After four years and 43,000 sightings it was the last waltz for BBC1's controversial dance idents. But would their passing be marked in any way? What happened at closedown at 1:10am on Friday 06 October could not have been more different to the balloon's non-farewell in 2002...
In place of the usual back-to-back programme trails was a three-minute compilation of all the dancers (apart from Haka), ending with the rarely-seen Ballet. It's at this point announcer Phil Vowels comes in and bids a dignified farewell to the movers and strutters. Unpopular as they were, this excellent tribute actually makes you sorry to see the dancers go.
