BBC One "Virtual Globe" ident

[1] The first aspects of the look were first witnessed at 6 am, when the updated Open University symbol first aired, showing the stylised '1'.

[2] The ident consisted of a figure "1" inside a rotating transparent globe surrounded by a swirling smoky atmosphere above the BBC's corporate logo: the bold italic letters B B C within three rhomboids, above blue red and green flashes.

The idents were created by filming a physical globe, but used CGI effects to give it its smokey look.

[3] Upon first impressions, the ident does not appear like a globe, as the smoky CGI effects hide and disfigure the continents.

This issue was resolved in December 1991, when the clock was shrunk down to the same as the globe, easing fading between.