Compiled by mr3urious
Editions by Mr. Logo Lord


1st Logo
(1957-Late 1950's)

Logo: Against a black background, we see the text


in a strange, jumbled-up font.


FX/Cheesy Factor: None; it's a still logo.

Music: None.

Availability: Extinct, like many old logos from the UK.

Scare Factor: None; the text looks weird, but it's harmless.



2nd Logo
(Late 1950's-Early 1960's)
Nickname: "Spinning Lion Rampant"

Logo: For a split second, we see a white BG, which is wiped away horizontally on both sides, revealing a white box on a black BG. The words "SCOTTISH" and "TELEVISION" (also in white) drop in from the top and bottom sides of the screen, respectively. Then, a white Lion Rampant (the symbol found on the flag used by the King of Scots) spins in counterclockwise.

Variant: In later years, due to viewer complaints of the lion spinning in, the logo was re-filmed with the lion simply zooming in instead. This version also has a slightly smaller box and text.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The text moving into their usual postions and the lion spinning in. Choppy animation all over.

Music: A ten-note flute tune, followed by a drum roll and a cymbal crash as the lion spins in.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: High, due to the loud music and lion spinning in, but slightly lower for the "zooming" variant.



3rd Logo
(Early 1960's-1969)

Logo: Against a black BG, we see four white squares, each of which are split by two white lines arranged in a cross shape. Inside the squares are (clockwise, starting in the top-left): an "S", the lion rampant from the 2nd logo, a "V", and a "T", all of which are black. The letters are written in a wide serif font. "CHANNEL TEN" is written below that in the same font as the letters.

FX: None; it's a still logo.

Music: A rearrangement of the music from the 2nd logo with horns and drums, followed by a male announcer saying "This is Scotland".

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: Low.



4th Logo
(1969-1985)
Nickname: "Zooming STV"

Logo: Against a black background, we see the letters "stv", in a blocky font, zooming in. At the same time, an outline of a second set of the same letters zoom out. As the letters merge, the logo fades to blue.

Variant: For areas that have not yet switched to color, the logo is entirely in black-and-white, and the background fades to gray.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The zooming letters and the fade to blue.

Music: A French horn fanfare.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: Low.

5th Logo
(1985-1989)
Nickname: "CGI Thistle"

Logo: Against a black BG, we see several six gray cubes, one long rectangular column, one teal sphere, and a magenta cone shape zoom out to the left and arrange themselves onto a sheet of metal, forming an abstract thistle shape. "SCOTTISH TELEVISION", in white, fades in below.

Variant: For STV's 30th anniversary in 1987, after the usual thistle animation, the metal sheet is quickly replaced by a black BG, and the thistle is surrounded by a small purple/blue grid. "1957" and "1987" (in white) fade in at the top, then "30 YEARS OF SCOTTISH" (in blue) fade in below.

FX: Top-notch CGI for its time.

Music: A dramatic synth bass line with a mellow 8-note woodwind fanfare with an autoharp-like flourish.

Availability: Extinct, as usual.

Scare Factor: None.

6th Logo
(1989-1991)
Nickname: "ITV Generic"

See ITV for description.


7th Logo
(1990?-1991?)
Logo: TBA
FX: TBA
Music: TBA
Availability: TBA
Scare Factor: TBA

8th Logo
(1991-1995)
Nickname: "Tiddlywinks"

Logo: Against a dark cloudy sky with a shady purplish floor, three "tiddlywinks", one red, one green, and one blue, roll forward and the camera follows them. They all fall down, one-by-one, in the appropriate order, and the camera showing that they are forming the "head" of the thistle as seen before. As the tiddlywinks fall, they all turn the thistle into their appropriate colors. The camera slightly turns upward to view the final product.

Variants:

• Early in its life, the thistle would be shown completely still against a black BG. This lasted from January to March 1991.
• There was a variant in which the blue thistle was shown, but then the camera panned upward as a series of tiddlywinks come from the top and bottom of the screen to form the words "SCOTTISH TELEVISION" in a tall serif font. An abridged version of the music was used here.

FX: The cloudy sky and the tiddlywinks.

Music: A synthesized tune with a series of chimes that are timed to the falling tiddlywinks.

Availability: Again, extinct.

Scare Factor: None.

9th Logo
(1995-1996)

Nickname: "Silver Thistle"

Logo: Against a stylized purple BG, the "head" from the thistle, in silver, zooms out and slowly flips around, and as this happens, the other parts of the thistle unfold from right to left, and the words "SCOTTISH TELEVISION" do the same.

FX: The BG and the flipping

Music: A four-note horn fanfare.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

10th Logo
(1996-1997)


Nickname: "Silver Thistle II"

Logo: Against a cloudy purple BG, several large glass thistles pan back to reveal the silver thistle from before. A blurry white cloud below sharpens up to reveal the words "SCOTTISH TELEVISION" in white.

FX: The thistles and the "focusing".

Music: A more majestic-sounding version of logo 9's music

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: None.

11th Logo
(1997-2003)
Logo: Just a slowed-down and more translucent version of logo 9, only the thistle is placed against a variety of scenery across Scotland.

Variant: Around Christmastime, several colored lights light up around the thistle while a harp and jingle bells tune plays.


FX: The thistle unfolding.

Music: A jazzy hip-hop tune with a saxophone.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: None.

12th Logo
(2003-2006)
Logo: Against a black BG with blue panels, we see a blue rectangle with the words "scottish tv", in white, inside it. The blue color around "tv" is slightly lighter.

Variant: The "long" version has a short film culminating in the appearance of a modified version of the logo, which has a large square on top with several lights flashing inside it.

FX: The panels.

Music: A rather uninspired tune for the regular version, and a rather futuristic tune for the "long" variant.

Availability: Extinct, of course.

Scare Factor: None to minimal.

13th Logo
(May 30, 2006- )
Description coming soon!