For me personally the BBC 2 idents are probably my second favourite, my favourite set of TV idents of all time are the Central Television idents from the same period! They were the best ever in my opinion! I do still love these idents though, if I had to pick a favourite it would probably be the 'car' ident but I like the copper cut-out one too, I also love the sound effects to that one.🙂🙂🙂
BBC Idents were always top-tier quality in my eyes. Maybe as an American whose TV networks never really felt as good to watch, when we finally got BBC America in the late 90s, I couldn't get enough of the idents and southing announcer voice. Every time I would see them, you just got quiet and braced yourself for what I assumed was going to be some super quality documentary or their news program. The closest thing we had was the old Disney Channel idents of the 80s. These idents shown still blow anything in the US out of the water.
I think they are the best idents, personally, but whether anyone else does or not I can't say that any of the idents since have been as good. I was happy when BBC 2 brought them back about 10 years ago, for a limited period. Firecrackers and Neon are my favourites, of the "standard" batch.
That was fun. That was a cool decade-long stretch of idents. I think I like more of them than you do. Although not all of them are perfect, overall there’s a lot of personality there. They’re much more interesting than what some American channels chose to do around the same time. Thanks.
Copper Cut-Out deserved better. Sober, but not boring - visually refreshing - versatile - easily one of the best of the set. Deserved to be retained past 1999 and showcased further, would love to see it in HD. EDIT: BALLOON IN E-TIER?? But- but- but- the peace! The serenity! The music! Such a crisp, simple image!! Deserved far more.
Agree with your list. Pretty solid one. Neon (Unironically would have one if there was mass produced '2' night lamp lol), Diary, Woodpecker and Venus flytrap would go to S rank for me, but hey, everyone have their own tastes.
Bbc two debts during the 90s were awesome during the 90s bbc two identical as best ever plus during mid 2000 the remote control twos I wanted one as. A kid awesome video
Adam. We are going to have words about certain placements. Copper Cut Out being on the same level as those disturbing Comedy Night idents? Firecracker on B tier? Words will be said!
Car will forever be S tier There were some dissagreements in this list, for example I would put Wallace and Gromit in S Love the vid, there was an ident you forgot. The reverse orange baloon pop ident, can you do reveiw of it?
If I were to rank the BBC Two 1991-2001 idents, i would basically put all of them in S or A-tier. Even the dull idents would go in at least D, C or B-tier, but that’s just my silly opinion. Thanks for doing this tier list, it really makes me smile.👍👏👏👍
My favourites are Dog, Duck, Car, Swan & Woodpecker! Dog should've been in S tier! I agreed with a lot of the others! I would like to hear what the creators of these idents think about this 😂 You should rank the BBC one idents as well, including the hot air balloons etc! Thanks Adam, nice vid! 👍🏻
You could say that the bbc 2 Christmas ident of 1993 was both from 1993 and 1994 since it was used in the new year. But I’m just pulling at strings to help 1994 have an s tier. I pretty much agree with your list though apart from wet and windy which isn’t one of my favourites compared to the cinema reel one. But I get we all have different opinions and it is interesting how similar I feel about most of them.
I'm afraid you missed a set! I'm talking about the bunch of Eerie/Swoop idents. It features the 2 standing in a room with the door closing, leaving the screen black. How about covering those too?
Presumed paint pot was simply the original reversed.. original a plain '2'with turquoise paint hitting it, later one is plain paint(in a tin) with turquoise 2's hitting it .
What's funny is the accidental motif that keeps popping up: 2 make some decent Idents when they are carefully planned and designed. Any created in a rush fall flat
I will be a bit biased but the Dalek 2 Ident is my favourite because obviously I’m a doctor who fan. But outside that I really like the duck ident Because takes me back when I use to love having bubble baths when I was 4 or 5 years old.
I find it so annoying that you did that anti-English accent. I just find it depressing; why can't you be proud of being English rather than running your country down? So disappointing.
Genius way of showing the 2 idents without the fear of copyright
This Is Yesterday's Video
I'm Just Joking Man
You are missing two Robot Wars themed idents, which featured a robot Two made to look like the house robots combined, deserves a place in history.
I assume 'paint pot' is a nod to the original paint but in reverse- instead of paint hitting the 2, it's 2s hitting the paint.
This is what I thought, and the time and again now. Deserved to be much higher than F for self-referential points alone. Maybe C or even B tier.
For me personally the BBC 2 idents are probably my second favourite, my favourite set of TV idents of all time are the Central Television idents from the same period! They were the best ever in my opinion! I do still love these idents though, if I had to pick a favourite it would probably be the 'car' ident but I like the copper cut-out one too, I also love the sound effects to that one.🙂🙂🙂
Piant was shown with the colours of the CBBC iden used on Saturday morning when Saturday mash up was launched
BBC Idents were always top-tier quality in my eyes. Maybe as an American whose TV networks never really felt as good to watch, when we finally got BBC America in the late 90s, I couldn't get enough of the idents and southing announcer voice. Every time I would see them, you just got quiet and braced yourself for what I assumed was going to be some super quality documentary or their news program. The closest thing we had was the old Disney Channel idents of the 80s.
These idents shown still blow anything in the US out of the water.
I think they are the best idents, personally, but whether anyone else does or not I can't say that any of the idents since have been as good. I was happy when BBC 2 brought them back about 10 years ago, for a limited period.
Firecrackers and Neon are my favourites, of the "standard" batch.
they should bring it back every 10 years.
I’m sad the Twos are gone…
Me too!
We all are
@@AdamMartynThere is video footage of the Velcro ident!
That was fun. That was a cool decade-long stretch of idents. I think I like more of them than you do. Although not all of them are perfect, overall there’s a lot of personality there. They’re much more interesting than what some American channels chose to do around the same time. Thanks.
Nice plug for the Red Dwarf podcast 😁
new series on amtv?? would be cool. like ranking the bbc idents (one, two, three, four, etc) from different decades
@AdamMartyn could possibly call it 'The Ident Archives'
Great ranking 🎉 Would put neon in S-tier though. Would love to see more ident tier lists in the future
Oh and Christmas-wise my favourite would have to be the 1993 one, brilliant sequence and definitely stood out from the other Christmas idents!🙂🙂🙂
Thank you for doing this love from Manchester
More of these please! 🤗
Didn’t realise the vid would be so long! What a treat!
Copper Cut-Out deserved better. Sober, but not boring - visually refreshing - versatile - easily one of the best of the set. Deserved to be retained past 1999 and showcased further, would love to see it in HD.
EDIT: BALLOON IN E-TIER?? But- but- but- the peace! The serenity! The music! Such a crisp, simple image!! Deserved far more.
Justice for the fluffy dog ident!!!!! The most S tier ident!!!
A great tier list if ever there was one.
Agree with your list. Pretty solid one.
Neon (Unironically would have one if there was mass produced '2' night lamp lol), Diary, Woodpecker and Venus flytrap would go to S rank for me, but hey, everyone have their own tastes.
Bbc two debts during the 90s were awesome during the 90s bbc two identical as best ever plus during mid 2000 the remote control twos I wanted one as. A kid awesome video
I will defend Paper Cutout until the day I die.
As it is the most obscure ident ever
It’s the one that got removed the earliest
(Not counting nights, days and evenings)
Adam. We are going to have words about certain placements. Copper Cut Out being on the same level as those disturbing Comedy Night idents? Firecracker on B tier? Words will be said!
I Love AMTV And I am a big fan of you.
Thank you!
yay! i love your ident videos :)
Car will forever be S tier
There were some dissagreements in this list, for example I would put Wallace and Gromit in S
Love the vid, there was an ident you forgot. The reverse orange baloon pop ident, can you do reveiw of it?
If I were to rank the BBC Two 1991-2001 idents, i would basically put all of them in S or A-tier. Even the dull idents would go in at least D, C or B-tier, but that’s just my silly opinion. Thanks for doing this tier list, it really makes me smile.👍👏👏👍
My favourites are Dog, Duck, Car, Swan & Woodpecker! Dog should've been in S tier! I agreed with a lot of the others! I would like to hear what the creators of these idents think about this 😂
You should rank the BBC one idents as well, including the hot air balloons etc!
Thanks Adam, nice vid! 👍🏻
You could say that the bbc 2 Christmas ident of 1993 was both from 1993 and 1994 since it was used in the new year. But I’m just pulling at strings to help 1994 have an s tier. I pretty much agree with your list though apart from wet and windy which isn’t one of my favourites compared to the cinema reel one. But I get we all have different opinions and it is interesting how similar I feel about most of them.
rubber duck should be A tier
I'm afraid you missed a set! I'm talking about the bunch of Eerie/Swoop idents. It features the 2 standing in a room with the door closing, leaving the screen black. How about covering those too?
please make a part 2, my teacher made one of the later ones
Nice video!
Agree with most but I’d have put powder and fly zap in S…
we need this for the Channel 4 2004-15 idents
Presumed paint pot was simply the original reversed..
original a plain '2'with turquoise paint hitting it,
later one is plain paint(in a tin) with turquoise 2's hitting it .
What's funny is the accidental motif that keeps popping up: 2 make some decent Idents when they are carefully planned and designed. Any created in a rush fall flat
Optics has to be number one
I will be a bit biased but the Dalek 2 Ident is my favourite because obviously I’m a doctor who fan. But outside that I really like the duck ident Because takes me back when I use to love having bubble baths when I was 4 or 5 years old.
I made one on UK radio stations and Adam can you do a video on it? By the way you started The Ident Review Extra on BBC2 in the 90s
Excluding the specials, how do/did they decide which ident to use for each program?
Can you do the South Park channel 4 idents on the ident review?
Sorry Adam, my bad, firecracker is there, wasn't looking hard enough! I've deleted that last comment!🙂🙂🙂
BBC 2
Woodpecker defender till the day I die
They brought back the two’s once could they do it again?
Perhaps they could for a special occasion!
Those are some cool two's
Tell me about the twos
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Rembrandt looks like toast. I like that
Did you do the Dalek one
You'll have to watch and find out👀
Paint Pot is a reverse of paint :-)
The BBC Two idents from the 1990s were great but its not acceptable for 2024 with modern era
The Animated 2 is not an ident, it is a sting that is kinda silmilar to that of Screen 2.
fun video
I thought Copper wasn't too bad
Some of them are a s tier, some…meh.
How dare you put the Balloon as an E. It is C
do s4c 90s dragon idents
-Personality 2's are better change my mind-
30:28 why are you pronouncing “cascading” like Cascada
Because Cascada is BASED
British English exists
30:32 TW
Are they really that good? eh no. I never liked them. I thought they were pointless rubbish to be honest.
Anyone who puts Japan above Blade deserves a thumbs down, I'm afraid.
Why did you do that voice for English? It's good to be English.
I find it so annoying that you did that anti-English accent. I just find it depressing; why can't you be proud of being English rather than running your country down? So disappointing.