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Promo for the BBC at the Glastonbury music festival in 2011.

A 'BBC Choice First' - a trailer for 'Shooting Stars' and its premiere on BBC Choice back in 2002.

BBC Films production ident from 1999.

BBC Films ident from 2007.

Sting shown before BBC programmes on non-BBC internet streaming services.

Learning Zone ident introducing programmes themed on languages and travel. (Recorded 2009)

Learning Zone ident introducing schools' programming. (Recorded 2013)

The Learning Zone 'Seasons' ident from circa 2004. (Recorded 2014)

The Learning Zone 'Snowman' ident from circa 2004. (Recorded 2014)

A seasonal Learning Zone ident from circa 2004, featuring a family playing with Autumn leaves and watching fireworks. (Recorded 2014)

The old BBC HD Channel audio checks resurfaced on 27th November 2013 as testing for the imminent launch of BBCs THREE and FOUR HD on satellite began. On 28th November, the audio check also appeared for CBeebies HD, with CBBC HD completing the set on 29th November. Please note, due to capturing and re-encoding, the audio isn't 5.1 surround sound.

When BBC THREE finally ceased transmission as a broadcast channel, the bandwidth available was released to CBBC. However, before CBBC extended its schedule to 9pm, this holding animation was shown. Recorded 31st March 2016.

Fast forward six years and leading up to the return of BBC THREE as a broadcast channel, this downtime filler began airing in early January 2022 after CBBC stopped broadcasting just before 7pm each day.

During a handover from the weather on BBC ONE Network to BBC ONE Scotland for its local news, things went a little awry on 30th November 2021 and the new holding animation got what was possibly its first - if brief - airing.

Holding animation used on the BBC Red Button channels during the 2017 Wimbledon tennis championships, marking 90 years of the BBC broadcasting the event.
(Video courtesy of James Robinson)

The Wimbledon 2021 holding animation shown on the BBC Red Button channels.

On the evening of Saturday 29th June 2019, BBC Alba experienced technical difficulties beginning at 9.10pm and lasting until 10pm. For the majority of the duration, programming was replaced by 'This is Alba', but before and after, this caption over spinning kites was played out with a loop of the original BBC Alba music accompanying it.

Titles for the BBC's coverage of the 12th December 2019 General Election.

'Fly Tippers, Glamorgan' ident.

'Doggers, Gwent' ident.

'Shoplifters, Cardiff' ident.

Here is the announcement introducing 'A Tribute to HRH Duke of Edinburgh' as broadcast on BBC TWO at 9pm on the Friday.

A special ident into programming remembering HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Here from 7pm Friday 16th April 2021.

As BBC ONE prepares the way to upgrade its service to provide all regions in HD on satellite, a 'nightlight' service has launched on 5th January 2023 to sustain the SD feed. Whereas we have been used to slides on the national HD service signposting local programming on SD, now the reverse will happen on a national SD channel with this slide giving information on the changes and advice to upgrade to HD.

Following the closure of the BBC's standard definition services transmitted via satellite, this loop was broadcast from Monday 8th January 2024.

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'Not just telly' - an 'EastEnders'-based promo for the BBC's weather app.

Promo for the BBC's coverage of the 2024 General Election.

On Friday 13th February, a special episode was introduced with the 1985 BBC One symbol - the computer-originated world - and the original black, white and blue EastEnders titles. Of these, the Welsh symbol was from the original electronic equipment. For some reason Northern Ireland made a messy weird cut from a current ident into the symbol attempting to transition from the lens to the globe.