This is a timeline of the history of the broadcasting of children’s programmes on BBC Television.

1930s

* 1936 ** 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service, from

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. * 1937 ** 24 April – The very first children's television show ''

For the Children ''For the Children'' is a British television programme targeted at children of school age. First broadcast on the BBC Television Service in 1937 at 3pm as the opening programme for afternoon viewing (as television would generally be broadcast f ...

'' is broadcast. * 1938 ** No events. * 1939 ** 1 September – The BBC Television Service is suspended, about 20 minutes after the conclusion of a

Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...

cartoon (''

Mickey's Gala Premiere ''Mickey's Gala Premier'' is a Walt Disney cartoon produced in 1933, directed by Burt Gillett, and featuring parodies of several famous Hollywood film actors from the 1930s. It was the 58th Mickey Mouse short film, and the eighth of that year. So ...

''), owing to the imminent outbreak of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

amid fears that the VHF transmissions would act as perfect guidance beams for enemy bombers attempting to locate central London. Additionally, the service's technicians and engineers will be needed for war efforts such as the development of

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. On radio, the National and Regional Programmes are combined to form a single

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1940s

* 1940 to 1945 **No events. * 1946 **7 June – The BBC Television Service begins broadcasting again. The first words heard are "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me,

Jasmine Bligh Jasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 – 21 July 1991) was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters in the 1930s. Along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell, she provided continuity announcements introducing programmes in-vi ...

?". The

cartoon ''Mickey's Gala Premiere'' that had been the last programme transmitted seven years earlier at the start of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, is reshown after Bligh's introduction. **7 July – The BBC's children's programme ''

'' returns, one of the few pre-war programmes to resume after the reintroduction of the BBC Television Service. **4 August – Children's puppet "

Muffin the Mule Muffin the Mule is a puppet character in a British 1946-1955 television programme for children. The puppet had been made in 1933 for Hogarth Puppets. The original TV programmes featuring the animal character himself were presented by Annette M ...

" debuts in an episode of ''For the Children''. He is so popular he is given his own show later in the year on a new service ''Watch with Mother''. * 1947 ** No events. * 1948 ** No events. * 1949 ** No events.

1950s

* 1950 **11 July – ''

Andy Pandy ''Andy Pandy'' is a British children's television series that first appeared on BBC Television in summer 1950. Originally live, a series of 26 filmed programmes was shown until 1970, when a new series of 13 episodes was made. A revival of the s ...

'' premieres on the BBC Television Service. * 1951 ** No events. * 1952 **16 January –

Sooty Sooty is a British children's television media franchise created by Harry Corbett incorporating primarily television and stage shows. The franchise originated with his fictional glove puppet character introduced to television in 1955, with the ...

Harry Corbett Harry Corbett OBE (28 January 1918 – 17 August 1989) was an English magician, puppeteer and television presenter. He was best known as the creator of the glove puppet character Sooty in 1952. Biography Corbett was born in Bradford, W ...

glove puppet Glove puppetry () is a type of opera using cloth puppets that originated during the 17th century in Quanzhou or Zhangzhou of China's Fujian province, and historically practised in the Min Nan-speaking areas such as Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, the Chaosh ...

bear, first appears on the BBC Television Service. **December – ''

'' is broadcast for the final time. * 1953 ** ''

Watch With Mother ''Watch with Mother'' was a cycle of children's programmes created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird. Broadcast by BBC Television from 1952 until 1975, it was the first BBC television series aimed specifically at pre-school children, a developmen ...

'', the iconic pre-schoolers strand, debuts. It was replaced with the ''see saw'' branding in 1975. * 1954 ** No events. * 1955 **10 January –

Annette Mills Annette Mills (born Edith Mabel Mills; 10 September 1894 – 10 January 1955) was an English actress, dancer, songwriter and television presenter, best known for presenting the children's television show ''Muffin the Mule''. Biography Early life ...

dies from a heart attack after an operation. Following her death, ''

'' is dropped by the BBC Television Service. **16 January – Sooty becomes a programme in its own right. * 1956 ** No events. * 1957 ** No events. * 1958 ** 16 October – First broadcast of the United Kingdom's longest-running children's television show ''

Blue Peter ''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Tel ...

''. * 1959 ** No events.

1960s

* 1960 ** No events. * 1961 **No events. * 1962 ** No events. * 1963 **April – ''

'' is moved to a mid-morning slot and from September the lunchtime broadcast is reintroduced. * 1964 ** 21 April – The first edition of '' Play School'' is broadcast. It is transmitted on the new

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channel which had launched the previous evening but the launch night was affected by a power cut which resulted in ''Play School'' becoming the first programme to air on the new channel. ** 28 September – ''

'' is now shown twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays with each episode extended from 15 to 25 minutes. * 1965 **18 October – ''

The Magic Roundabout ''The Magic Roundabout'' is an English-language children's television programme that ran from 1965 to 1977. It used the footage of the French stop motion animation show ''Le Manège enchanté'' but with completely different scripts and characte ...

'' debuts on BBC1. It continues until 1977. **13 December – Storytelling series ''

Jackanory ''Jackanory'' is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fairy-t ...

'' debuts on BBC1 running until 1996 and was later revived in 2006. * 1966 ** 3 January – ''

Camberwick Green ''Camberwick Green'' is a British children's television series that ran from January to March 1966 on BBC1, featuring stop motion puppets. ''Camberwick Green'' is the first in the ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy, which also includes ''Trumpton'' and ...

'' is the second programme on

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to be shot in colour. * 1967 ** 25 December – Sooty is shown for the final time on the BBC, it would transfer to the newly-launched ITV franchise Thames the following year. * 1968 ** No events. * 1969 ** No events.

1970s

* 1970 ** 14 September – ''Blue Peter'' is broadcast in colour for the first time but black and white editions continue to be shown on occasion until 1974. * 1971 ** No events. * 1972 ** 4 April – The first edition of ''

Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...

'' is broadcast on BBC1, hosted by

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. * 1973 **5 February –

Elisabeth Beresford Elisabeth Beresford, MBE (; 6 August 1926 – 24 December 2010), also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she took work as a journalist, but strug ...

's well known popular children's characters ''

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'' have spawned into a stop motion animated television series narrated by

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and composed by

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. * 1974 ** 14 January – Pre-school educational series '' You and Me'' is broadcast for the first time. * 1975 ** The ''

'' title is dropped as it was considered to be dated. * 1976 ** 2 October – The first edition of Saturday morning children’s magazine show ''

Multi-Coloured Swap Shop ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'', more commonly known simply as ''Swap Shop'', is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1976 to 27 March 1982. It was ground-breaking in many ways: by broadcasting on Saturday mornin ...

'' is broadcast. It runs throughout the morning on BBC1. * 1977 ** No events. * 1978 ** 8 February – The first episode of school drama ''

Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...

'' is broadcast on

. * 1979 ** No events.

1980s

* 1980 **1 October – BBC1's lunchtime children's programme is labelled '' See Saw'' for the first time. * 1981 ** No events. * 1982 ** 27 March – The final edition of Saturday morning children’s magazine show ''

'' is broadcast. ** 17 April – The BBC launches its first summer Saturday morning magazine programme, ''

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''. However unlike its winter counterpart, the summer shows air only for the first half of the morning. This allows for an earlier start to ''

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'' to accommodate live test

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and on the weeks that cricket is not being shown, a feature film is broadcast from around 11am until the start of ''Grandstand'' at 12:30pm. ** 2 October – The first edition of ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' Saturday morning replacement show ''

Saturday Superstore ''Saturday Superstore'' is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1982 to 18 April 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin, and John Craven. The s ...

'' is broadcast on BBC1. It adopts a similar format to its predecessor. * 1983 ** 19 September – Due to the transfer of programmes for schools and colleges to

, the morning broadcast of '' Play School'' moves to

. * 1984 ** 21 April – '' The Saturday Picture Show'' replaces ''

'' as the BBC's summer Saturday morning magazine programme. Its running time is extended and begins at the earlier time of 8:45am. * 1985 **29 March – '' Play School'' is shown in the afternoon for the final time. ** 9 September – The weekday afternoon block of children's programming is rebranded as

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and for the first time the children's block has dedicated idents and an in-vision presenter. Previously, children's programming had been introduced by BBC1's team of regular duty announcers. ** October – A weekday 20-minute morning slot of

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children's programmes begins on

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. The programmes are generally shown in term-time before '' Play School'', starting at 10:10am. * 1986 **27 March – Following the launch the previous autumn of in-vision continuity for children's programmes, for the first time in-vision presentation is introduced to holiday weekday morning children's programmes. The Easter period's ten programmes are presented by

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and are called ''Roland Rat's Easter Extravaganza''. **1 April – As part of the BBC's Drugwatch campaign, BBC1 airs ''It's Not Just Zammo'', a ''

'' special presented by

and

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that seeks to warn younger viewers about the dangers of using drugs. The programme follows a recent drug abuse storyline in ''

'' involving the character Zammo McGuire (played by

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), and features the launch of a version of the anti-drugs song "

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" recorded by members of the ''Grange Hill'' cast. ** 27 October –

starts a full daytime television service. This includes a new morning programme block for children which lasts for 30 minutes. In addition to the continued broadcasting of '' Play School'', a birthday slot is introduced along with a cartoon. * 1987 **18 April – The final edition of ''

'' is broadcast on BBC1. ** 25 April – '' It's Wicked'' replaces '' The Saturday Picture Show'' as the BBC's summer Saturday morning magazine programme. It runs for just the one series. ** 22 June – The BBC's lunchtime children's programme moves from BBC1 to BBC2. It is shown slightly earlier, at 1:20pm. ** 3 July – ''But First This'' launches as BBC1’s new weekday school holidays children’s morning programming block. Described as “a sort of magazine between the programmes”, it airs each weekday during the holidays between 9:05am and midday. ** 26 September – Debut of ''

Going Live! ''Going Live!'' was a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 26 September 1987 to 17 April 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Annabel Giles, Phillip ...

'', a new live magazine show, broadcast on BBC1, and presented by

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and

Sarah Greene Elizabeth Sarah Greene (born 24 October 1957) is an English television presenter and actress. She co-presented ''Blue Peter'' from May 1980 until June 1983, and hosted the Saturday-morning series ''Saturday Superstore'' and ''Going Live!''. Ea ...

. ** 11 October – A new Sunday morning children's strand '' Now on Two'' launches. It is broadcast between October and January during the during the Open University off-season. * 1988 ** 23 April–10 September – Two Saturday morning magazine shown are shown on Saturday morning this summer. ''

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'' is aired for the first part of the summer with '' UP2U'' taking over in mid-July. ** 16 October – '' Play School'' is broadcast for the final time. The last new edition had been shown in March. ** 17 October – ''

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'', the replacement programme for ''Play School'' is broadcast for the first time. * 1989 ** 22 April – 16 September – Again, two Saturday morning magazine programmes shown are shown on Saturday morning this summer as again ''

'' is aired for the first part of the summer with '' UP2U'' again taking over in mid-July. ** 22 June – After more than 17 years,

steps down as presenter of

. ** 8 November – The first edition of ''

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'' is broadcast. The teen drama, set in a youth club, will air for the next 17 years. ** 25 December – ''Playbus'' is renamed as ''

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''.

1990s

* 1990 ** 21 April – The BBC reverts to airing just one summer Saturday morning magazine show and replaces ''

'' and '' UP2U'' with a new show ''

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'', named after its start time and its broadcast location. * 1991 ** 9 September – New idents launched featuring the BBC corporate logo. * 1992 ** 26 March – The final original edition of pre-school educational series '' You and Me'' is broadcast although repeats continue to be aired until 1995. ** 25 April – ''

Parallel 9 ''Parallel 9'' is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 25 April 1992 to 17 September 1994. Airing on Saturday mornings, ''Parallel 9'' was the first BBC Saturday morning children's series to be produced by an independ ...

'' replaces ''

'' as BBC1's Saturday morning summer magazine programme. * 1993 ** 17 April – The final edition of the magazine programme, ''

'' airs. **2 October – The new magazine programme ''

Live & Kicking ''Live & Kicking'' is a British children's television series that originally aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1993 to 15 September 2001. It was the replacement for ''Going Live!'', and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, c ...

'' debuts on BBC1, presented by

Andi Peters Andi Eleazu Peters (born 29 July 1970) is a British television presenter, producer, journalist and voice actor, currently employed by ITV and known for presenting Children's BBC, roles on breakfast TV shows ''Live & Kicking'', ''GMTV'', '' Good ...

Emma Forbes Emma Katy Forbes (née Clarke; born 14 May 1965 in Hammersmith, London) is an English radio and television presenter. Biography Forbes's parents are Nanette Newman and Bryan Forbes (né John Theobald Clarke). She attended Hurst Lodge School. ...

and

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. * 1994 ** 5 September – The idents get a refresh with new 3D graphics. * 1995 ** 21 April – At the end of its 42nd series, the final edition of '' Why Don't You?'' is broadcast. The programme ends after nearly 22 years on air. ** 22 April – ''

Fully Booked ''Fully Booked'', later retitled ''FBi'', is a British children's television series produced by BBC Scotland and broadcast from 22 April 1995 to 23 September 2000. Format Series 1–3 The first series is presented by Zoe Ball and Grant Stott, ...

'' replaces ''

'' as BBC1's Saturday morning summer magazine programme. ** 9 October – From that day, children's programmes are shown on BBC2 during the peak breakfast period and the strand is called the ''Children's BBC Breakfast Show''. ** ''

'' is now shown three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.Marson, p.45 * 1996 ** 24 March – After more than 30 years on air, the final edition of storytelling series ''

'' is broadcast. **10 June–23 August – For the summer period, the late afternoon block of children's programmes aired on BBC1 are transferred to BBC2. * 1997 ** 28 March – The final episode of '' Playdays '' is broadcast. ** 31 March – Children's television series ''

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'' premieres on BBC2. ** 4 October – The new BBC corporate logo comes into use and new idents featuring various animations on a yellow background is now officially called CBBC. * 1998 ** 23 September – The BBC launches

BBC Choice BBC Choice was a British digital television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 23 September 1998. It was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital format, as well as the BBC's second non-analogue-terres ...

, its first new TV channel since 1964, available only on digital TV services. Children’s programming forms part of the output from the start, aired on weekend afternoons as CBBC Choice and included strands like ''Dog & Dinosaur'', The Crew Room'', ''L&K Replay'' and ''Re:Peter''. * 1999 **6 September – The children's programme ''

Tweenies ''Tweenies'' is a British live action Puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is focused on four pre-school aged characters, known as the "Tweenies", playing, singing, dancing, and learning ...

'' makes its debut on BBC2 at 10:30am and again at 3:25pm on BBC1. **29 November – From that day, children's programming is broadcast all day on

. Branded ''CBBC on Choice'', children's programming is broadcast on the channel every day from 6am until 7pm. Aimed at young children, with presentation links pre-recorded by a CBBC presenter. It includes repeats of archive shows rarely seen on the main channels.

2000s

* 2000 ** 23 September – The final edition of Summer Saturday morning children's magazine show ''

'' is broadcast. This brings to an end an almost 20 year run of BBC1 Summer only Saturday children's magazine shows. ** 7 October – ''

'' returns with a new look and became the first Saturday morning magazine show on BBC One to air all year round. * 2001 ** 15 September – The BBC One magazine show ''

'' comes to an end after eight years. The final edition is presented by

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Heather Suttie Heather Suttie is a Scottish TV & radio presenter and writer. She presented BBC Children's Saturday morning show ''Live & Kicking'' and was the first female anchor of a breakfast show on commercial radio with Beat 106 in Scotland. She regularly ...

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and

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. ** 22 September – The first episode of '' The Saturday Show'' airs, presented by

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and

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. * 2002 ** 11 February – Two new

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children's channels,

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(aimed at children under 6) and

CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...

(aimed at children aged 6–12) launch. The new channel sees the launch of through-the-day editions of ''

'' and the introduction of weekend editions. ''Newsround Showbiz'' is also launched at around the same time. This also coincided with new idents known as the Bugs. * 2003 ** No events. * 2004 ** No events. *2005 **3 September – After several revamps and presenting changes, BBC One airs the final edition of its children's entertainment series '' The Saturday Show''. **10 September – ''

Sportsround ''Sportsround'' is a weekly spin-off from CBBC children's news programme ''Newsround''. The sports magazine show was broadcast between 2005 and 2010, on Friday evenings at 6:30pm on CBBC Channel and on Saturday mornings on BBC Two at 7.25am. '' ...

'', a weekly spin-off from

children's news programme ''

'' is launched. The sports magazine show was broadcast on Friday evenings at 6:30pm on

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and on Saturday mornings on

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. ** 30 September –

's identity is relaunched, with its second new look since the launch of the

, known as the Green Gumdrop. ** 5 October – The 6am

programming block on

ends and is replaced by an hour of ''Pages from Ceefax''. ** 21 December – The BBC announces that it is to trial a three-month experiment in which its Saturday morning schedules for BBC One and BBC Two will be swapped. The changes, taking effect from January 2006, are being implemented because of frequent scheduling changes caused by big events and breaking news stories, and will mean children's programming will be absent from BBC One's Saturday morning lineup for the first time since 1976. ** ''Newsround Showbiz'' ends after three years on air. ** CBBC Extra launches on the

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. * 2006 ** 10 December – The 344th and final edition of ''

'' is broadcast. The teen drama, set in a youth club, ends after 17 years. ** 25 December – The weekday 6am

programming block on

is reintroduced. * 2007 ** May – It is announced that ''

'' will be aired twice a week. The BBC argues that by dropping one show the quality of the programme’s content will improve. ** 3 September – CBBC launches another new look with a stylised ident. ** 20 October –

BBC Switch BBC Switch was the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand was launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two and ceased broadcasting on 18 December 2010. It included a block of television programmes on BBC Two, an online portal ...

, a teenage block of shows is launched to cater for the under-served 12 to 16-year-olds. ** 1 December – BBC HD channel is officially launched after around eighteen months of trial broadcasts. ** 25 December –

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, an online service for watching previously aired shows, is launched. * 2008 ** 11 February – CBBC on BBC One was shifted to run 3:05–5:15pm rather than 3:25–5:35pm as before in order to accommodate ''

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'' moving from BBC Two to BBC One. The changes are made following the BBC's loss of the rights to the soap opera ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' which had for many years been broadcast between the end of CBBC and the start of the 6 o’clock news. ** 20 March – The remit of

is altered to remove the schools programming element from the channel. **15 September – BBC One airs the 601st and final episode of ''

'' after a 30 year run. * 2009 ** No events.

2010s

*2010 ** 10 September – The CBBC idents gets a slight refresh. ** 11 December – The final episode of ''

'' is broadcast after five years on air. It is replaced by a new sports show ''

Match of the Day Kickabout ''Match of the Day Kickabout'' is a British children's television football programme broadcast on CBBC. It was previously presented by Ore Oduba and Radzi Chinyanganya. but in its later seasons it was hosted by Ben Shires, Kenzie Benali, John Far ...

'', which airs in ''Sportsrounds original BBC Two slot on Saturday mornings. ** 18 December –

is switched off. *2011 ** May – CBBC is relocated to BBC Bridge House at

MediaCityUK MediaCityUK is a mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the Quayside MediaCi ...

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. ** September – ''

'' relocates to its new home at MediaCityUK. ** November – ''

'' begins broadcasting from MediaCityUK. *2012 ** 12 January – ''

'' is now only broadcast once a week, for the first time since 1964 and for the first time in the show's history, first run episodes were now broadcast on the

at 5:45pm on Thursdays. However, a repeat was still broadcast the following day on BBC One. **21 December –

and

both air on

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...

for the last time. *2013 ** 4 January –

and

both air on

for the last time. ** 10 December – HD broadcasts begin for

and

. *2014 ** 13 September – a new set of CBBC idents launches while keeping the existing logo. *2015 ** No events. *2016 ** 14 March – A new CBBC logo appears alongside new idents. ** 11 April –

extends its broadcast hours from 7pm to 9pm, using capacity which had previously been used by

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...

that went off the air in February. ** CBBC Extra, which had been broadcast on the

since 2005 ends. *2017 ** 30 September – CBBC programming returns to BBC Two on Saturday mornings when ''

Saturday Mash-Up! ''Saturday Mash-Up!'' is a British Saturday morning children's magazine entertainment programme on CBBC and BBC Two, first broadcast on 30 September 2017. It is currently presented by Joe Tasker and a puppet monster called Stanley performed by ...

'' is launched in an attempt to recapture the spirit of classic BBC programmes such as ''

'' and ''

''. *2018 ** No events. *2019 ** No events.

2020s

* 2020 ** 28 July – The

axes the teatime edition of ''

'' after 48 years after concluding that the typical child no longer turns on traditional television channels when they return home from school. They will focus on the morning edition instead which will be aimed at schools where it is often used by teachers in classrooms, in addition to investing in the programme's website. * 2021 ** 27 March – ''

'' is broadcast for the final time. * 2022 ** 5 January – The relaunch of BBC Three sees

’s hours reduced, ending its broadcast day two hours earlier, at 7pm instead of 9pm.New Year change to CBBC hours
/ref> ** 3 September - CBeebies programming returns on Saturday mornings on BBC Two at 6:35am while CBBC programming moved to 7:20am. The stand is also officially named as the ''Saturday Kids Zone''.

References

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