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1950s-1960s[]

1969-1974[]

1974-1981[]

1981-1985[]

February 18, 1985-February 15, 1991[]

Bumper: We see BBC1 1985 Logo either on the top or on the left side turned-sideways and we see a still image of a BBC Television programme or a Theatrical Film with its title at the bottom.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A male or female announcer announcing the programme.

Availability: Extinct.

February 16, 1991-October 3, 1997[]

Standard Variants


Christmas Variants

Bumper: We see the standard BBC1 1991 logo (With the Standard "1" with the 1988 BBC logo below) on a still cropped image of the smokey background from the main logo at the left side of the screen, At the middle of the screen is a Still image of a BBC Television Programme or an Theatrical Film with its title below or in the middle or a broadcast schedule.

Variants:

  • An Open University version exists.
  • There is a variant where it features the Children's BBC logo.
  • An variant for an urgent News Report exists.
  • There is an Reporting Scotland Variant and the cropped image of the smokey background is replaced by a image of Scotland. The image has the BBC Scotland Symbol with three overlapping lines, and the title at the bottom with BBC Scotland below.
  • An Breakdown Variant exists.
  • Regional variants have the BBC logo with the name of the region below.
  • Christmas Variants:
    • 1991: The Standard logo is light blue and has a nighttime sky background with a sky blue castle at the left side of the screen.
    • 1992: The Standard logo is glowing white and has a living room fireplace in the background with a Christmas stocking and a Christmas tree. The Text is black for this year.
    • 1993:
      • Version 1: Sunset background with a snowy field with a polar bear.
      • Version 2: Daylight background with dark blue mountains and a blue field with light blue icicles.
    • 1994: Red curtain background with the same 1 on a stage with a toy snowman playing a guitar.
    • 1995: On a close-up of a Christmas tree with random Christmas ornaments.
    • 1996: A purple circus like background with many Toys perform acrobats.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Either a theme related to a programme and an male or female voice over is announcing a programme.

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.

October 4, 1997-March 28, 2002[]

Bumper: We see a still image of the film or TV Programme with the title and the 1997-2002 BBC One Logo below in white.

Variant: The bumper can be shown in widescreen starting in 1998.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Just the announcer.

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.

March 29, 2002-October 6, 2006[]

Bumper: We see the 2002-2006 BBC One logo on the left side of the screen over a white transparent rectangle below with a clip of the programme or film playing behind it. The text appears in red.

Variants:

  • On line-up promos, the rectangle is placed vertically on the side with the line-up Programmes.
  • Starting in 2004, the red rectangle covers up the clip to reveal the text in white.

FX/SFX: The text fading in for the 2002 variant, the sliding in of the rectangles for the 2004 variant.

Music/Sounds: Just the announcer.

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.

October 6, 2006-December 31, 2016[]

Bumper: On a red background, we see the 2006 BBC One logo wiping in via circle effect and the line-up programmes text appears either top or bottom.

Variant: On promos and trailers, the red background wipes in via circle effect and the BBC One logo wipes in afterwards.

FX/SFX: The wiping in of the logo.

Music/Sounds: Just the announcer.

Availability: Current.

January 1, 2017-2021[]

October 20, 2021-present[]

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