BBC One: 1964-1966

Following the 1962 Pilkington Report that suggested that the third television station be awarded to the BBC, the BBC launched BBC2 on 20 April 1964. In preparation for this, all ‘BBC TV’ branding had to disappear from the presentation of the soon to be called BBC1. The globe was made smaller, surrounded by a thick black circle and encompassed in a large white box on a grey background.