Title[6] | Air dates | Description |
Warehouse |
Skateboarding | 1 April 2022 – present | A group of people skateboard in an empty warehouse (Village Underground, Shoreditch, London). The lens rotates to reveal a figure drawing class and a rave. This was the first ident of the new look to be used at 7pm on 1 April 2022. |
Rave | 1 April 2022 – present | A group of people rave in the same empty warehouse. The lens rotates to reveal the figure-drawing class and the group of skateboarders. Normally used to introduce entertainment and music programming. |
Drawing | 2 April 2022 – present | A person lies on a bench in a figure-drawing class, with people painting the person. The lens rotates to reveal the group of skateboarders and the group of ravers. |
Hall |
Trampoline | 1 April 2022 – present | A group of people bounce on trampolines in a hall (Yeomanry House, Bloomsbury, London[7]). The lens rotates to reveal a prenatal class and a group of people preparing for an event. |
Showtime | 1 April 2022 – present | A group of people prepare for an event, lifting a disco ball towards the ceiling, and testing lights. The lens rotates to reveal the prenatal class and the group of people bouncing on a trampoline. Normally used to introduce entertainment and music programming. |
NCT | 1 April 2022 – present | A prenatal class. The lens rotates to reveal the group of people bouncing on a trampoline and the group of people preparing for an event. |
Farmland |
Festival | 1 April 2022 – present | A campsite at a festival (South Farm, Kent[8]). The lens rotates to reveal ramblers in stormy weather and sheep running across a field. Normally used to introduce entertainment and music programming. |
Livestock | 1 April 2022 – present | Sheep run across a field. The lens rotates to reveal the ramblers in stormy weather and the campsite at the festival. |
Ramblers | 3 April 2022 – present | Ramblers in stormy weather. The lens rotates to reveal the campsite at the festival and sheep running across a field. |
Market |
Calm | 2 April 2022 – present | A bridge underpass (Scoresby Street, Southwark, London[9]). The lens rotates to reveal a market taking place at the underpass and the aftermath of the market. |
Hustle | 1 April 2022 – present | The same market by a bridge underpass. The lens rotates to reveal the aftermath of the market and the same empty location. |
Aftermath | 1 April 2022 – present | The aftermath of the earlier market, with people cleaning up the street. The lens rotates to reveal the earlier market taking place at the underpass and the same empty location. |
Bench |
Empty | 1 April 2022 – present | An empty bench at night (Windmill Hill, Hitchin, Hertfordshire[10]). The lens rotates to reveal a family sitting at the bench and a group of teenagers congregating. Normally used to introduce the news, along with overnight simulcasts of the BBC News Channel. |
Teens | 1 April 2022 – present | A group of teenagers congregate at the bench on their way home from school. The lens rotates to reveal the family sitting at the bench, and the bench at night. First aired on the same night the new Lens idents launched on 1 April 2022. |
Family | 2 April 2022 – present | A family sitting at the same bench. The lens rotates to reveal the group of teenagers congregating, and the bench at night. |
Sky |
Daytime | 3 April 2022 – present | A shot of the daytime sky (Windmill Hill, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the same location as the Bench idents). The lens rotates to reveal the sky in the evening and at night. Normally used to introduce the news. |
Evening | 2 April 2022 – present | A shot of the evening sky. The lens rotates to reveal the sky in the daytime and at night. Normally used to introduce the news. |
Night | 1 April 2022 – present | A shot of the night sky. The lens rotates to reveal the sky in the daytime and in the evening. Normally used to introduce the news, along with overnight simulcasts of the BBC News Channel. |
Outdoor Pool |
Swim Squad | 20 April 2022 – present | A group of people swimming outdoors (Park Road Lido, Crouch End). The lens rotates to reveal a man diving into a pool where two women are sitting and a group of people partying in the pool. |
Clowning Around | 21 April 2022 – present | A man dives into the pool where two women are sitting. The lens rotates to reveal the group of people swimming outdoors and the group of people partying in the pool. |
Party | 24 April 2022 – present | A group of people party in the pool. The lens rotates to reveal the group of people swimming outdoors and the man diving into the pool where two women are sitting. |
Café |
First Date | 9 May 2022 – present | A couple having their first date in the café. The lens rotates to reveal the group of people celebrating about winning a cup in the café and the group of builders having a food break in the café. |
Builders | 10 May 2022 – present | A group of builders having a food break in a café. The lens rotates to reveal a group of people celebrating about winning a cup in the café and a couple having their first date in the café. |
The Cup Winners | 10 May 2022 – present | A group of people celebrating about winning a cup in the café. The lens rotates to reveal the group of builders having a food break in the café and the couple having their first date in the café. Normally used to introduce sports programmes, and in particular football. |