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  • #16
    Originally posted by escorteclipse1990 View Post
    I remember that Children's BBC had Friday film specials that showed films from The Children's Film Foundation from the late 1960's and 70's and 80's. I think they started The Friday Film Specials around 1987 and it ended in 1989 I really enjoyed watching those old films when I was a kid. Terry On The Fence, Sammy's Super Tee Shirt etc, etc.
    Yes, I did notice that Children's BBC did that on Friday afternoons in the late 1980s, and the TV listings proved that. Great British nostalgia as well.

    Sammy's Super T-Shirt was shown in June 1988 according to old TV listings.
    I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
    There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
    I'm having so much fun
    My lucky number's one
    Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Arran View Post
      16:20 King Rollo *
      16:25 Bric-a-Brac *
      They always shared the same 15 minute slot because Rollo was five minutes long and Bric-a-Brac (first time I had ever heard that word when I watched it back in the day) was ten minutes long. Brian Cant was the presenter of the latter.
      I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
      There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
      I'm having so much fun
      My lucky number's one
      Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
        I remember Northern Ireland used to finish CBBC early because their local news was before the 6 o'clock news & Neighbours after it.
        Yes, it was something like this:

        5.35 Inside Ulster
        6.00 Six O'Clock News
        6.35 Neighbours.

        One assues that as the regional news was a prominent piece of the TV schedules that Northern Ireland had to do that. I am not too certain why they had an earlier news programme - something to do with The Trobules back then? I assume so.

        Also, I assume that when the moved it back to 6.30 pm to be the same as the other regions and nations (around the time of The Troiubles ending and the Good Friday Agreement, methinks), the changed it to Newsline 6.30. I acutally assumed that the change was not only to accomadate the new time slot but also the change of name was because of the word "Ulster" was also the name of their regional ITV counterparts, although Ulster TV was known as UTV most of the time by then.
        I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
        There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
        I'm having so much fun
        My lucky number's one
        Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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        • #19
          Inside Ulster was originally broadcast at 17:40 on 22 April 1985. There was no disruption to the children's time slot. On 18 June 1992 it was moved to an earlier 17:35 timeslot instead of Neighbours. It doesn't appear that there was disruption to CBBC because Neighbours also started at 17:35.

          Inside Ulster was an occasional news programme. Only broadcast 27 times over a 10 year period.

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          • #20
            I remember Andy Crane saying an early goodbye to viewers in Northern Ireland quite often in the late 1980s.
            The Trickster On The Roof

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            • #21
              I remember Andy Crane saying an early goodbye to viewers in Northern Ireland quite often in the late 1980s.
              Do you know of any videos of this?

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Arran View Post
                Inside Ulster was an occasional news programme. Only broadcast 27 times over a 10 year period.
                I thought it was a regular news programme for Northern Ireland back then - probably only used due to The Troubles then?

                I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
                There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
                I'm having so much fun
                My lucky number's one
                Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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                • #23
                  Cartoons before Play School in 1984

                  Older cartoons were regularly broadcast after 15:30 in the time slot before Play School. This would follow with a two minute regional news programme before Play School started. These older cartoons were not part of the children’s time slot.

                  Wednesday 4 January at 15:40 – Cartoon, House-Hunting Mice
                  Tuesday 10 January at 15:30 – Cartoon, Bugs Bunny
                  Thursday 12 January at 15:40 – Cartoon, Fair and Wormer
                  Tuesday 17 January at 15:30 – Cartoon Double Bill, Bird came COD & Life with feathers
                  Monday 18 January at 15:30 – Cartoon, Bugs Bunny Double Bill
                  Friday 20 January at 15:35 – Cartoon Double Bill, Dumb Patrol & Easy Peckings
                  Tuesday 7 February at 15:30 – Cartoon Double Bill
                  Wednesday 22 February at 15:35 – Cartoon, Bugs Bunny
                  Tuesday 28 February at 15:35 – Cartoon
                  Tuesday 6 March at 15:35 – Cartoon, Barnyard Babies
                  Monday 12 March at 15:35 – Cartoon
                  Friday 16 March at 15:30 – Cartoon
                  Monday 19 March at 15:35 – Cartoon
                  Monday 26 March at 15:40 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Tuesday 27 March at 15:40 – Cartoon, Barney Bear
                  Friday 23 March at 15:30 – Cartoon
                  Thursday 29 March at 15:40 – Cartoon, Barney Bear
                  Friday 30 March at 15:30 – Cartoon
                  Wednesday 28 March at 15:35 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Monday 2 April at 15:40 – Cartoon Double Bill
                  Tuesday 3 April at 15:45 – Cartoon
                  Thursday 5 April at 15:40 – Cartoon Double Bill
                  Monday 9 April at 15:40 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Tuesday 10 April at 15:45 – Cartoon, Barney Bear
                  Thursday 12 April at 15:40 – Cartoon Double Bill
                  Friday 13 April at 15:45 – Cartoon, Barney Bear
                  Monday 16 April at 15:45 – Cartoon, Barney Bear
                  Tuesday 17 April at 15:35 – Cartoon, Officer Pooch & Home on the Range
                  Tuesday 1 May at 15:35 – Cartoon Double Bill, Blue Monday & A Day at the Beach
                  Monday 14 May at 15:45 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Wednesday 16 May at 15:40 – Cartoon, The Little Mole
                  Friday 18 May at 15:45 – Cartoon, Little Buck Cheeser
                  Monday 21 May at 15:40 – Cartoon, Cat Feud & Dog Tales
                  Tuesday 29 May at 15:45 – Cartoon, Wild, Wild World
                  Tuesday 5 June at 15:40 – Cartoon, Bugs Bunny Double Bill
                  Thursday 7 June at 15:40 – Cartoon, Lost Chick
                  Monday 11 June at 15:40 – Cartoon, The Chinese Nightingale
                  Tuesday 12 June at 15:40 – Cartoon, Field Mouse
                  Wednesday 11 July at 16:05 – Cartoon, Goldilocks and the Three Bears
                  Monday 23 July at 16:05 – Cartoon, Barney Bear Double Bill
                  Tuesday 24 July at 16:10 – Cartoon, Bottles
                  Thursday 16 August at 16:10 – Cartoon, Good Little monkeys
                  Tuesday 21 August at 16:05 – Cartoon Double Bill, Dog Gone Cats and Fin 'n' Catty
                  Thursday 13 September at 15:35 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Friday 28 September at 15:35 – Cartoon
                  Friday 12 October 15:30 – Cartoon
                  Wednesday 7 November at 15:40 – Cartoon
                  Friday 9 November at 15:35 – Cartoon Double Bill
                  Thursday 15 November at 15:40 – Cartoon, The Homeless Flea
                  Friday 16 November at 15:40 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Thursday 22 November at 15:40 – Cartoon, Mama’s New Hat
                  Tuesday 4 December at 15:30 – Cartoon
                  Thursday 6 December at 15:40 – Cartoon
                  Wednesday 12 December at 15:40 – Cartoon
                  Thursday 13 December at 15:40 – Cartoon
                  Tuesday 18 December at 15:30 – Cartoon Double Bill, The Flyin' Bear & Little Gravel Voice
                  Wednesday 19 December at 15:40 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry
                  Thursday 20 December at 15:40 – Cartoon, Tom and Jerry

                  The Amazing Adventures of Morph was broadcast at 15:50 before Play School on all weekdays from Monday 9 January to Friday 27 January.

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                  • #24
                    Other interesting programmes before Play School in 1984

                    An interesting programme was occasionally broadcast after 15:55 during the summer when Play School started at 16:20. This would follow with a two minute regional news programme before Play School started.

                    Tuesday 10 July at 15:55 – In the Making, Glass blowing
                    Tuesday 31 July at 15:50 – In the country
                    Monday 6 August at 16:10 – Diversions
                    Thursday 16 August at 15:40 – House of Dreams
                    Monday 20 August at 16:00 – In the Making, Bells
                    Wednesday 22 August at 15:55 – In the Making, Stained Glass

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                    • #25
                      An interesting three-way regional variation on Friday 3 June 1983

                      15:55 Play School
                      16:20 The New Shmoo
                      16:40 Make’ Em Laugh (England and Northern Ireland)
                      16:40 Joe & Co (Scotland)
                      16:40 The Urdd Eisteddfod 1983 (Wales)
                      17:00 Newsround Extra (except in Wales)
                      17:10 Hunters Gold

                      I previously mentioned two 5 minute intervals in Wales at 16:30 in October 1984. Here’s an even more surprising find.

                      On Friday 9 September 1983 there was a CLOSEDOWN between 16:00 and 16:18, followed by the regional news. Children’s programmes started at 16:20 (with Play School) because it was (the last day of) the summer TV season, but it’s hard to imagine that children had come home from school and were staring at a time clock on BBC 1 whilst CITV was being broadcast over on ITV.

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                      • #26
                        A’ Cheud Turus was the only programme in Scots Gaelic broadcast in the time slot for children's programmes in the afternoon from 1970 to 1999. It was only broadcast in Scotland at 16:50 on the following dates:

                        Tuesdays
                        22 November 1983
                        6 December 1983
                        20 December 1983

                        Wednesdays
                        8 February 1984
                        15 February 1984
                        22 February 1984
                        29 February 1984
                        7 March 1984

                        Almost nothing is known about the programme although it’s briefly described as a new adventure series for teenagers in the 1985 BBC Year Book.

                        https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK...-Book-1985.pdf

                        It’s probably been wiped from the BBC archive. After all, the BBC wiped several Rentaghost episodes from the 1980s back in 1993.

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                        • #27
                          The scheduling was different back in the 1970s compared with the early 1980s - that continued into the CBBC era. Blue Peter was broadcast before 17:00.

                          Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines was broadcast in October 1970 at 17:20, but not in Wales.

                          Tuesday 13 October 1970

                          14:25 Closedown
                          16:20 Play School
                          16:40 Jackanory
                          16:55 Vision On
                          17:20 Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines (Rest of the UK)
                          17:44 The Magic Roundabout (Rest of the UK)
                          17:20 Telewele (Wales)
                          17:50 National News and Weather

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post

                            The Terrahawks puppets & Marmalade Atkins also did some CITV links.
                            Marmalade Atkins did CITV in around 1984, around the earlier part of doing the continuty - I vaugely remember her doing it at the time, but I bet that it was a treat for viewers when she did. She was the only person to do continuuty who probably resembled an average CITV viewer! Danielle Nicholls was also someone who was like that.

                            Speaking of Marmalade, I have always wondered whether or not Grange Hill's Imelda Davis (and Tracy Beaker for that matter) was loosely based on her as they both had a very similar persona - and no doubt that Paddington Bear would have cannibalised her...
                            I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
                            There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
                            I'm having so much fun
                            My lucky number's one
                            Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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                            • #29
                              1985 Overview - Before Children's BBC

                              Children’s programmes commence at 15:50 on Wednesday 2 January. From Monday 1 April a later start at 15:55 following the removal of Play School from the schedule. From Monday 17 June to Friday 6 September a later start at 16:20 due to various sporting events and the Trades Union Congress. Children’s BBC is launched at 15:55 on 9 September.

                              The schedule begins with Play School, five days a week, until Friday 29 March – the final afternoon episode.

                              Newsround on Mondays to Thursdays. Starting at 16:50, 16:55 or 17:00.

                              Newsround Extra on Fridays from 4 January to 8 March and 24 May to 26 July. Starting at 16:45, 16:50 or 16:55.

                              Late starts at 16:20 have two to four programmes before Newsround.

                              Overall, the schedule for 1985 is simpler than that for 1984 with most programmes broadcast once a week.

                              The majority of programme series before Newsround commenced in early January, early April, or throughout June and July. A large batch of 15 new programmes plus a new series of Bananaman, and Laurel and Hardy commenced in April following the removal of Play School from the schedule and the ending of the Jackanory season. All in the first in the first week of April apart from three Friday series which had to wait until 12 April due to Good Friday.

                              The first series to continue into Children’s BBC after 9 September was Battle of the Planets which commenced on Wednesday 5 June. The second was Heads and Tails which commenced on Tuesday 18 June with the final episode on 10 September.

                              Dogtanian was broadcast on Thursdays from 3 January to 27 June. It outlasted every series commencing before April. It also outlasted every series commencing in April apart from Whizz. Four series which continued into Children’s BBC commenced in June before Dogtanian had finished!

                              Disrupted schedules
                              Friday 5 April – Good Friday
                              Monday 8 April – Easter Monday
                              Monday 6 May – Bank Holiday
                              Monday 27 May – Bank Holiday
                              Monday 26 August – Bank Holiday

                              Over on BBC 2
                              Tuesday 19 March – Budget
                              Wednesday 1 May – World Cup Football, Romania v England (Film in Scotland)

                              Regional variations
                              Grange Hill was broadcast on Mondays and Wednesdays at 17:35 (two episodes a week) from 18 February to 22 April, except in Wales where it was broadcast on Mondays at 18:35 from 18 February to 29 July – skipping three weeks due to Bank Holiday Mondays and International Football. This was to accommodate Wales Today which started at 17:35.

                              When the series finished with episode 18 on Monday 22 April, episode 8 was broadcast in Wales!

                              Urdd Eisteddfod was broadcast in Wales on Wednesday 29 May at 17:10 instead of Duncan Dares, and Friday 31 May at 17:05 instead of Fast Forward.

                              Cartoons and Ceefax before the children’s time slot

                              Older cartoons were occasionally broadcast after 15:25 in the time slot before the children’s time slot. This would follow with a two minute regional news programme, except on Monday 1 April. These older cartoons were not part of the children’s time slot.

                              Monday 1 April at 15:25 – Cartoon, Daffy Duck’s Easter Special
                              Thursday 11 April at 15:40 – Cartoon Double Bill, Billy Boy & ****-a-doodle Dog
                              Friday 12 April at 15:45, Cartoon, Tom and Jerry

                              Pages From Ceefax, starting some time after 14:00, were broadcast on numerous days before the children’s time slot.

                              Schedule for Friday 29 March
                              15:50 Play School: It's Friday
                              16:10 The All New Popeye Show: In A Little Spinach Town
                              16:20 Jackanory: The Magic Pudding
                              16:35 Secrets Out!!!
                              17:00 The Secret Garden: Episode 7 Magic

                              Schedule for Monday 1 April
                              15:55 Bertha: The Great Painting Job
                              16:10 Captain Caveman: Cavey's Crazy Car Caper
                              16:20 Busker
                              16:35 Dungeons and Dragons: The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow
                              16:55 Newsround
                              17:05 Blue Peter
                              17:35 Grange Hill: Episode 13 (Except Wales

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