September 12, 2002 saw the launch of the new on and off air identity for Channel 5 and is a complete transformation of their look, advertising and programming structure.

The shift to Five was an ongoing project with Spin working in tandem with creative strategists WalkerBannisterBuss and advertising company TBWA/London.

Spin’s creative lead encompasses a wide range of off air stationary, promotional material and style guides alongside live action on air idents.

The channel’s logo, previously the number 5 within a circle supported by the colour bar, is now replaced by Five, always appearing in lower case in the mark.

Five is the first UK channel to regularly use purely typographical promos – seeing copy-written type overlaid over sound bites from the channel’s key shows. This method complements more traditional on-air promotions.

The first of the new idents was actually seen ahead of launch on Tuesday 10th September 2002, before the movie 'Saving Private Ryan'. The second of the idents was seen for the repeat showing of the film on Sunday 11th September. The new look was officially launched on Monday 12th September 2002.

New idents:

Out Driving: A woman, in a car, out driving

Pool: A man gets into the pool and swims off.

Weedkiller: Someone pumps and sprays the bushes.

Candy Floss: A boy waits for Candy Floss.

Ride: Someone on a spinning ride.

Robot: Someone picks the robot up, but then puts it back down.

Park Duel: Featuring invisible superheroes fighting in the garden.

Containers Duel: The superheroes are back, fighting in the by some containers.

Accordion: Shopping trolleys in a Sainsbury's car park are used as an accordion.

Gas Drums: Two cranes come in handy as drum sticks in this little ident, as gas storage tanks get used as drums.

Guitar: A busy road gets turned into a guitar, causing a crash or two.

Food Chain: Starting off with a jelly fish, but who's the top of the food chain?

Night Life: A journey where we see taxis, lights and deer.

Fly: A drawn cat tries to join the dots to finish his legs, until he swots a fly.

Sneeze: A girl has a little sneeze, and sneezes up a bouquet of flowers

Love Story: A little love story forms, cut out of the pages of a magazine.

Turf War: A story of hate, and things get a bit nasty, with explosions

Jelly World: The world appears to have turned to jelly...

Generic: A simplistic ident with the Five "five" wordmark animating on, This comes in 4 versions, each a different color.

Color Love: Another nice animated ident for before the news.

Human Paint: Some swirly paint in another pre-news ident.

In April 2004, idents specific to shows such as Neighbors, CSI and Home and Away began airing, as well as a new ident specifically for U.S crime shows, Much of the 2002 set was withdrawn by mid-May 2004, Write a tweet with the only idents remaining after mid-May


✨ After May 2004, the iconic idents that remained for Channel 5 were the vibrant Color Love, the whimsical Generic (4 versions), and the playful Human Paint! 🎨📺 What were your favorites from the original 2002 lineup? #Channel5 #TVIdents #FiveIdent #TVHistory


Write a tweet with the only 3 others


📺 After mid-May 2004, Channel 5 kept the unique Out Driving, the entertaining Love Story, and the fun Fly idents alive! 🐱💕 What were your favorites from the 2002 rebrand? #Channel5 #TVIdents #FiveIdent #Nostalgia


Write a tweet saying glad the weedkiller one was rmeoved, was boring, instead they kept this much more fun one


Glad to see the Weedkiller ident get the boot—it was so boring! 🙄 Instead, they kept the much more fun Love Story! 💕❤️ Which ident did you love the most? #Channel5 #TVIdents #FiveIdent #Nostalgia. Write a forum conversation asking if Family Affairs has a custom-made ident like CSI, Neighbors, Gadget Show and H&A have