threads breaking apart around the 2 curve, with a much longer sequence before looping animated for this one.

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From the late 80s, and DIY chain B&Q puts together a nice little ditty to celebrate the fact 'You can do it if you B&Q it'. The music may long since have disappeared, however the retailer continues to use the slogan to this day.

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The breakbumper from the 'blinds' era of LWT.

Welcoming in a new Millennium with Teletext on Channel 4 from January 1st 2000. The Digitiser section as being broadcast on the day here, making their own predictions for the next 5 years ahead. More pages to follow...

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A man at the cinema awaits the arrival of his date, representing anticipation. Or possibly disappointment, depending on how long he's actually been waiting there...

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The last set of fully regional idents for Granada were introduced in 1996, and featured their signature G appearing in a series of abstract settings. This set would also span the changeover from presentation in Manchester to presentation coming from Leeds. A short version from early 1999 here, featuring the G rendered in a more graphical brown glass effect, with continuity now being provided by Maggie Mash as part of the centralised GMG North team.

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Eyal Booker appears in another Celebs Go Dating bumper for E4.

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From the dead overnight slot where no one really cared about ITV brand consistency comes ITV Sport Classics. A reshowing of classic sports footage designed to cheaply fill up night time broadcasting hours. Although aired here in 2000 so nearly 2 years after the lowercase itv logo had been introduced, the highlights show itself had been edited together in the mid-90s so continues to use the 1989-1998 IT\* Sport branding. The programme was also a rare chance to see a London News Network production outside of the capital, albeit credited with the somewhat crudely edited 'London Sports Network' endcap instead.

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BBC Two Scotland's variation on the white wrap style ident, usually used into more serious programming.

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BBC Two Scotland gets its own version of the black and gold stones ident.

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William Shatner appears in this Channel 4 ident, providing a pre-recorded link for 'Space Cadets'. Space Cadets was a one-hit comedy panel series aired in 1997 and hosted by Bill Bailey and Craig Charles. One of the episodes had featured Shatner as a guest, hence his availability to record the link for it.

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Another promo from this era. Only this time with it advertising an underwater based show, all the regular endboard graphics take on a watery edge.

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Another pet-based ident from this era. This time round, some puppies are playing in the background.

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The connections idents all featured an everyday life scene, which the 4 circles arranged in different ways would overlay. Here a very short Channel 4 Connections ident with dalmations going past in the background.

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BBC Two Northern Ireland's showing of the Black and Gold stones ident.

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To mark National Coming Out Day, E4 replaced their continuity links with specially pre-recorded messages throughout October 11th 2018 in association with LGBT rights charity Stonewall. Adele Roberts from Radio 1 provides a message here over the construction ident.

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The Animals/Social Media ident, this time with Tom Allen providing a message for National Coming Out Day in October 2018.

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Comedian Suzy Ruffell provides a message over the Chips ident for E4 on National Coming Out Day 2018.

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Vas J Morgan appears in another Celebs Go Dating break bumper for E4.

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A broken up stone effect makes up the curve for this BBC Two ident, appearing a little later than some of the others on October 10th.

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Olivia Attwood appears in a fifth Celebs Go Dating bumper for E4.

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Another Celebs Go Dating series 5 break bumper, this time featuring Alik Alfus.

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Another Celebs Go Dating break bumper, this time starring Mutya Buena.

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The Welsh variant of the rising and falling blocks ident for BBC Two.

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Legendary stalwart for the station Colin Weston is in the booth at Granada this time round. Here leading in to the uncut showing of Fatal Attraction in 1993.

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The purple background version of the 'ooze' break bumper, where the E appears to leak a substance.

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Some early glimpses of the next ident in the series appeared in this Autumn on BBC Two Promo. A smokey effect makes up the 2 curve this time round. All promos since the September 2018 rebrand start and end with visual effects from the ident set, allowing them to flow almost seemlessly into one another if a matching ident and promo go together.