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There's no more notable sign of differences in US and UK culture than when it comes to bunnies and batteries. In the US, Energizer famously uses a bunny mascot whereas over in the UK, Duracell makes use of such a mascot bunny instead. This has usually taken the form of a stuffed pink rabbit toy for many years, originally using stop motion before moving to CGI in more recent times. A spot from 1997 here, featuring the Duracell mascot working out at the gym.

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An eye test bumper from U&Dave, making a rare use of a light grey background.

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Another witty breakbumper that had already been remade for U&Dave in August is remade again with differences in the fonts for the November batch.

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One of the earliest witty bumpers sees itself reversioned for U&Dave, but gone are all the stock photos that were in use previously.

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An old joke makes a reappearance, updated for U&Dave now.

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Another witty bumper for U&Dave, this time on snacks.

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U&Dave provides some wisdom on balloons.

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Somewhat unusually, with the November batch of U&Dave bumpers, the 'When Diagram' bumper appeared again. However this was not a repeat of the already reversioned U&Dave one from a few months earlier, but had already been remade again.

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After the short Halloween set, the witty break bumpers were refreshed again in November 2024, once again with many repeats from the older Dave days updated. Comments on lakes here.

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Some facts about Jack O'Lanterns for this witty U&Dave Halloween bumper.

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Questions about witches in another U&Dave break bumper.

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U&Dave present another Halloween 2024 witty bumper, this time with bonus ghosts.

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Another Halloween themed bumper, this time focused on Heebie Jeebies.

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In the weeks leading up to Halloween 2024, U&Dave recycled some of their themed their witty break bumpers from the previous year, now updated in the new house style. Skeletons for this one.

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In line with general government policy of the 80s and 90s, the UK water board companies were privatised in 1989. As part of this, shares were sold off by HM Government for the new privately owned companies.

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Everyone's favourite animated catfood-selling-cat in a 1994 short.

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Mimicking adverts for indulgent jewellery collections in the mid 80s comes this advert for pasta.

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Someone at Dave is still trying to flog a fridge, even after the rebrand.

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An egg pun features in another of the September U&Dave Witty Bumper batch.

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Another recycled break bumper for September, albeit now in the new U&Dave house style, asks the question again as to whether other channels are in the room with us now.

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In this September bumper, someone is locked in the office. Again!

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In another of the September batch of witty break bumpers, I'm not sure what Alan has been up to either, but it was clearly enough to spare him the humiliation of being renamed U&Alan!

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Are you unsure what the word pizza means? U&Dave are here to help out!

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A very small font is used in this witty bumper from U&Dave to judge if you're sitting too close to the TV.

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A quick reminder not to go overboard from U&Dave.

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Using a little bit of imagination in another witty U&Dave bumper.

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Writing jokes for break bumpers is a real job, U&Dave says so!

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From summer 2001, the teletext service for the South from Meridian. Featuring both Teletext Ltd's service and Meridian's local Ancillary service. In news, protests around an important EU summit build, while elsewhere across the service a lot of talk focuses on the big storyline of Alma's battle with cancer in Coronation Street, as well as arguments over whether the stars of the soap are being paid too much. Also be sure to take a drink every time you see a j where an e should be on the recovery!

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Another witty bumper seeing reuse under the new U&Dave brand from the September 2024 batch was the 'age is a number' one.

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With the rebrand well and truly out of the way, the refresh of witty breakbumpers on U&Dave soon returned. September 2024 saw a new batch introduced, featuring a mix of new jokes and recycled ones. Here the bouncing screensaver bumper makes a return for about the third time, albeit now updated with the U&Dave logo.

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U&Dave's 'serious' signpost ident continued to be used after the rebrand on rare occasions, with the logo now updated as appropriate.

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Finishing off the August witty bumpers with wisdom about self service checkouts.

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A fun fact about flies from the channel, in another August U&Dave bumper.

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U&Dave ask the important questions about Tom Hanks that no one else wants to ask, in this witty bumper.

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The When Diagram makes a triumphant return, now under the U&Dave style.

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Recycling is definitely in with this witty U&Dave bumper, featuring wordplay on 'mushrooms'.

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A wordier bumper from the August batch, this time giving the diary of a CEO.

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More close up shots of robots, patch cables and cogs in the long version of this ident.

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Solar panels and diagrams are among the items taking the focus on the left in this long ident.

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Speakers, fans and various other items are focused on the right hand side in the longer version of this U&Yesterday ident.

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More wide shots of plane cockpits and landscapes in the long version of this ident.

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The longer version of the 'Bangers' ident, featuring more shots of cars.

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U&Dave proving they're all up with the cool kids and those social media trends with this break bumper.

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Getting meta again with U&Dave by discussing being on a break on a break bumper.

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Another witty break bumper from U&Dave, this time discussing business ideas.

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Housewarming gift ideas in another U&Dave witty break bumper.

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While initially all signs of UKTV Play disappeared with the rebrand, a week later the UKTV Play logo made a return to breakbumpers. Reminding people it had now been renamed.

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The 'List of Stations' edit of the train station ident, as it appeared post-U& rebrand.

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The updated U&Dave version of the 'I Quit' football ident.

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Frankie is expected along any minute in the refreshed U&Dave 'Gym/Relax' ident.

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The long generic version of the football ident continued after the rebrand too. No jokes, only U&Dave!

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Still warning about Geoff in the updated U&Dave station ident. Though shouldn't he now be known as U&Geoff?

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The road sign continues to provide helpful directions in the updated U&Dave version of this ident.

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The long version of the 'podcasts' train station ident, as it appeared post U&Dave-ing.

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The U&Dave tweaked version of the 'didn't need this sign' ident, used from July 2024.

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Long version of the fire ident, now in its reversioned U&Drama form.

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The U& rebrand saw the UKTV Originals in house production sting replaced with a new 'U&Originals' name. One of the first shows to sport the new production graphic was Battle In The Box, aired on U&Dave on the first day of the rebrand.

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The updated End Credit Promotion style for U&Dave, used from July 2024. Here promoting a show coming up next as well as later on the channel.

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Still honking if you like comedy in the updated U&Dave version of this ident.

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The 'Hello' variant of the football ident, as it appeared after the U&Dave update.

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That labrador has been waiting in carriage 5 for a very long time now in the updated U&Dave version of this train station ident. This is what happens when you won't spend enough money upgrading the lines out of Liverpool!

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The updated U&Dave copy of the 'no pain' gym ident, used from July 2024.

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The second of the wiper break bumpers for U&Dave, this time with the plain coloured background.

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A play on yards in this witty break bumper for U&Dave.

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U&Dave's plain turquoise background version of the alarm clock break bumper.

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Another witty break bumper for U&Dave, this time making the point about trying things at home.

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The green backgrounded version of the 'vibrating' break bumper, as it appeared after the U&Dave rebrand.

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That sleeping dog continues to get airtime in the updated version of this 'message' break bumper with the U&Dave logo.

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A new break bumper to appear with the U&Dave rebrand features the line 'U&Dave is typing', in almost a hybrid of the existing message and typing break bumpers.

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The second of the typing break bumpers with a 'fuzzy lines' background also made it through to the other side of the U&Dave rebrand.

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The first of the typing break bumpers, set against an orange background, as it appeared after the U&Dave update,

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The mobile phone vibration (with rocks background) break bumper, as it appeared after the U&Dave rebrand. As the bumper had originally been designed around the white backgrounded version of the logo, the white line has now had to be changed to morph into the separated letters.

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Another witty break bumper updated to use the new style for U&Dave.

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The alarm clock break bumpers remained after the U& rebrand, albeit with the extra characters not lending themselves as well to the clock as the previous 4 letter logo had.

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The incoming message, with orange background, breakbumper as it appeared after being updated with the U&Dave logo from July 2024.

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The windscreen wiper bumper is updated with the U&Dave logo, albeit with an animation a bit less obvious without the backing white box.

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A small batch of the 'witty bumpers' were relaunched with the U&Dave rebrand, now updated with new fonts and the back of the white box behind text.

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The train station 'takeaway' ident in its updated 'U&Dave' form.

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Word Hard, Play Hard, Update to U&Custard. Or something like that!

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The long version garden blossom ident for U&Drama, as it appeared after the reversioning in July 2024.

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The updated promo style for U&Drama, in regular use from July 16th although it had been seen prior to the switchover.

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The refreshed standalone menu style for U&Drama, here giving a rundown of programmes on the channel that afternoon.

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Another U&Drama break bumper, this time based on the fire ident which had only been recently introduced before the rebrand.

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A break bumper for U&Drama based on the police chase ident.

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The wooden desk break bumper, as it appeared after the U&Dave rebrand.

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Break bumpers on U&Dave remained largely the same as they had been before, just with the new logo applied.

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An example of the updated promo style for U&W from July 2024.

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The long version of the Home ident for U&W, as used from July 2024 onwards.

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The full screen pointer slides remained in use after the U& rebrand, albeit refreshed with new graphics. An example from U&Yesterday promoting shows both on themselves and on another channel from the family.

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An example of the updated End Credit Promotion style for U&Yesterday, here cross-promoting both a show on their own channel and one on U&Dave.

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My Eyes! The Goggles do nothing!

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An example of the updated U&Yesterday promo style. This style began airing shortly before the rebrand day itself.

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A close up short of a tyre features in one of the new break bumpers from July 2024.

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The short version of the ident used to launch the new look, similar to before only shorter in duration.

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Lots of slanted shots appear in another new U&Yesterday ident, introduced in July 2024.

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The updated U&W version of the games ident in its short or daytime form. Complete with no continuity here.

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The short version of the 'Home' ident, as it appeared post the U&W rebrand from July 2024.

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The updated U&W 'food' ident, as seen in its shorter daytime edit.

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A new logo meant new break bumpers for the U&Drama channel too. Purple logos will just never catch on you know!

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An example of the updated End Credit Promotion style used on U&Drama from July 2024.

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