Children's ITV schedules

[Arran]

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

[George 1978]

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.

[Arran]

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.

[George 1978]

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.

[Arran]

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.

[HG]

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.

I remember watching quite a few of them, I used to like Home and can still almost remember the theme song.