Open Mind Productions (UK)

Note: Not to be confused with OpenMind.

Background: Open Mind Productions is a British television production company founded on June 1, 1989 by Roland Tongue and Chris Ellis. Tongue, who retired from the company at the end of 2011, was previously a film editor at the BBC, while Ellis was previously a teacher and script writer at Children's BBC.

(1998-2009)
Nickname: "The Blue Head"

Logo: We see a blue head looking to the left, with a top-right head piece split by one quarter on the head. Between the head is "OPEN" and "MIND" in a thin, black font. "PRODUCTIONS" in the same font is under it.

Variants:


 * Used as a closing board for The Shiny Show (BBC) and The Number Crew (Channel Four), "An" is on top of the head and the text under the head and "OPEN" and "MIND" now reads "PRODUCTION".
 * An early version exists where text "An Open Mind Production" is seen below the head.
 * On Ready Set Learn, the programming block on TLC, the logo is set on a sky-blue background and is on the right where Paz dances on the left.
 * On the last two episodes of Xcalibur, the EllipsAnime logo is at the top, the Open Mind Productions logo is at the middle, and the YTV (Canada) logo is at the bottom after the credits stops scrolling up.

FX/SFX: None, though on The Number Crew it's the appearing-pieces transition and on Numberjacks the logo cross-fades from the credits. Ready Set Learn also has the logo fading in and out (this is where the other logos fade in and out when it finishes the programming block). For the EllipsAnime/Open Mind Productions/YTV (Canada) combo on Xcalibur, the scrolling up in the closing credits.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the TV show.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * On some episodes of The Shiny Show, it's silent (because the full closing theme plays only on the show's credits and then a short sequence from the show came before the logo appears).
 * On the season 1 episode "Fire Station", the fire engine sound was heard during the closing theme.
 * On the season 2 episode "Cheesemaking", the last part of the closing theme plays after the sequence that interrupts the credits (similar to "Hairdressers").
 * On Polish prints of The Shiny Show, there is a Polish voice-over after the closing theme.
 * On Ready Set Learn, the announcer was heard while instrumental version of The Paz Show theme plays.
 * On the Numberjacks season 2 episode "Counting Down to Christmas", an ominous bell note plays over the closing theme's last note.

Availability: Seen on The Number Crew, The Shiny Show, Ready Set Learn and Numberjacks. Also seen on Xcalibur.

Scare Factor:


 * None for most of the variants.
 * Minimal for The Shiny Show variant due to the black BG, though it may catch you off-guard if the last part of the closing theme plays after the sequence. Like Ragdoll Productions, it's considered creepy to some children.
 * None to minimal for the Numberjacks variants due to the whoosh and the ominous bell from “Counting Down to Christmas”.
 * None for the Xcalibur variant due to the black BG like The Shiny Show and the blueish gray color sword, though it may catch you off-guard if the credits are scrolling up. It's one of the CGI shows ever made.