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The making of an icon: Celia Chapman, co-designer of the BBC 2 ident, relives creating that fat, sharp-edged little numeral

on Apr 18, 2014 | 0 comments

By Staff Writer

The UK’s third ever TV channel, the first in Europe to regularly transmit in colour, and the first in Britain to adopt a computer-generated channel identification; BBC Two has been making TV history ever since its launch in 1964. As the station celebrates half a century, The Drum looks back at some of the best idents from its 50-year history and catches up with Celia Chapman, executive creative director of Lambie-Nairn and co-designer of the legendary ‘2′ symbols.

Back in 1991 when the iconic BBC Two idents hit the screen, nothing like them had ever been seen before. Traditionally channels Read full story ›

Source: The Drum