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...