''Telegantic Megavision'' (in some billings written as "teleganticmegavision") is a British children's television programme produced by The Media Merchants for

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and aired on ITV from 6 January to 27 April 1996. The show was presented by

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and Dave Chapman and was recorded at

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. The series aired between 9:25 and 10:25am on Saturday mornings. The show went behind scenes of film and television productions (such as ''

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''), and also showed inserted cartoons from the in-studio 'animation station'. There was also a gameshow called Slops, presented by Nic Ayling and a roller-skating waitress called Cynthia Sundae, played by

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, (later better known as

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in EastEnders.)

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