Concept and creative process
Opening titles for the 1981 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Star Awards consisted mainly of a depiction of the Award, a hand holding a sphere, surrounded by multicoloured Saturn-like rings, on which an animated white silhouette of Fred Astaire danced in top hat and tails. The animated programme logo was wiped in over the darkened live studio set and faded out as the logo on the set was illuminated.