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February 1991 - October 1997

Promotions [1]

During the 1990s, it became common practice on BBC Two to have promotional trails punctuated by short 'stings'. These were usually five second sequences, featuring the '2' logo in a variety of different and often witty situations.

Below, a selection of BBC Two stings.

Above: BBC Two sting - Cow [1] [autumn 1992].

Above: BBC Two sting - Cow [3] [autumn 1992]. There were four Cow stings plus two menu end boards.

Above: BBC Two sting - Dead Body [1] [autumn 1992]. There were four Dead Body stings plus two menu end boards.

Above: BBC Two sting - Curlers [1] [autumn 1992]. There were three Curlers stings plus three menu end boards.

Above: BBC Two sting - Polaroid [2] [autumn 1992]. There were three Polaroid stings plus one menu end board.

Above: BBC Two sting - Polaroid [3] [autumn 1992].

Above: BBC Two sting - Traffic Lights [2] [autumn 1992]. There were five Traffic Lights stings plus one menu end board.

Above: BBC Two sting - Parking Meter [2] [autumn 1992]. There were seven Parking Meter stings plus three menu end boards.

Above: BBC Two sting - Spaghetti [4] [autumn 1992]. There were five Spaghetti stings plus four menu end boards.

Above: BBC Two sting - Snooker.

Above: BBC Two sting - Test Card. There were three Test Card opening stings and two closings.

Above: BBC Two sting - Modern Art Deconstruction.

Above: BBC Two sting - Op. Art - Opening Version [1]. Two separate sets of Op. Art stings, distinguished only by a different soundtrack: one entitled 'Jungle'; the other 'Sixties'. Each set featured three openings and one closing, making a total of eight variants.

Above: BBC Two sting - Op. Art [version number TBC].

Above: BBC Two sting - Op. Art [version number TBC].

Above: BBC Two sting - Football.

Above: BBC Two sting - Cliffhanger.

Above: BBC Two sting - Alien.

Above: BBC Two sting - Hook.

Above: BBC Two sting - Edge.

Above: BBC Two sting - Pounce.

Above: BBC Two sting - Pump Up.

Above: BBC Two sting - Wacky.

Above: BBC Two sting - Bowling Alley. There were two Bowling Alley stings plus three menu end boards.

Above: BBC Two sting - Magnet. There were two versions of this sting.

Above: BBC Two sting - Shoal.

Above: BBC Two sting - Sneeze.

Above: BBC Two sting - Slinky.

Above: BBC Two sting - Bungy.

Above: BBC Two sting - Title Unknown [1].

Above: BBC Two sting - Title Unknown [2].

Above: BBC Two sting - Cuckoo Hooligan [version number TBC].