The BBC has what I consider to be the most beautiful idents in the world. BBC One, the main channel, features dance and movement in all its forms on their network IDs, from tango to tap to tai chi. Each ident features dancers wearing BBC One’s signature red color, and all the idents use the same signature tune, arranged in the style appropriate to each dance. Here are five different arrangements of the BBC One tune used in their idents.
Bollywood:
Music Video:
Skaters:
Tai Chi:
Tango:
What am I? Who am I? What will I be? My favorite thing about the 1980s “Buck Rogers” movie was the theme song.
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Although I was serving as the interim publicist at WETA — the public broadcaster in Washington, DC — when this ditty debuted, I disavow any knowledge of it and take no responsibility whatsoever.
