There is a real sense of wonder and sophistication in these idents. You couldn't imagine the BBC (or any broadcaster) showing that level of respect for their audience anymore.

So nostalgic. Reminds me of my childhood, growing up in the 90s and seeing these on the telly. Takes me right back.

These are so beautifully creative. Of course there's the nostalgia factor, but they really are stylish, sophisticated and original. The ambient soundtracks would be deep and haunting if they were played in clubland at 4am, never mind on daytime and evening TV. Harks back to a time when the BBC were still at the top of their game- confident and unafraid, with the highest standards possible.

So beautifully 90s. Nostalgia overload. Reminds me of my little analogue tv in my bedroom that only had 4 channels. Simpler times…

It's amazing how sophisticated these clips are. They manage so much emotion from, relatively, simple actions - surprise, humour, passage of time, strength...

There's nothing better than sitting in a dark room with nothing but the glow of the TV, watching these idents.

Very nostalgic...gives me warm fuzzy feelings listen to these. Remember being a young teenager sitting with my dad watching t.v before bedtime and school the next day.

Very nostalgic, cheers! Brings back memories of the X-Files, Red Dwarf, Fast Show and the wonderful Weird Night! Great days, long gone...

The darkness & mystery of these idents defined my childhood... The world pre 9/11 feels like a tangible place listening to these. Almost like they were preparing me for what was coming

Great memories of the 90s. The Real McCoy, Game On, Twin Peaks, Goodness Gracious Me, HIGNFY, Gerry Anderson Shows, Rapido etc etc

So good that bbc2 brought them back for a while in recent years.

I never realized how eerie the BBC 2 indents were until now. Wow.

Still very haunting and poignant in Jan twenty three, thanks for the great memories. Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful 🙏❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️🙏

BBC 2 have brought back these idents. me and mum was starting to watch a documentary and the moving stary lights one came out and both of us went hysterical because wow, this brought back memories and 90's idents where the best

I love the eerie maritime atmosphere created by the music on Silk 1:43. Water 3:17 is also wonderful with its subtle use of percussion, although we rarely got to hear it long enough. I think I like the original 1991 set of eleven idents best for their minimalistic music and groundbreaking approach. By the time we got to the radio controlled 2 it was all a bit pastiche.

this brings back so many good feelings

These idents made a comeback in 2014 and were used in a regular basis from 2015 until September 27th, 2018.

Id pay a tv licience for this kinda quality nowadays😂

Pure nostalgia. Thanks for fond memories.

The racing car ident always made me giggle, and it still does :D I think the BBC should bring back their old indents for BBC1 and BBC2. They're just so nice to look at and listen to.

Summer Friday evenings waiting for Red Dwarf.

when I was a kid I was oddly obsessed with these, I remember each and every one in the video, plus more, if a new one came on while I was in bed I'd get my mum to video it._.

These idents are so beautiful and relaxing! 💙💙

Takes me back to watching Red Dwarf on bbc 2 in the 90s

Gotta love the moody, turquoise themed ones. 'And now for the BBC two learning zone, with a programme for trainee social workers. Honestly, why don't you just go to fucking bed?'. They seemed to say.

These make me emotional and I vividly remember them all.

I wanted a bit of nostalgia and found it! Thanks so much for these - my favourite of all time is the fibre optic. Wonderful!

When watching TV was an EXPERIENCE...

So, so beautiful. I just love how strange, mysterious, and surreal many of these sequences look, also thanks to the fantastic soundtrack. Just imagine the amount of thought, preparation, and work that went into making these. Now, compare this with the minimalistic, soulless crap we get nowadays... As someone else in the comments said, it just shows to which standard the BBC held its audience back then. It treated them like adults, even if the audience wasn't necessarily such (still, infinitely better than treating them like children even if they are not). Argue all you want that the current minimalistic trend in pretty much _everything_ design-related is due to this latter type of design being "easier on the eyes", "better for accessibility (across different devices)", etcetera etcetera, but you won't be able to convince me that such a trend is not also a direct consequence, and as such, a reflection of the times we live in: everything is dumbed down to appeal and be understood by the lowest common denominator, and people want to be fed whatever they request immediately, with no wait (i.e., patience) whatsoever. Appreciation for such deep, mysterious, surreal ident sequences would be almost non-existant across modern (read: younger and with shorter attention spans) audiences. Most will probably get bored and get on their phones within the first 5-10 seconds. What a real, real shame, BBC. A sign of what you, and many others, could have been and have done...

The second one has so much nostalgia from it, i remeber waking up super early just to watch sesamy street, and this was the indent i remember being on before it

Memories of watching Star Trek at 6pm on a Wednesday afternoon. :-)

my childhood right here

The nostalgia of still being young and not worrying about the future and just enjoying life

Everything sounded so creepy in the 90's, like the Playstation intro :p

Beautiful music.

Ahhhh 1990s/early 2000s BBC. :)

I just love the music on all these!

Just brilliant-thank you so much for this-it's great!!

1:46 creeped me out as a kid and i dont know why

4:38 is oddly adorable

optics and silk where my favourites when i was little

Ahh, so many memories. Mostly of Star Trek TNG and DS9 on BBC2 with these idents.

I like the Firecracker one. It's soundtrack is the perfect soundtrack for walking home from a pub on a dark night.

Love these :) thank you for uploading :D

Taking something as mundane as a simple TV station's name and making it mysterious, ethereal and memorable

wow i remember all these as a kid! 26 now, cant believe how long ago these were on tele! miss all the old stuff!

Best compilation on KZfaq.

The BBC should do a tribute programme just devoted to the Idents!

I love all of these... If only they'd bring them back...

wow, hadn't seen some of these for years.

MEMORIES!

Why does the music creep me out NOW, yet when I was a kid I was totally fine with it?

Why did I think always remind me of when I was little kid in late 90s early 00s

these are oddly beautiful

these are incredible!

Very very nice of course thank you too.

The good old days when the channel use to closedown for the night!!

spoopy, like is this where we go when we die?

Thank you for the excellent video-it is all most interesting I feel! All these BBC2 idents of old bring back so many memories! One you have not shown here was the balloon ident, which lasted from 1991 to 1997. Apparently, it was not renewed in the 1997 makeover because it looked too much like the BBC1 balloons at the time, although I did not see it that way myself. Well done though all the same!

Thank you so much of course-well done too!!

Lovely old idents....I like the music because it has emotion ! (To my ears anyway)

Some of these would be great for relaxation if they were longer.

ahhhh so much nostalgia of being young,...... THANKYOU KZfaq YOUR LIKE A TIME MACHINE lol

I feel old now, most of them seem like they were on tv in the last few years to me.

I could legit meditate to the early 90s ones

Simpsons FTW weekdays @ 6 will never be the same again :(

I used to watch BBC2 for Heartbreak High and Madhur Jafferys Flavours Of India.

The firecracker ident has a real film-noir style soundtrack.

I am sure there was one with florescent tubes....?

hehe i remember these just before star trek tng new episodes :))))

Trying to find an ident from years ago. Not sure if its bbc2 or channel4 or another. Its like a speeded up futuristic highway with vehicles flying past. Perhaps with a blurry filter to it. Has a 70s lo-tech art deco style to it. This ringing any bells with anyone?

My favourite is powder - its so beautiful

The nostalgia

fibre-optic was the best one, brings back fond memories of the friday night Doctor Who repeats in the early 90's - good times 😁

This makes me feel nostalgic. Could you please put the dates on when they were used? I remember the remote control car one often being used to introduce Top Gear along with the number 2 shaped sunroof opening.

IDS Original Usage: February 16, 1991-January 1, 2000 Reuse: June 24, 2015-September 26, 2018

Love the ident at 1.44 brings back so many memories

Half of these are what Vangelis would do if asked to make them!😂 Stunning.

I miss now the old Britain and it's BBC entertainment. 2 sad..

Man, I'd wished if I lived in Britain....

These are so relaxing... |:3

Idents I know: Paint Galactic Explosions

That would be a pretty awesome look back.

Other worldly

If you could mix the music of 1:53 to 0:41 that'd be the best. I didn't care much for these when i was a kid but the nostalgia hits pretty hard now, especially when a lot of tv doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be

Who composed the music? I love it so eerie and creepy. Some people say the music is scary.

The Fireworks indent Was My Farvrote One

It's really weird to hear the music again

When the BBC took the utmost creative care in how it presented itself. These idents WERE the BBC in a nutshell.

3:17 that's where the main theme from Samsung Galaxy S6 was inspired from, lol :))

1:16 the best of all

The Car indent Was My fav

Powder is the best

4:59

You'd think Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins or Brian Eno made some of the music on these idents? Spooky but beautiful stuff!

blue (paint) little dots firecracker (noisy sting) sheet car (like r o 7 i) apart (r.i.p) abstract broken (technology) smoke dog (soo cute 😻😻😻) drop ghost of hell

Eerie 90s

all those but you forgot the "neon" indent. But good video

I want to recreate these, except for Zapper List the stuff I need

That first one is so FUCKING hard-core ❤