Designing the BBC
eBook - PDF

Designing the BBC

A History of Motion Graphics

  1. 241 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Designing the BBC

A History of Motion Graphics

About this book

Designing the BBC provides an insider perspective on the groundbreaking work of the BBC's Television Graphic Design Department from 1954-2005. Drawing on the unique holdings of the BBC Motion Graphics Archive, and first-hand perspectives of former BBC staff, this book provides a timely overview of over 50 years of the BBC's innovative practice and lasting impact in the field of television motion graphics. Taking a thematic approach, the volume considers the graphic design of a range of TV genres, including household favourites such as Doctor Who; sports programming such as Grandstand and big sporting events like the Olympics; children's television including Grange Hill; popular science programmes such as Tomorrow's World; news output such as The Nine O'Clock News, Election Night specials, the weather and the channel idents of BBC 2. The book brings together BBC staff with leading scholars in design and television studies who investigate the Archive, bringing to life cultural memories, and consider the Graphic Design Department's lasting impact, both at the time and today.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781350382282
Edition
0
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Digital Media

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Illustrations
  6. Contributors
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1: Branding the BBC: The cultural and creative impact of identity
  11. Chapter 2: Painting with sound: Musical improvizations in the creation of the BBC’s idents
  12. Chapter 3: Consistency or change?: Top of the Pops’ meandering journey towards a sense of self
  13. Chapter 4: Blue Peter: ‘Here’s one I made earlier’
  14. Chapter 5: A play in themselves: Drama titles and graphics
  15. Chapter 6: Doctor Who: Motion graphics for a Time Lord
  16. Chapter 7: Global circulations, national traditions: BBC Motion Graphics and Canadian television
  17. Chapter 8: The Old School Cool: Youth Culture and Multiculturalism in Pre-2000s Britain
  18. Chapter 9: Revolutionary practices: No width, no speed
  19. Chapter 10: A hybrid creator’s tool: The introduction of Quantel Paintbox
  20. Chapter 11: Drawn to Paintbox
  21. Chapter 12: The best technique for the job: Making the right choices for the right reasons
  22. Chapter 13: BBC Open University: Moving education design from analogue to digital
  23. Chapter 14: Digital pathfinders: The BBC Computer Graphics Workshop 1980 to 1987
  24. Chapter 15: BBC Sport of dash and dare
  25. Chapter 16: ‘. . . and now for the News’: Television, probably: The age of cardboard
  26. Chapter 17: Breakfast Time: To infinity and beyond
  27. Chapter 18: News 24/7
  28. Epilogue
  29. Appendix
  30. References
  31. Index