R.I.P. Blobs

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#7594Tue 22/01/08 17:40

 

Well the BBC have announced there will be a new look and line up for BBC3 which includes a rebranding and ditching of the Ardman created "Blobs" that have been the symbol for the channel since it launched.

According to the report in Media Guardian
"BBC3 said it had spent £380,000 on its new pink logo and idents after ditching the talking blobs that currently appear between programmes because audiences found them "cold and shouty".

The new pink "whimsical" logo and idents, which were unveiled today and which will hit screens in the next few weeks, will be used across the TV channel and its website as part of a new multiplatform approach to BBC3 content."


"cold and shouty"? I thought they were often the best thing on the channel... and certainly the first thing I thought of when someone mentioned BBC3 to me.



A sad day:(

However Media Guardian goes on to say
"A series of six final idents have been filmed featuring the blobs singing goodbye songs.

These include one voiced by Little Britain's Matt Lucas as his character Dafydd from Little Britain, in which he says his "I'm the only gay in the village" catchphrase before bursting into I Will Survive.

Other idents will see the blobs singing the Goodbye, Farewell song from The Sound of Music and James Blunt's Goodbye My Lover"

tigg_in_brumTue 22/01/08 17:48

 

Was anyone on here part of the research that lead to this decision? If so, did you say they were cold and shouty?

I wasn't consulted but love the blobs. Can we start a petition to bring them back, before they've gone?

Have to start savouring them on youtube then. Oh well...

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