[ViridianFan]

I was at a presentation years back given by Martin Lambie-Nairn about various TV branding work, and I remember him saying a problem they had filming the idents was the balloon would never fly in the direction they wanted and in some of the later idents the balloon was digitally inserted.

It wasn’t this presentation. 

I thought it was really interesting. Such a shame they never flew (couldn’t resist) with the idea of having the balloon at different events. I do often think it was ditched far too soon but that they never exploited it’s full potential. 

I always think you can tell which ones were digitally added as the balloon was very shiny as well as seeming to be bulging out if you get my meaning. They still look fantastic. Just wish I could have gotten to see it in real life.