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Background: Watchmaker Productions is a defunct Birmingham-based production company that was operated as a subsidiary of Chrysalis Television that was formed in 1994. It was later absorbed into Chrysalis Entertainment in 2001, then North One Television in 2003.

1st Logo (1994)

Logo: On a white background, we see a circular "W" in orange with a purple camera-like light on top with a camera-like outline behind it. The "W" circle shines behind it and then the word "A WATCHMAKER PRODUCTION for" in a Futura font fades in, with the blue BBC logo on the bottom, and a copyright stamp below.

FX/SFX: The circle shining.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Clive James on 1994, a New Year's Eve BBC special.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1995-2000)

Logo: On a black background, we see the white word "WATCHMAKER PRODUCTIONS" in a Futura font and below it is the Chrysalis logo in blue, and with a byline.

Variants:

  • From 1995 to 1998, below the Chrysalis logo is a byline reading "A Chrysalis Company".
  • From 1998 to 2000, below the Chrysalis logo is a byline reading "Chrysalis". The background is also white, and the text above the Chrysalis logo is in black.
  • It sometimes shares the screen with other logos.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on The Clive James Show, The Bob Downe Special, An Evening with Lily Savage, Monday Night Clive, Clarkson, Mondo Rosso and the first season of The Unforgettable.

Editor's Note: None.

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