Thames Video

**Thames Video** that have been released by Video Collection International Ltd.

## Description

Nicknames: "CGI Thames", "Gold Thames", "Thames Video Triangle II", "Color Shifting Thames"

Logo: On a black background, we see three inverted triangles (one in red/yellow, a second in blue/red, and a third in yellow/blue), with a view of London (again, featuring Big Ben, the Telecom Tower, St. Paul's Cathedral and Tower Bridge) and "THAMES VIDEO" on them, flying by, then a gold version of the logo is created, then the background changes from black to navy blue. This logo is based on Thames Television's final ident - which was used from mid-1990 to 31 December 1992.

Variants: At the end of videos of certain shows like *The Bill*, this logo is seen instead of the usual Thames Television end board, with the final seconds of the show's theme being heard in place of the fanfare. The videos of *Truckers* (which edited the thirteen episodes together to form a movie) and *Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime* (which only contained three episodes from the first series of 1991) also featured this logo at the end, instead of Cosgrove Hall's third logo.

FX/SFX: The three differently-colored versions of the logo flying by to reveal the gold one, and the background changing from black to navy blue.

Music/Sounds: A majestic fanfare, which is the same one as that from the aforementioned Thames Television ident from 1990. The only differences are a few added drumbeats in the background, and no background echo at the end. At the end of most tapes, it is silent.

Availability: Seen on tapes from the early 1990s featuring programs produced by Thames Television during their "twilight" years (including the last few series of *The Sooty Show*, *Rainbow*, *Truckers*, and *Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime*). The best tapes to find with this logo are PAL-format ones from the UK. This was, however, seen in the U.S. on a 1997 VHS of Benny Hill: Golden Laughs.

Scare Factor: None to low. The fanfare starting out so suddenly and the triangles coming towards the screen may surprise a few. None for the silent variant.

## Releases

* ARE1001 - Avenger Penguins: Volume 1
* ARE1002 - Avenger Penguins: Volume 2
* ARE1003 - Avenger Penguins: Volume 3
* CC 1168 - Carry On Christmas
* CC 1169 - Carry On Stuffing
* CC 7059 - Carry On Christmas Capers
* KK 0005 - Children's Favourites
* KK 0006 - Button Moon (1991)
* LW 0001 - Sooty - What a Load of Rubbish and Collecting
* LW 0002 - Rainbow - The Invitation and If Only We Hadn't
* LW 0003 - Humpty Dumpty and Other Favourites
* ML0006 - My Little Nursery Rhymes Video
* ML0007 - My Little Rainbow
* ML0016 - My Little Rainbow - Seaside Show
* ML0023 - My Little Nursery Rhymes Video (2)
* ML0024 - My Little Nursery Rhymes Video (3)
* ML0025 - My Little Count Duckula - The Great Ducktective
* ML0029 - My Little Rainbow - Christmas Special
* TV 8012 - Swan Lake
* TV 8081 - Sooty's Big Time Video
* TV 8095 - Stand Up Jim Davidson
* TV 8107 - Learn with Sooty - Start to Read 2
* TV 8117 -
* TV 8118 -
* TV 8119 - Danger Mouse - Big Time Video
* TV 8120 - Rainbow - Big Time Video
* TV 8121 - A Murder of Quality
* TV 8122 -
* TV 8123 -
* TV 8124 - Macbeth - A Royal Shakespeare Company Performance
* TV 8125 - The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
* TV 8126 - Eric Sykes Silent Comedy Classics
* TV 8127 - The Thief of Bagdad
* TV 8128 -
* TV 8129 -
* TV 8130 - Learn with Sooty - Down on the Farm
* TV 8131 - Learn with Sooty - Have Fun with Numbers 2
* TV 8132 -
* TV 8133 -
* TV 8134 - The Amazing Adventures of Mr. Bean
* TV 8135 - Stig of the Dump
* TV 8136 - T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom
* TV 8137 - The Outrageous Freddie Starr, Freddie Starr Ate My Video
* TV 8138 - Such is Sykes
* TV 8139 - Victor and Hugo: Bunglers In Crime
* TV 8140 - The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean
* TV 8141 - The Best of Tommy Cooper
* TV 8142 -
* TV 8143 - Eric and Ernie's Xmas Show
* TV 8144 -
* TV 8145 - The World at War - Part 1
* TV 8146 - The World at War - Part 2
* TV 8147 - The World at War - Part 3
* TV 8148 - The World at War - Part 4
* TV 8149 - The World at War - Special Presentation
* TV 8150 -
* TV 8151 -
* TV 8152 -
* TV 8153 - The Ultimate Nursery Rhymes Video
* TV 8154 - The Wind in the Willows - Lord Toad and Other Stories
* TV 8155 - Rainbow - Zippy's Stories
* TV 8156 - Rainbow - Sing Song and Other Stories
* TV 8157 - Sooty - Matt Robot and Other Stories
* TV 8158 - Sooty - Hair Today and Other Stories
* TV 8159 - Terry Pratchett Truckers, Terry Pratchett Truckers (1997)
* TV 8160 - Tommy Cooper - "Not Like That"
* TV 8161 - Sooty - 3 Men In A Boat and Other Stories
* TV 8162 - Sooty - Only Joking and Other Stories
* TV 8163 - Rainbow - Treasure Hunt and Other Stories
* TV 8164 - Rainbow - The Seaside Show and Other Stories
* TV 8165 - The Christmas Collection
* TV 8166 - The Wind in the Willows - Labyrinth and Other Stories
* TV 8167 - Treasure Box - A Good Dead and other Stories
* TV 8168 - Benny Hill - The World's Favourite Clown
* TV 8169 - Tommy Cooper - Solid Gold
* TV 8170 - Men Behaving Badly - The Complete 1st Series, Men Behaving Badly - Series 1
* TV 8171 -
* TV 8172 - Bernard and the Genie
* TV 8173 -
* TV 8174 - The Tomorrow People
* TV 8175 -
* TV 8176 - The Sweeney - First Ever 1 Episode: - Ringer
* TV 8177 - Minder - First Ever 1 Episode: - Gunfight at the O.K. Laundrette
* TV 8178 - The Terrible Tales of Mr. Bean
* TV 8179 - The Merry Mishaps of Mr. Bean
* TV 8180 - The Wind in the Willows (1993)
* TV 8181 -
* TV 8182 - The Magic Lives of Tommy Cooper
* TV 8183 - The Wind in the Willows - A Tale of 2 Toads (1994)
* TV 8184 - Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
* TV 8185 - Rainbow - New Friends and Other Stories
* TV 8186 - Rainbow - Abracadabra and Other Stories
* TV 8187 - Rainbow - Bungle's Birthday and Other Stories
* TV 8188 -
* TV 8189 - Learn with Sooty - Start to Read (1994)
* TV 8190 - Learn with Sooty - Be Safe (1994)
* TV 8191 - Learn with Sooty - Have Fun with Numbers (1994)
* TV 8192 - Learn with Sooty - How Things Work Simple Science (1994)
* TV 8193 - The Wind in the Willows - Winter Tales (1994)
* TV 8194 - The Perilous Pursuits of Mr. Bean
* TV 8195 -
* TV 8196 -
* TV 8197 -
* TV 8198 -
* TV 8199 - The Very Best of Benny Hill, The Very Best of Benny Hill - Clown King of Comedy
* TV 8200 -
* TV 8201 -
* TV 8202 -
* TV 8203 -
* TV 8204 - The BFG (1995), The BFG (1997)
* TV 8205 - The Wind in the Willows - Spring Follies (1995)
* TV 8206 -
* TV 8207 -
* TV 8208 - The Wind in the Willows - Autumn Antics (1995)
* TV 8209 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 2
* TV 8210 - The Wind in the Willows - A Tale of 2 Toads/Spring Follies
* TV 8211 - Tommy Cooper - The Missing Pieces
* TV 8212 - Man About the House
* TV 8213 - Unseen Bean
* TV 8214 -
* TV 8215 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 4 (Part 1)
* TV 8216 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 4 (Part 2)
* TV 8217 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 3 (Part 1)
* TV 8218 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 3 (Part 2)
* TV 8219 - The Final Frolics of Mr. Bean
* TV 8220 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 2 (Part 1)
* TV 8221 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 2 (Part 2)
* TV 8222 -
* TV 8223 - Men Behaving Badly - The Complete 1st Series (1996 Re-Release)
* TV 8224 -
* TV 8225 -
* TV 8226 -
* TV 8227 -
* TV 8228 -
* TV 8229 -
* TV 8230 -
* TV 8231 -
* TV 8232 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 2 - Episodes 1 and 2
* TV 8233 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 2 - Episodes 3 and 4
* TV 8234 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 2 - Episodes 5 and 6
* TV 8235 -
* TV 8236 -
* TV 8237 -
* TV 8238 -
* TV 8239 -
* TV 8240 -
* TV 8241 -
* TV 8242 -
* TV 8243 -
* TV 8244 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 5 (Part 1)
* TV 8245 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 5 (Part 2)
* TV 8246 - The Best Bits of Mr. Bean
* TV 8247 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 3 - Episodes 1 and 2
* TV 8248 -
* TV 8249 -
* TV 8250 -
* TV 8251 -
* TV 8252 -
* TV 8253 - Men Behaving Badly - Series 4 - Episode 7 and Series 5 - Episode 1
* TV 8254 -
* TV 8255 -
* TV 8256 -
* TV 8257 - Benny Hill and Friends
* TV 8258 - My Bumper: The Wind in the Willows - Fun and Games
* TV 8259 - Minder - National Pelmet/Whose Wife Is it Anyway
* TV 8260 - The Sweeney - Selected Target/In From the Cold
* TV 8261 - Tommy Cooper - The Golden Years
* TV 8262 - The Very Best of Men Behaving Badly
* TV 8263 - The Complete Mr. Bean Volume 1
* TV 8264 - The Complete Mr. Bean Volume 2
* TV 8265 -
* TV 8266 - My Bumper Christmas Sooty
* TV 8267 -
* TV 8268 -
* TV 8269 - Sooty - Biggest Party Video
* TV 8270 -
* TV 8271 -
* TV 8272 -
* TV 8273 -
* TV 8274 - The Wind in the Willows - The 4 Seasons
* TV 8275 - Men Behaving Badly - Jingle B\*\*\*s!
* TV 8276 -
* TV 8277 - Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
* TV 8278 -
* TV 8279 - The Complete Mr. Bean
* TV 8300 - Hooligan - The Truth Behind Football's Darkest Days
* TV 9956 - The Wind in the Willows - Summer Escapades
* VC 1388 - Learn with Sooty - Start to Read/Have Fun with Numbers
* WH 1029 - Regan
* WP 0033 - The Wind in the Willows - Paperchase
* WP 0034 - Rainbow - 3 Green Bottles and Other Stories

## Trivia

* There is no The Video Collection tracking control, warning and logo and VCI tracking control, warning and logo, there is only Thames Video warning and logo.
* In 1991, The Video Collection appears in Thames Video with Learn with Sooty Videos.
* In 1995, After the BFG credits, There is Thames Video logo and VCI logo.
* In 1998, VCI appears in Thames Video with Videos.
* There's no trailers on Thames Video Collection. There is only Thames Video used the Video Collection International on trailers and promos (1991-1998).