BBC 2 Crystal Ball Ident

BBC 2 Crystal Ball from 1993

A rarely seen ident that was introduced as one of the 1993 idents, Crystal Ball was inexplicably dropped after just a few weeks. It featured a crystal ball rolling across a blue, purple and green background, revealing a distorted image of a '2' as it passed over the middle of the screen. One possible explanation for its removal so quickly after launch was the similarity between it and the BBC One 'Virtual Globe' ident. It's also rumoured that the ident was pulled due to the decreased visibility of the '2', which was only in view for a split second. A sparse minor chord composition overlaid subtle howling effects, lending a mystical feel.

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