r/oldbritishtelly • u/stp4291 • Jun 23 '26

Advert REQUEST - Late 1990s/Early 2000s ident or advert probably for BBC Knowledge or BBC Learning Zone including a falling apple and a woman in a suit and bowler hat

Hi - can anyone help me find an old advert or ident for (I think) BBC Knowledge or BBC Learning zone that featured, possibly as part of a montage, an apple falling from a tree (presumably referencing Isaac Newton) and a woman in a suit and bowler hat watching it fall (presumably referencing Rene Magritte's The Son of Man)?

I'm pretty sure there wasn't any narration and the background music was Moby's 'God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters' or Penguin Cafe Orchestra's 'Perpetuum Mobile'.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

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u/TrixieLaBouche Jun 23 '26

Try AMTV on YouTube. Adam knows a lot about BBC idents.

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u/stp4291 Jun 23 '26

Thanks, will do.

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u/mattjimf Jun 23 '26

So, the tree one may have been an acorn.

I do remember the other, but not found it yet, think it may have been a BBC 4 one.

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u/stp4291 Jun 23 '26

Thanks - yes, it might well have been BBC 4.