Working Title Television (UK)

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Logo descriptions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Logo captures by Shadeed A. Kelly, EnormousRat, and V of Doom


1st Logo
(November 8, 1992-November 14, 1993)
WTTV-BBC: 1992WTTV-BBC: 1993

Logo: It's simple in-credit text that reads "A WORKING TITLE TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR BBC" featuring BBC's respective logo.

FX/SFX: The fade-in and fade-out or superimposed.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme from any TV movie.

Availability: Rare. It's seen on The Borrowers and Return of the Borrowers on VHS.

Editor's Note: None.



2nd Logo
(April 13, 1995-December 24, 1998)
Working Title TVWTTV: 1995Working Title Television (1996)

Nicknames: "Circle", "Red Circle"

Logo
: On a gold background, there is a red circle and in between it says "
WORKING TITLE" in Compacta BT font and on the bottom of the circle says "TELEVISION" in a white Times New Roman font. Below it has a copyright year in white and "WORKING TITLE TV Ltd" in black all in Compacta BT font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.

Availability: This is seen on The Baldy Man episodes.

Editor's Note: None.



3rd Logo
(March 18, 2000-August 25, 2007)
WTTV: 2005-2007WTTV-BBC: 2000Working Title Television (2000)

Nicknames: "Circle II", "Red Circle II", "WTTV Circle"

Logo: Same as the last logo, but there are some differences. Inside the circle says "WTTV" in a stretched out bold white Times New Roman font and it's on a black background.

Variants:
  • On co-produced shows mainly for BBC, the logo would say "A WTTV Production for BBC" featuring both respective logos intact with a copyright to Universal Television or Universal Television/BBC below.
  • Would appear in all white on The Last of the Blonde Bombshells.

FX/SFX: The fade-in or none.

Music/Sounds: None or the end-title theme from any TV movie.

Availability: Uncommon.
This is seen on the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, the 2000 UK revival of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), and two Lifetime Television movies: Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life and The Murder of Princess Diana occasionally seen on Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network.

Editor's Note
: None.



4th Logo
(April 1, 2007-May 24, 2009)
Working Title TV: 2007-wsWorking Title TV: 2007-ws-b

Nicknames
: "Circle III", "White Circle"

Logo
: On a black background, we see a white in-credit closing logo of Working Title Films.

FX/SFX:
None.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme.

Availability: Rare. It was last seen on reruns of the first three seasons of The Tudors on Audience Network. It's also seen on the DVD releases.

Editor's Note: None.



5th Logo
(April 11-June 20, 2010)

Nicknames: "Circle IV", "White Circle II", "Crescent Circle"
Working Title TV: 2010-ws
Logo: On a black background, we have the 2010 closing logo of Working Title Films.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds
: Same as above.

Availability:
Rare. It was last seen on reruns of the final season of The Tudors on Audience Network. It's also seen on the DVD release.

Editor's Note: None.


6th Logo
(June 2, 2011- )

Nicknames:
"Circle V", "Black Circle", "Working Title Gyroscope"

Logo: A sped-up version of the current movie logo, except the circle is already formed and flips over with the name sliding out into place. "WTTV" in small spaced-out letters is shown below.

FX/SFX: The circle flipping over; the name sliding.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme or silence.

Availability: Current.
  • The animated variant was only shown on the short-lived Love Bites on NBC.
  • A still variant currently appears on Gypsy on Netflix, and also appears on the television adaptation of About a Boy and You, Me and The Apocalypse, both also had short-lived runs on NBC.

Editor's Note: None.