''The O-Zone'' is a weekly music magazine show broadcast on BBC from 1989 to 2000 made by BBC Children's Presentation. The first series was presented by

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on BBC One as a ten-minute filler each weekday morning during the summer school holidays, before switching to a Sunday morning slot from that September onwards. The series continued as a five to 15 minute filler shown during school holidays and Sunday mornings on CBBC throughout the year, hosted by CBBC presenters

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, Toby Anstis and

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. The show was given an overhaul and makeover from 13 January 1995, with Jayne Middlemiss and

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as the new dual presenters. The series was moved to Friday evening with Sunday repeat. The series was extended to 20 minutes from September 1996. There was also a spin-off series, ''The Pop Zone'' shown in 1998. In October 2000, the show was replaced by '' Top of the Pops Plus'', which had already been on

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. That programme was axed in 2001.

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