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1st logo (1972?-1977)[]

An in-credit logo which reads:

A

[TIME LIFE]

TELEVISION

PRODUCTION

with "TIME LIFE" in a rectangle. This is displayed on a crimson red background.

2nd logo (1977-1982)[]

On a black background, a white conjoined, slanted "TL" (with the L connected near the end of the T) zooms into place onto a television-like box with a red screen in the center, trailing itself as it goes (a la the 1978-81 Filmways logo). Once it reaches the screen, it quickly flashes and merges with the box forming the logo. On the bottom of the screen, the text "TIME LIFE TELEVISION" is seen underneath the logo completing its formation.

Variants[]

  • For BBC-produced shows, the logo is the same, except the text "A BBC-TV PRODUCTION" is seen below the logo first, being faded out and the "Distributed by TIME LIFE TELEVISION" blurb, centered under the logo, takes its place and then fades out completely.
  • Depending on the condition of the film source, the color may be slightly different. The most notable variation is brown.
  • A still variant of this logo exists.
  • There is another still variant with the text "A BBC-TV PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH TIME LIFE DISTRIBUTION" below.
  • Yet another still (and videotaped and silent) variant reads "A BBC-TV TIME LIFE TELEVISION CO-PRODUCTION." This appeared on the BBC Shakespeare plays in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
  • A still variant of the movie logo was seen on some shows.
  • An in-credit version of the logo can be seen in the French version of the TV movie The Bunker.
  • A version exists where the text reads "A TIME LIFE TELEVISION RELEASE". This was seen on reruns of The Real McCoys in the 1970s. So far, this is only known to exist in black and white.

Music/Sounds[]

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None.

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A shrill Moog synthesizer sounder (extended on the BBC variant), which sounds like "You Can Fly" from Disney's Peter Pan. The still variant uses shortened music.

Scare Factor[]

1st logo[]

None, but it raises with the next logo...

2nd logo[]

Low to high. The dated scanimation, along with the loud, high-pitched synthesiser music have been known to scare several people. It’s lowered from low to medium for the short/still variant as the music is still there, and none for the still/silent variant.

Video[]

BBC_Time_Life_Television_ID_1979

BBC Time Life Television ID 1979

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