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BBC marketing head admits W1A's satirical rebrand 'cursed' the new BBC Three logo

on Jan 4, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

BBC’s brand revamp for the now online-exclusive channel BBC Three has sparked a fair share of mockery online after it echoed a BBC refresh put forward in satirical comedy W1A.

BBC Three’s new roman numeral logo launched today (shown above) closely resembles the BBC logo put forward in W1A, a comedy series and follow up to Twenty Twelve, a series which scathingly mocked London’s marketing culture.

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Jessica Hynes’ portrayal of Siobhan Sharpe as a representative from fictional marketing agency Perfect Curve, to some, paralleled the new branding designed to attract BBC Three’s historically young audience.

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Source: The Drum