The 40th Anniversary of Children’s BBC

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The schedule for the first week of Children’s BBC

Monday 9 September 1985
15:55 Mike, Mop and the Moke: The Beach *
16:10 Just So Stories: How the Whale Got His Throat
16:20 Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends: Bubble, Bubble Oil and Trouble *
16:40 Beat the...

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At 3:55pm on Monday 9 September 1985, Children’s BBC was launched. Presented by Philip Schofield from a small studio, often referred to as The Broom Cupboard. Children’s television would never be the same again.

The reason for launching Children’s BBC on 9 September, rather...

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There were some funny, although not terribly well executed programmes, on Children’s ITV. Does anybody remember The Ratties and Gilbert’s Fridge?

Palace Hill was produced by Central Television as a parody of Grange Hill.

For some strange reason Children’s...

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Mark Granger took over from Gary Terzza and Debbie Shore as the main presenter of Children’s ITV in September 1988. Occasionally Andi Peters (later the presenter for Children's BBC) stood in for Mark Granger during his days off.

A rare appearance of a networked programme from TSW....

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The final episode of Splash – the Children’s ITV successor to Magpie from the 1970s, and competitor to Blue Peter. There would not be a third attempt to create this style of programme for Children’s ITV.

Panic Station is an almost forgotten TVS programme broadcast during...