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It’s hard to believe it only lasted four and a half years. It was such a change for BBC One at the time it launched, in that up to the end their idents had been for decades various versions of the globe with (hard to believe now) no soundtrack whatsoever, just the announcers voice to accompany it. Quite iconic despite its short run on air, though it must be appreciated I guess at the time TV channels tended to change presentation a lot more frequently then seems to be the case now.

The BBC struck what they were looking for on One with Circles and bought in the new era of long lasting idents, it seems...