Children’s ITV during the last week of the old BBC 1 schedule for children’s programmes, which started with Play School.
Monday 25 March 1985
16:00 Tickle on the Tum
16:15 Batfink
16:20 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
16:45 Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest
Tuesday 26 March 1985
16:00 Cockleshell Bay
16:15 Batfink
16:20 Alice in Wonderland
16:45 CB TV
Wednesday 27 March 1985
16:00 Button Moon
16:15 Batfink
16:20 The Razzmatazz Rocky Horoscope Show
16:45 Fraggle Rock
Thursday 28 March 1985
16:00 The Little Green Man
16:15 Batfink
16:20 Sooty
16:40 Words, Words, Words
17:00 Dangermouse
Friday 29 March 1985
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Batfink
16:25 How Dare You!
16:50 Freetime
Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest was a drama series produced by Thames originating from a Dramarama episode of the same name that was broadcast on 4 June 1984.
He-Man and Masters of the Universe was back to back with Bananaman and Fonz and the Happy Days Gang on BBC 1.
Sooty and Words, Words, Words were back to back with Dogtanian on BBC 1.
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The Dramarama episode on Monday 6 August 1984 was Rachel and Rosie, produced by TVS.Leave a comment:
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Children's ITV a year later.
Monday 5 March 1984
16:00 Alphabet Zoo
16:15 Batfink
16:20 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
16:45 Danger Marmalade at Work
17:00 Dangermouse
Tuesday 6 March 1984
16:00 Cockleshell Bay
16:15 Batfink
16:20 On Safari
16:45 CB TV
Wednesday 7 March 1984
16:00 Flicks
16:15 Batfink
16:20 Luna
16:50 Jangles
Thursday 8 March 1984
16:00 Emma and Grandpa
16:15 Batfink
16:20 Madabout
16:45 The Book Tower
Friday 9 March 1984
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Batfink
16:25 Emu’s World
16:50 Freetime
Monday 6 August 1984
16:00 Flicks
16:15 The Moomins
16:20 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
16:45 Dramarama
Tuesday 7 August 1984
16:00 Portland Bill
16:15 The Moomins
16:20 Under the Same Sky
16:50 Freetime
Wednesday 8 August 1984
16:00 Rod, Jane and Freddy
16:15 The Moomins
16:20 Sooty
16:40 Cartoon
16:50 Hold Tight!
Thursday 9 August 1984
16:00 Heggerty Haggerty
16:15 The Moomins
16:20 Video and Chips
16:45 Starstrider
Friday 10 August 1984
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 The Moomins
16:25 Emu’s All Live Pink Windmill Show
Children’s programmes on BBC 1 started at 16:20 during the summer with Play School followed by one programme, Newsround (except Friday), then another programme.
Monday 5 November 1984
16:00 Tickle on the Tum
16:15 Rub a Dub Dub
16:20 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
16:45 Murphy’s Mob
Tuesday 6 November 1984
16:00 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
16:15 Rub a Dub Dub
16:20 On Safari
16:45 CB TV
Wednesday 7 November 1984
16:00 Rod, Jane and Freddy
16:15 Rub a Dub Dub
16:20 Chish ‘N’ Fips
16:45 Razzmatazz
Thursday 8 November 1984
16:00 Buttercup Buskers
16:15 Rub a Dub Dub
16:20 Stanley Bagshaw
16:30 First Post
16:45 Murphy’s Mob
Friday 9 November 1984
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Rub a Dub Dub
16:25 Wind in the Willows
16:50 Illusions
He-Man and Masters of the Universe was very prominent in 1984.
It was also the last year of On Safari.
The BBC was now using computer graphics as presentation material during its children’s programme timeslot - possibly a short term response to the success of the presentation format of Children's ITV.
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The last episode of Animals in Action, by Anglia Television. It was first broadcast on 26 September 1980 in the era of regional ITV idents in the weekday afternoon children’s programme timeslot; passed through Watch It!; then ended as a Children's ITV programme.
Monday 27 June 1983
16:00 Alphabet Zoo
16:15 Tweety Pie
16:20 The New Fantastic Four
16:45 Dramarama – Theatre Box
Tuesday 28 June 1983
16:00 Cockleshell Bay
16:15 Tweety Pie
16:20 Razzmatazz
16:45 CB TV – Channel 14
Wednesday 29 June 1983
16:00 Rod, Jane and Freddy
16:15 Tweety Pie
16:20 Film Fun – The Movie
16:45 What’s Happening
Thursday 30 June 1983
16:00 Gammon and Spinach
16:15 Tweety Pie
16:20 First Post
16:30 Rowan’s Report
16:45 Home
Friday 1 July 1983
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Tweety Pie
16:25 Animals in Action
16:50 Freetime
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I'm not familiar with many of these programmes because they were before my time. It's possible that they changed days in the future.Leave a comment:
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I always think of Emu's World as being on a Friday - apart from EMU-TV in 1989 which I believe was on a Tuesday or a Wednesday.Leave a comment:
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Now for the He-Man week…
Monday 5 September 1983
16:00 We’ll Tell You a Story
16:15 Doris
16:20 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
16:45 A Musical World
Tuesday 6 September 1983
16:00 Moschops
16:15 Doris
16:20 Hold Tight!
16:45 CB TV Channel 14
Wednesday 7 September 1983
16:00 Rod, Jane and Freddy
16:15 Doris
16:20 Emu’s World
16:45 What’s Happening
Thursday 8 September 1983
16:00 Heggerty Haggerty
16:15 Doris
16:20 On Safari
16:45 Home
Friday 9 September 1983
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Doris
16:25 The Animal Express
16:50 Freetime Special
The timing of the first episode of He-Man and Masters of the Universe was judiciously chosen because it was back to back with Play School, along with the first 5 minutes of Arthur the Kid, on BBC1, so it faced almost no competition.
On Friday 9 September there was a CLOSEDOWN on BBC1 between 16:00 and 16:18, followed by the regional news, whilst Rainbow was on ITV. Children’s programmes on BBC started at 16:20 with Play School because it was (the last day of) the summer TV season.
Monday 12 September 1983
16:00 We’ll Tell You a Story
16:15 Doris
16:20 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
16:45 Dramarama: Mighty Mum and the Petnappers
Tuesday 13 September 1983
16:00 Moschops
16:15 Doris
16:20 Hold Tight!
16:45 CB TV Channel 14
Wednesday 14 September 1983
16:00 Rod, Jane and Freddy
16:15 Doris
16:20 Emu’s World
16:45 The All Electric Amusement Arcade
Thursday 15 September 1983
16:00 Heggerty Haggerty
16:15 Doris
16:20 On Safari
16:45 Home
Friday 16 September 1983
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Doris
16:25 The Animal Express
16:50 Freetime Special
The second episode of He-Man and Masters of the Universe was back to back with The Adventures of Tin Tin, Puzzle Trail, along with the first 5 minutes of Play Away.
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Matthew Kelly did the continuity for January 1983 - someone I still associated with mainstream TV and not children's TV.
Apart from Friday, the 4.00 pm repeat was the same as midday. Interesting that Madabout which Matthew Kelly presented, was on Thursdays. Was this the first instance of a Children's ITV continuity announcer announcing and linking into their own programme? I have to admit that I don't really remember the same shows appearing on days or months when the same person did the continuity.Leave a comment:
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Children's ITV schedules
Children’s ITV was launched on Monday 3 January 1983 at an unusually late start time, due to the film Zulu which proceeded it, and their first programme was the cartoon Dangermouse. On subsequent days, Children’s ITV was broadcast between 4PM and 5:15PM and contained four or five programmes. The first programme was a repeat of the ITV preschool programme broadcast at midday that day.
Monday 3 January 1983
16:50 Dangermouse
16:55 Educating Marmalade
Tuesday 4 January 1983
16:00 Cockleshell Bay
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 Stig of the Dump
16:35 Five Magic Minutes
16:45 CB TV Channel 14
Wednesday 5 January 1983
16:00 Pullover
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 The Sooty Show
16:30 Five Magic Minutes
16:40 The Book Tower
Thursday 6 January 1983
16:00 Teetime and Claudia
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 Madabout
16:45 The Coral Island
Friday 7 January 1983
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Dangermouse
16:25 The Animal Express
16:45 Freetime
Monday 10 January 1983
16:00 Alphabet Zoo
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 Spiderwoman
16:45 This is Me
Tuesday 11 January 1983
16:00 Cockleshell Bay
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 Stig of the Dump
16:35 Five Magic Minutes
16:45 CB TV Channel 14
Wednesday 12 January 1983
16:00 Pullover
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 The Sooty Show
16:30 Five Magic Minutes
16:40 The Book Tower
Thursday 13 January 1983
16:00 Teetime and Claudia
16:15 Dangermouse
16:20 Madabout
16:45 The Coral Island
Friday 14 January 1983
16:00 Rainbow
16:20 Dangermouse
16:25 The Animal Express
16:45 Freetime
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