You might not have noticed, but there were 5 different versions of the
L&K titles - and there were at least 8 variants of those over the
years, so that makes a minimum of 13 different versions technically!
Many thanks go to Jon Bufton for filling in the huge gaps on
this page with his contribution of screen shots.
What most people don't realise is that there are some very small
differences which are easily missed, all connected around the signage on
the side of TC1...
So that's it... almost.
Still missing are the the titles from BBC CHOICE's L&K Replay.
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This is the original version of the titles. As you can see, the signage is
the original that was installed when Television Centre was opened back in
the 60s.
There
was also a Christmas variant of this set with snow and festive music
(which can be found in the show's gallery section).
This version was introduced at the start of the second series when the
sign on TVC was changed to the then corporate standard.
And
another variation of the titles for Christmas, this time with a snowball
crashing about instead of the metallic one.
This is the version that was introduced in 1997 to reflect the change to
the new corporate look, and was introduced on the morning of 4th October
to co-inside with the re-launch of the new look BBC ONE (This was actually
programme 2 of the series, programme 1 sported version 2 of the titles).
The programme was also the first to have the new BBC logo at the end of
it.
Also
from this era was the spin-off programme L&K Friday, which
boasted it's own set of variant titles.
With
the opening of 'Stage 6' at TV Centre, the reception was moved to a new
glass fronted area of the building, so the titles were changed to show the
big metallic ball smashing it's way out of that part of the building,
rather than through the wall of TC1.
Another
year, another set of titles, another Christmas variant...
There
was another variant of these titles used for the special Music Live
& Kicking. This version was wide-screen and also had the addition
of the images of Steve Wilson, Emma Ledden, Ortis Deley and guest
presenter Stephen Gately being superimposed on the glass frontage.
The final set of titles were the first real wide-screen set and a complete
change to reflect the show's new image.
And
here's the Christmas variant of the final set of titles with lots of
floating snowflakes and reindeer!
