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1997 - 1999

The award winning launch identity was produced by Silverhammer, the US Santa Monica based design company


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1997 Channel 5 Ident
1997 Channel 5 Ident
1997 Channel 5 Ident
1997

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1997 Channel 5 Ident
1999 Channel 5 Ident
1999 Channel 5 Ident
1999

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1999 Channel 5 Ident
1999 Channel 5 Ident
1999 Channel 5 Ident
1999

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1999 Click for larger image A couple more Channel 5 idents

Click for larger image Always Predictable Never Dull
1997 Click for larger image Your favourite shows at the same time every night....

Click for larger image Channel 5 Tomorrow
1997 Click for larger image Here's what's coming up tomorrow...

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1997 Promo - The Mag
1997 Promos - various
1997 Break Bumper
1997

Click for larger image Christmas Ident
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Click for larger image Christmas Ident
1998 Click for larger image A rather nice looking Christmas ident in 1998...

Click for larger image 2nd Birthday Ident
1999 Click for larger image right clip - birthday break bumper

Click for larger image 2nd Birthday Promo
1999 Channel 5's personalities celebrate 5's second anniversary...
 
right clip - birthday break bumper
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Click for larger image Milkshake
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Click for larger image Milkshake
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1999 - 2000

Channel 5 introduced a new set of idents featuring the network's presenters. A celebrity-less ident was presumably used to link into the news


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Click for larger image Channel 5 Movies Ident & Promo
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Click for larger image Channel 5 Idents
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1999 Click for larger image 2nd clip - Millennium ident

Click for larger image Channel 5 Christmas Idents
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1999 Christmas Ident
1999 Christmas Ident
1999 Christmas Ident
1999

Channel 5 Idents
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2000 Christmas Night Promo
2000 Boxing Day Promo
2000 Hospital Promo
2000

2000 - 2002


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Click for larger image Channel 5 Ident
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Click for larger image Christmas Ident
2001 Click for larger image A lovely atmospheric Christmas ident for 2001

2002

In September 2002 Channel 5 was rebranded as 'Five'. A more contemporary approach using typography is now adopted as the new look


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2002 Matrix Ident
2002 Swimming Ident
2002

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2002 Coming Up
2002 Rowing Ident
2003

Golf Ident
2003 Escalator Ident
2003 Golf Ident
2003 Estate
2003

Five Xmas Ident
2002 Five Xmas Ident
2003 Five Xmas Ident
2003

Here are some examples of promo end caps, using a contemporary graphics layout...


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2005 Roald Dahl Prog Promo
2005 Joey Promo
2005

Click for larger image Milkshake
2007 Milkshake is Five's pre-school programming block and features in-vision presenters to introduce the programmes, as seen in the right clip

A new set of idents are introduced in 2006... four letter words replace the 'five'


Click for larger image Five Christmas Ident
2006 Click for larger image Five Christmas Homeless Appeal - 'give'

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2007 Greyhounds
2007 Lightening
2007

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2008 Promo - The Bearman
2008 Promo - Neighbours
2008

Click for larger image Five Ident - Neighbours
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Balloons
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2008 - 2011

On October 6th 2008. Five relaunched with a new look and logo.


Click for larger image Five Christmas Idents
2008 A couple of idents from Five's Christmas 2008 look.
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2008 Five Promos
2008 Five Cross-Promotion
2009

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2009 Five Ident - The Gadget Show
2009 Five Promo - Live from Studio Five
2009

Click for larger image Five Ident - Justin Lee Collins
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Live From Studio 5
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Shows
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Gadget Show
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Paul Merton
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Football
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Neighbours
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Click for larger image CSI - The Drama Continues
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Click for larger image Five Ident - Don't Stop Believing
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Click for larger image Milkshake
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2011 - Present

Five was relaunched as Channel 5 on Monday 14th February 2011


Click for larger image Channel 5 Ident - Drums
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Click for larger image Channel 5 Ident - Equaliser
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Click for larger image Channel 5 Ident - Toys
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Examples of Channel 5 promotions, the typeface used is Gotham


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2011 The Gadget Show Promo
2011 OKTV! Promo
2011

Click for larger image Channel 5 Christmas Ident
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Click for larger image We Are Channel 5 Promo
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Click for larger image Celebrity Big Brother Promo
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