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GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
(Good Morning Television) broadcast on
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. GMTV is the former breakfast television franchise for the UK's ITV network. It began broadcasting on Friday 1 January 1993 and finished on Friday 3 September 2010, being replaced by
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.


''GMTV''


1993–2000

''GMTV'' is the original brand for GMTV's weekday breakfast magazine programme from 6:00 am. It included national and international news stories, regional news, weather, interviews, cookery and health features, human-interest and showbiz stories, and competitions. In spring 1993, shortly after the channel's launch, a separate news-focused programme was introduced between 6:00am and 7:00 am, which in early 1994 became ''The Reuters News Hour''. The main 6:00–9:00 am programme remained named ''GMTV'' but, as part of the show's new look for the millennium, this main programme later became ''GMTV Today''. On 3 January 2000, ''GMTV'' relaunched and changed the names of each of their programmes. This now meant the programme ''GMTV'' did not exist. This was then split up into ''The Newshour'' and ''GMTV Today''. This titling for the programmes remained until January 2009, when ''GMTV'' relaunched. The first presenters were: *
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* Anne Davies * Michael Wilson *
Fiona Armstrong Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor (born 28 November 1956), is a British television journalist and is Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. She is also the author of several books and has written for newspapers and made television programmes on Scottish to ...
*
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), '' GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003 ...


2009–2010

''GMTV'' underwent a major revamp on 5 January 2009, reverting to its original title, and incorporating the ''GMTV Newshour'' into the show as well. The show returned with a new set and new onscreen graphics. For the first time since the station's launch the logo was changed from the 'sun' logo. Despite the changes, the same theme music and headline beds were still used throughout the programme and nothing altered with the weather until 18 January 2010. However, on 9 March 2009, ''GMTV'' introduced new theme music and headline beds to its main programmes, replacing the previous music that had been in use since 2000. On 31 August 2009, ''GMTV'' saw the introduction of 3D graphics, graphic animations, through the use of a new system called VizRT, and a voice-over announcer to introduce presenters at the top of the hour. These were later slightly revised in October of that year. The show had previously been criticised for its poor journalistic approach although from 2009 it took on a more confident approach, with 7-minute bulletins at the top of the hour, a detailed bulletin at half-past the hour, and the ''Top Stories'' at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour. These replaced the hour and half-hour bulletins which featured previously.
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme ''GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospit ...
and
Andrea McLean Andrea Jean McLean (born 5 October 1969) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter who worked on ITV Daytime. She was a weather presenter for ''GMTV'' from 1997 to 2008, and a co-presenter on ITV's daytime chat show ''Loose Women'' fro ...
left the show in late 2008. In November 2008 it was announced that ''
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'' business presenter Emma Crosby would replace Phillips, and the
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Kirsty McCabe Kirsty McCabe (born 10 July 1975) is a Scottish weather forecaster and presenter at Sky News, and was formerly the senior meteorologist at The Weather Channel, based at the UK office in London. Early life Kirsty attended Annanhill Primary Sch ...
would replace McLean as weather presenter. Aside from the new members of the team, previous presenters continued to present in their previous slots and, from August 2009, a voice-over at the top of the hour referred to the show as ''GMTV with ...''. This continued until
Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV la ...
left on 4 June 2010, with the same presenters on air from 6:00–8:35/9:25 am. In November 2009,
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took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing
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's 25% share. * The editor of ''GMTV'', Martin Frizell, quit his role, as Disney's share of the company was sold, and was replaced temporarily by Sue Walton. It was announced on 7 May 2010 that former ''
The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' editor Ian Rumsey would take on the role as of June 2010, with Paul Connolly as his deputy.Ian Rumsey made GMTV editor
The Guardian, 7 May 2010
* On 4 March 2010, it was announced that presenter and newsreader Penny Smith was leaving ''GMTV'', with presenter John Stapleton being redeployed as special correspondent.GMTV stars Penny Smith and John Stapleton leave the sofa in cut backs
Daily Mirror, 4 March 2010
* On 19 April 2010, it was announced that ''
The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' presenter
Adrian Chiles Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for foo ...
was quitting his roles with the corporation, to join
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on a six-year contract. * On 21 April 2010, it was confirmed that Ben Shephard was quitting ''GMTV'' after 10 years, after earlier telling management he would not be renewing his contract. His two-year contract ended in April 2010; however, he stayed with ''GMTV'' until July 2010. He then focused on a number of new projects with ITV and other channels. * On 4 June 2010, Penny Smith left ''GMTV'' with John Stapleton presenting on location. From 7 June, Andrew Castle, Emma Crosby, Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard presented from 6 am–8.30 am with Stapleton taking on a new role of special correspondent and providing cover when the male anchors were absent. * On 11 June 2010 it was confirmed that Andrew Castle was quitting ''GMTV'' in September after 10 years with the company. * On 9 July 2010 it was confirmed that the ''GMTV'' programme would be axed in favour of '' Daybreak''. * On 30 July 2010, Ben Shephard left ''GMTV'', and from 2 August, Andrew Castle presented most days alongside Emma Crosby or Kate Garraway, with special correspondent John Stapleton providing cover. * GMTV came to an end on 3 September 2010, featuring Andrew Castle and
Emma Crosby Emma Catherine Crosby (born 5 June 1977) is a British television newsreader and journalist. Between 2003 and 2009, Crosby worked at Sky News, regularly co-presenting their breakfast programme ''Sunrise'', along with various other programmes o ...
as hosts.


''GMTV with Lorraine''

The show featured the latest fashion, food and celebrity gossip, hosted by
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), '' GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003 ...
. There was also regular specialist guests, who made regular appearances. Due to Lorraine living in
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, Monday and Tuesday episodes were broadcast live, with Wednesday and Thursday's shows pre-recorded and broadcast as live. The show's target audience was women, therefore during events such as ''Fashion Week'', the programme broadcast live from location with fashion expert
Mark Heyes Mark Heyes (born 24 January 1977) is a British fashion journalist, fashion presenter, writer and broadcaster who is known for his appearances on ''Lorraine''. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) degree in design, and br ...
.


History

Lorraine Kelly first began presenting ''Top of the Morning'' in January 1993. In March when
Fiona Armstrong Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor (born 28 November 1956), is a British television journalist and is Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. She is also the author of several books and has written for newspapers and made television programmes on Scottish to ...
walked out of the main ''GMTV'' show, Lorraine moved to the ''GMTV'' slot and
Fern Britton Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English author and television presenter. She co-presented '' Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s, coming to mainstream national attention when hosting cookery game show ''Ready Steady Cook'' between 1994 and 200 ...
and
Amanda Redington Amanda Redington (born January 1962) is a British presenter and actress. She has been a presenter for cable and satellite TV channels such as Music Box and Sky Channel, during the mid and late 1980s, on GMTV in 1993 and on ''The Warehouse'' on A ...
took over hosting ''Top of the Morning''. ''Top of the Morning'' was produced by an independent production company. In 1994 it was replaced with the GMTV-produced ''Quarter to Nine''. In June 1994, Kelly went on maternity leave, returning in November 1994 to do a mother and baby slot. This led to her becoming the main presenter of ''Nine O'Clock Live''. The show proved so popular that it moved to the earlier 8:35 am slot had been retitled ''Lorraine Live'' in the Autumn 1997. The main guest host for Lorraine Kelly when she was ill or on holiday, was
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme ''GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospit ...
, but after the birth of Fiona's children, she shared the job with
Andrea McLean Andrea Jean McLean (born 5 October 1969) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter who worked on ITV Daytime. She was a weather presenter for ''GMTV'' from 1997 to 2008, and a co-presenter on ITV's daytime chat show ''Loose Women'' fro ...
. Occasionally when neither were available, guest hosts were drafted in like
Dale Winton Dale Jonathan Winton (22 May 1955 – 18 April 2018) was an English radio DJ and television presenter. He presented the shows ''Dale's Supermarket Sweep'' from 1993 until 2001 and again in 2007, the National Lottery game show ''In It to Wi ...
and
Paul O'Grady Paul James O'Grady Order of the British Empire, MBE Deputy Lieutenant, DL (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, broadcaster, actor, writer and former drag queen. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his d ...
. After 2008, once both Andrea and Fiona had left, guest hosts were drafted in. In January 2000, as ''GMTV'' rebranded to ''GMTV Today'', and Lorraine's show changed its name to ''LK Today''. As part of the later rebrand that took place at the start of 2009, the show again changed its title to ''GMTV with Lorraine'', to coincide with ''GMTV Today'' changing back to ''GMTV''. Lorraine moved for the first time into the main ''GMTV'' studio, instead of having her own part of the studio to host from. In November 2009, ITV plc took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing The Walt Disney Company's 25% share. The format of the show between January to September 2010 included Lorraine giving a brief introduction describing what was coming up on the show, before discussing the main stories from the morning's newspapers with a male and female reviewer. The show's first guests tended to be interviewed next; however, some days there would be money-saving advice from Martin Lewis or a fashion feature from
Mark Heyes Mark Heyes (born 24 January 1977) is a British fashion journalist, fashion presenter, writer and broadcaster who is known for his appearances on ''Lorraine''. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) degree in design, and br ...
in that slot. A news summary was shown at 9:00 am presented by
Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV la ...
or
Helen Fospero Helen Fospero (née Morton; born 30 August 1966) is an English television presenter and journalist, best known for her presenting roles on shows such as ''GMTV'', '' Daybreak'' and ''Lorraine''. She is currently working as a reporter for ''Wat ...
, followed by a brief weather summary from
Clare Nasir Clare Lyn Nasir (born 20 June 1970) is an English meteorologist, author, and TV presenter. Early life Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Nasir's family is musical, with Nasir playing the saxophone, while three of her brothers are profess ...
or Kirsty McCabe. The chef who was appearing that week then cooked the dish for the day in the GMTV kitchen, before the final guests made their appearance. The competition that ran on ''GMTV'' also appeared throughout the show. The programme was sponsored by
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and
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. For 2010, the GMTV kitchen was introduced which would involve a chef appearing for the entire week cooking their dish at 9:00 am. The kitchen was set up in the area where the news desk was usually positioned, however, when GMTV moved to Studio 3, the kitchen faced a new look, and the position of it moved. In April 2010 to make ''GMTV'''s programming more consistent, ''GMTV with Lorraine'' began airing all year round, instead of breaking during school holidays, with guest presenters. For the first week of the school holidays,
ITV News ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since conti ...
anchor
Nina Hossain Nina Hossain is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the lead presenter of the ''ITV Lunchtime News''. Background Hossain was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother. Her fa ...
presented the show, with
Ruth Langsford Ruth Wendy Holmes (née; Langsford; born 17 March 1960) is an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows, including '' This Morning'' (1999–present) in which she is the longest serving presenter, '' Gift Wrapped ...
presenting the following week. On 9 July 2010, as well as the announcement that ''GMTV'' had been axed to make way for ''Daybreak'', it was also revealed that Lorraine's new programme ''
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'' would replace ''GMTV with Lorraine''.A new dawn for GMTV
GMTV, 12 July 2010
On 15 July 2010, Lorraine presented her last show before leaving, and throughout the summer holidays
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme ''GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospit ...
,
Emma Bunton Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and media personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice. With over 100 million recor ...
and
Kirsty Gallacher Kirsty Jane Gallacher (born 20 January 1976) is a Scottish television presenter and model. She began her career at Sky Sports News in 1998 and hosted '' Kirsty's Home Videos'', '' RI:SE'' and '' Simply the Best'' before returning to Sky Sports ...
each presented her show for two weeks.Fiona Phillips will return to GMTV sofa
GMTV, 16 July 2010
Myleene Klass Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British musician, singer, presenter, model and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released two solo classical crossover albums in 2003 and 2007. More recently, Klass ...
presented the final week of the show.


''Newshour''

''Newshour'' was launched in March 1993, and was GMTV's weekday news-oriented breakfast programme, broadcasting for an hour from the start of GMTV's weekday broadcast at 6:00am. From 21 February 1994 it was contracted out to
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, and by April the viewing figures had increased from 200,000 to just over 1 million. The programme included national and international news stories, regional news, weather and newspaper reviews, plus various guests, and was designed to be more serious than the lighter and more tabloid ''GMTV Today'' programme which followed. From January 2009, the ''Newshour'' title was scrapped, and the programme was merged with ''GMTV Today'' to create one ''GMTV'' name again. The same presenters from ''Newshour'' continued to present the 6:00am to 7:00am slot until June 2010 (
Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV la ...
and John Stapleton)


''GMTV Today''

''GMTV Today'' was GMTV's flagship weekday breakfast programme, comprising national and international news stories, regional news, weather, human-interest features and competitions. It was also designed to be more lighter and friendlier against the ''Newshour'' which preceded it. The original presenters were
Eamonn Holmes Eamonn Holmes (; born 3 December 1959)Holmes receives honorary degree
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and Lorraine Kelly. Kelly was replaced by
Anthea Turner Anthea Turner (born 25 May 1960) is an English former television presenter. She was a host of ''Blue Peter'' from 1992 until 1994, and of ''GMTV'' from 1994 until 1996. Early life Turner was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and educated ...
in 1994, but she left in December 1996. From 1997,
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme ''GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospit ...
presented alongside
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(Monday to Wednesday) and Andrew Castle and
Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Cu ...
(Thursday to Friday). In April 2005 when Holmes left, he was replaced by relief and ''Entertainment Today'' presenter,
Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV. He was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme '' GMTV'' and since April 2014 has ...
. When GMTV relaunched in 2009, it merged with the ''Newshour'' with ''Today'' to try and a recreate a more news-based content throughout the entirety of the show and create consistency. Part of the relaunch were due to the significant presenter changes. These included the departure of
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme ''GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospit ...
and
Andrea McLean Andrea Jean McLean (born 5 October 1969) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter who worked on ITV Daytime. She was a weather presenter for ''GMTV'' from 1997 to 2008, and a co-presenter on ITV's daytime chat show ''Loose Women'' fro ...
, who were replaced by
Emma Crosby Emma Catherine Crosby (born 5 June 1977) is a British television newsreader and journalist. Between 2003 and 2009, Crosby worked at Sky News, regularly co-presenting their breakfast programme ''Sunrise'', along with various other programmes o ...
and Kirsty McCabe. The same presenters from ''Today'' continued to present the 7:00am to 8:30/9:25am slot until June 2010, and then 6:00am to 8:30/9:25am slot until the demise of the show.


''Sunday Best''

''Sunday Best'' was GMTV's original Sunday magazine programme, launched in January 1993. It was originally intended to be a Sunday edition of the regular weekday programme, featuring the regular lifestyle and human interest stories, interviews, and news bulletins. Originally it aired from 7:20 am–8:50 am and was hosted by
Eamonn Holmes Eamonn Holmes (; born 3 December 1959)Holmes receives honorary degree
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and Anne Davies. By the start of March it was moved to 6:30 am–8:00 am. However, as part of the station's relaunch in April 1993, Eamonn Holmes moved to become the main anchor of the weekday ''GMTV'' programme with Mike Morris replacing him. It was reduced to a 60-minute slot from 7:00 am–8:00 am, from 25 April 1993. ''Sunday Best'' started to introduce more political aspects to the programme, and over time moved from being a general magazine programme to become a weekly political programme. Anne Davies, left the programme in January 1994 when the format started to change to increase the amount of current affairs. Mike Morris, left in mid September after being unhappy with the refocus of the programmes.
Roy Hattersley Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, (born 28 December 1932) is a British Labour Party politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years from 1964 to 1997, and served as Depu ...
was drafted in to present. The last programme was on 9 October 1994. It was suddenly replaced the following Sunday on 16 October 1994 by ''The Sunday Review'' (a 60-minute signed review of the week's news which had been broadcasting since early 1993 under the name "Timeshift"), and ''The Sunday Programme'', shortly after Mike Morris left GMTV, stating that ''Sunday Best'' was becoming too political for a Sunday morning.Morning Glory: A History of British Breakfast Television By Ian Jones P166 ASIN: B009Q5O6J6


''The Sunday Programme''

''The Sunday Programme'' was GMTV's political programme. It launched on 16 October 1994 as a replacement for ''Sunday Best'', which was GMTV's original Sunday morning magazine. The programme aired between 7:00 am and 8:00 am, just after ''The Sunday Review'' (a 60-minute signed review of the week's news). It was originally presented by
Alastair Stewart Alastair James Stewart Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 22 June 1952) is an English former journalist and newscaster. Formerly presenting for ITV News, he joined GB News as a presenter in 2021. He has won the Royal Television Society's New ...
, who left in 2001, and
Steve Richards Steve Richards (born 6 June 1960) is a British TV presenter and political columnist, who has written columns for the ''Guardian'', ''Independent'', ''New Statesman'' and '' Spectator''. He regularly presents Radio 4's '' Week in Westminster'' and ...
took over. From 1995–2001, the programme was called ''Alastair Stewart's Sunday Programme'', but this was changed when Alastair left in 2001. In 2008, the programme was quietly axed and replaced with children's programming.


''Entertainment Today''

''Entertainment Today'' was GMTV's entertainment round-up show on Fridays, designed to replace ''LK Today'' at the end of the week. It aired at 8:40am. The programme was broadcast for 45 minutes, and included interviews with actors/actresses from upcoming movies and music performances. Presented by
Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV. He was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme '' GMTV'' and since April 2014 has ...
and
Jenni Falconer Jenni Falconer (born 12 February 1976) is a Scottish radio and television presenter. She appears on the ITV daytime show '' This Morning'' as a regular travel reporter and was a regular presenter of the National Lottery Draws on BBC One. She w ...
originally, as Ben started to present more during the week for ''GMTV'',
Michael Underwood Michael Paul Underwood (born 26 October 1975) is an English television presenter, best known as a children's TV presenter on CBBC and CITV. He can be seen as a fifteen-year-old in an episode of '' The Crystal Maze'', then presented by Richa ...
was also introduced as a presenter. In 2008 the show was replaced by ''
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'' in July, which aired for six weeks. After the show's run, Entertainment Today didn't return, and instead the main ''GMTV Today'' show was extended to 9:25am every Friday.


''The Richard Arnold Show''

''The Richard Arnold Show'' first aired in the summer of 2007, as a replacement for '' Entertainment Today'' whilst it took a six-week break. It aired in the same slot as ''Entertainment Today''; Fridays at 8:40am. The programme was broadcast for 45 minutes, and included TV related guests and entertainment features. The show returned again in the summer of 2008, due to the popularity, for another six-week series. GMTV's TV critic Richard Arnold was at the helm. The following week, ''
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'' extended its on-air time to 9:25am, as it was decided that ''Entertainment Today'' would not return.


Children's programmes


''Eat Your Words''

Eat Your Words was a game show created by Clive Doig in which kids had to solve challenges linked to words and food. The series started on 12 February 1994 with
Konnie Huq Kanak Asha "Konnie" Huq (; born 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme ''Blue Peter'', prese ...
and
Mark Speight Mark Warwick Fordham Speight (6 August 1965 – 7 April 2008) was an English television presenter and host of children's art programme '' SMart''. Speight was born in Seisdon, Staffordshire, and left school at 16 to become a cartoonist. He ...
. In 1995 Simon Parkin become the presenter and was joined by Julia Binsted. The series ended on 24 February 1996.


''Toonattik''

: ''Toonatik'' was the
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's strand of
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
(known as
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at weekends). It began on 5 February 2005 and was presented by Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson. The strand aired on Saturdays and Sundays from 7:25 am until GMTV's closedown at 9:25 am. The original slot featured games, competitions and studio guests combined with the American imported cartoons. However, on 6 March 2010 it was reported that ''Toonattik'' and ''Action Stations!'' presenters Jamie and Anna would be made redundant,Children's TV presenters lose their jobs as GMTV bosses continue to wield the axe
Mirror, 6 March 2010
as part of
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's buyout of Disney's 25% share in GMTV. So on Sunday 9 May 2010, Jamie and Anna departed and from the following weekend, the slot relaunched with out-of-vision presentation. From that point ''Toonattik'' also featured British cartoons. As of 12 March 2006, GMTV simulcasted ''Toonattik'' on the
CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
channel during their allocated broadcast time, allowing younger Sky Digital,
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and
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viewers to access the show through the children's section of the
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for the first time. Also, for the first time on the EPG it gave details for the programmes broadcast in the ''Toonattik'' time slot.


''Action Stations!''

: ''Action Stations!'' was the
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's strand of the British
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station,
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(branded as part of
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). The slot aired between 06:00 and 08:40 on the
CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
channel. It began broadcasting on 13 March 2006 and was simulcast on both the CITV channel and
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; however, it moved to
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on 17 March 2008, meaning that ITV2 could broadcast 24 hours a day. From 7 June 2010, ITV4 ceased simulcasting, meaning that from early June 2010, GMTV2 could only been seen on the CITV channel, again allowing ITV4 to broadcast 24 hours a day.GMTV2 moves to CITV
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Originally, ''Action Stations'' featured the voices of ''Toonattik'' presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson in the form of robots with pre-recorded links in between cartoons, and was later voiced by Mike Rance as a spaceship captain. Between September 2009 and May 2010, the slot had the presenters presenting links from the ''Action Station''s 'space base'. ''Action Stations'' featured characters Commander Action (David Kangas), Boogaloo (Serial #80064100) (Simon Fielding), Gribulous Bertnarg "Bert" Pimplewicks (Mike Rance) and Princess Akira, the ship's mechanic (Anna Singleton). These characters travelled the galaxy transmitting cartoons 'free to air' to the children of earth whilst trying to keep them from the clutches of the evil Dr Poopanski (James Hunt) who wanted to keep the cartoons for himself.


''Diggit/Diggin' It''

''Diggit/Diggin' It'' was one of GMTV's weekend children's programmes, which began on 14 March 1998 and replaced ''
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''. It also replaced ''
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'' on Sunday mornings. It was broadcast from 7:10am to 9:25am on Saturdays and 8:00am to 9:25am on Sundays. Additional editions on bank holidays and summer holidays were shown under the name ''Diggit Extra''. Initially, the show was presented by Paul Ballard (known on screen as Des) and
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. On Des's weekends off, the show was often co-presented by
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. In September 1998, the show launched a search for a new presenter (similar to the one that discovered Fearne a few years earlier). Viewers had the chance to vote for a winner in December 1998; the winner was Jack Stratton. Jack co-presented with Des and Fearne on both shows for a time, before becoming a solo presenter of pre-recorded inserts on the Sunday show. He was asked to leave the show due to end of contract, and in 2000 Fearne also left to concentrate on her other CITV series, the reins being handed over to Laura Jaye and Victoria Hickson. Des left the show in 2002 and GMTV relaunched the show as ''Diggin' It'' in January 2003, including a giant puppet named "It". Laura and Victoria also left and were replaced with Liam Dolan (previously a presenter on
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) and Abbie Pethullis, with voiceovers from
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. From 2003, for the first time ''Diggin' It'' was allowed to have its presenters discussing the weekend's line-up on ''CITV'' every Friday afternoon. Liam Dolan was seen sending a Happy Birthday message to ''CITV'' on 3 January 2003 on behalf of the ''Diggin'It'' team. The show was dropped on 30 January 2005 to make way for the merger of ''Diggin' It'' and ''Up on The Roof'' into ''
Toonattik ''Toonattik'' was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, GMTV (known on-air as CITV at weekends), which ran from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 07:25 (some ...
''.


''Saturday Disney''

''Saturday Disney'' was GMTV's first children's programme, broadcast from 2 January 1993 to 30 March 1996 on Saturday mornings. Initially presented by
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and Pippa Ford-Jones, with other presenters including Tara Lynne O'Neill, was a mixture of Disney cartoons old and new, celebrity guests, games and features. The set featured a wonky house, an 'outside' area (which was in fact still the studio), a jail cell, and an area known as 'The splatter dome'. The entire set was deliberately cartoon-like in appearance. After around 5 months into the series, Pippa was suddenly dropped from the show. The reasons surrounding her departure are not clear. At first Stuart told the audience that "Pippa isn't here this week" and introduced
Carmen Ejogo Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (; born 22 October 1973)
as a stand-in. Pippa never returned and was soon removed from the opening title sequence. However, some pre-recorded location items featuring Pippa were shown over the weeks after her departure. Carmen remained as the female presenter on a permanent basis, and after the departure of Stuart, become the sole presenter until the show's later demise. Disney cartoons were the main staple, of which the show was built around. GMTV came under criticism for extending the show's running time in early 1993. After just 3 months in April 1993, GMTV replaced '' Teen Win Lose Or Draw'' which ran from 8:50 to 9:25am with a newly imported cartoon ''
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'' which ran under the ''Saturday Disney'' strand. It was said that GMTV were putting ratings and advertising revenues before educational values. In May 1995 the series was reduced to finish at 08.50 to allow ''
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'' to be shown.


''Wake Up in the Wild Room''

''Wake Up in the Wild Room'' was a children's programme broadcast from 13 April 1996 to 7 March 1998 on Saturday mornings. Produced in partnership with Disney, it was presented by
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. The grand finale at the end of the show had a game where contests had to pick a number from the Big House (e.g. number 5 was a window, number 9 was a roof) but would have to watch out for traps which could result with a pie being thrown in their face by resident pie thrower Gary The Ghost, who wore white ghost makeup and a
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's uniform. Gary also pied various celebrity interview guests, most notably
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, who had uttered a word which had been deemed taboo for that episode's duration.


''The Disney Club''/''Disney Adventures''/''Road Hog

''The Disney Club'' started on 3 September 1989 and was produced by
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and
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, and went out on Sundays at 9:25 am. The programme mainly broadcast from September – April, taking a spring and summer break. Original presenters * (1989–1992):
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,
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Richard Orford * (1992–1993)
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, Paul Hendy, Richard Orford In January 1993, the series was moved to also broadcast on
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and overlapped past 9:25 am cut off time. It continued to be produced by Scottish Television, which was one of the owners of GMTV at the time.} By September 1993 the series had moved back to 9:25 am, with Jenny Powell replacing Andrea Boardman. A new programme called ''Disney Adventures'' with Andrea Boardman, which filled the time slot instead. When the series returned on 4 September 1994, the series had once again moved back to broadcast during
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overlapped the 9:25 am cut off time, by starting at 8 am.
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joined the team, alongside Richard Orford, with Andrea Boardman continuing with inserts films. ''Disney Adventures'' returned on 6 May 1995 with Sally Gray, Jenny Powel,
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and
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presenting instead of Andrea, continuing until October 1995. Disney Club Returned on 5 November 1995, with new presenters
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, Jenny Powel and Sean Maguire. The last series from September 1997 became two separate Disney blocks, but presented by the same people; Craig Doyle & Paul 'Des' Ballard with a name change taking place on 25 September called ''Road Hog''. The series finished on 26 April 1998,BFI.org
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''.


''Up on the Roof''

''Up on the Roof'' was one of GMTV's children's slots, presented by Jamie Rickers, broadcast from 2002 to February 2005 on Saturday mornings. It was regularly broadcast on Sundays only from around 8:15am straight after '' Diggit/Diggin' It'' until 9:25am when GMTV handed over to CITV. The cartoon series that were shown were mainly those that featured such action animated programmes as ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. ''Up on The Roof'' came to an end on Sunday 30 January 2005 and was replaced by ''
Toonattik ''Toonattik'' was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, GMTV (known on-air as CITV at weekends), which ran from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 07:25 (some ...
'' from 5 February, broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays.


''Parkin's In'' / ''Fun In The Sun''

''Parkin's In'' and ''Fun In The Sun'' was a children's programme presented by
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. The series only appeared during school holidays including half term, usually from 8:35 am to 9:25 am. It was filled with cartoons, guests and Mr Motivator. During the early years additional programmes were produced for Scotland only, due to different holidays. The series ended by 1996.


Programmes

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Maxie's World ''Maxie's World'' is a 1987 American animated children's television program produced by DIC Animation City. Distributed by Claster Television and Saban International and originally aired in first-run syndication in the United States from Septemb ...
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Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for novelty records in 1958. The group consists of three s ...
'' *''
Tom and Jerry Kids ''Tom & Jerry Kids'' (formerly known as ''Tom & Jerry Kids Show'' in the first season) is an American animated comedy television series co-produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment Co., and starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry a ...
'' *''
Galaxy High is a science fiction animated series that premiered on September 13, 1986 on CBS and ran for 13 episodes until December 6, 1986. The series was created by Chris Columbus (filmmaker), Chris Columbus and featured music and a theme song composed b ...
'' *''
Captain Planet and the Planeteers ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner and developed by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Thom Beers, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Bob Forward and Cas ...
'' *''
The Legend of Zelda ''The Legend of Zelda'' is an action-adventure game franchise created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-rele ...
'' *''
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' is an American live-action/animated television series airing from September 4 to November 30, 1989, on syndication. The series is based on the video games ''Super Mario Bros.'' and '' Super Mario Bros. 2'' by ...
'' *''
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is a superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon along ...
'' *'' V.R. Troopers''


Pre-school programmes


''Rise and Shine''

''Rise and Shine'' was GMTV's very first Saturday morning children's series, starting on 2 January 1993. It was presented by
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and
Paul Zerdin Paul Zerdin (born 21 August 1972) is a British comedian and ventriloquist from London. He was the winner of the 10th season of '' America's Got Talent''. Early life When Zerdin was 10, a family friend made him a puppet theatre which he use ...
along with Paul's puppet character Sam. The series was aimed at younger kids and was broadcast between 4-8. It featured cartoons and programmes such as ''
Count Duckula ''Count Duckula'' is a British children's animated comedy horror television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Films and produced by Thames Television as a spin-off from '' Danger Mouse'', a series in which an early version of the ...
'', ''
Roobarb ''Roobarb'' (also known as ''Roobarb and Custard'') is a British animated children's television series, created by Grange Calveley and originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Calveley and directed by Bob ...
'', ''
The Shoe People ''The Shoe People'' is an animated television series which was first broadcast in the UK in April 1987 on TV-am. It went on to be broadcast in 62 countries around the world. It was the first series from the West to be shown in the former Soviet ...
'', ''
King Rollo King Rollo is a children's character, created by David McKee in 1980. He is the main character in a series of books, animations narrated by Ray Brooks, and a comic strip in the magazine ''Buttons''. Thirteen episodes of the animation were prod ...
'', ''
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'', '' Victor & Maria'' ''
James the Cat ''James the Cat'' is a 1984 British children's series created by Kate Canning and produced by Jan Clayton with Grampian Television. It chronicles the many events which take place at the Cornerhouse (number 104) between James and his new animal f ...
'', ''
Mio Mao Mio or MIO may refer to: shortened form of Mioritic Shepherd dog or Mioritic sheepdog; a Romanian mountain dog. Places * Mio, Michigan, a town in the US Music * ''Mío'', 2011 album by David Bustamante * "Mío", 1992 song by Paulina Rubio Bran ...
'', ''
Barbapapa ''Barbapapa'' is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of ...
'', ''
Rosie and Jim ''Rosie and Jim'' (sometimes written as ''Rosie & Jim'') is a British children's television programme which was produced by Ragdoll Productions and aired on ITV from 3 September 1990 to 16 May 2000. The programme was then repeated periodica ...
'', ''
Mr Men ''Mr. Men'' is a British series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves which began publication in August 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author (but with female characters) was published. ...
'', ''Ric the Raven'', ''
My Little Pony ''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno, and were produced in 1981. The ponies feature c ...
'', ''
The Wombles ''The Wombles'' are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycl ...
'', '' Gran'', '' Brum'', ''
The Glo Friends ''The Glo Friends'' is an American television series that originally aired in 1986 as a segment of ''My Little Pony 'n Friends''. Produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions in collaboration with Toei Animation, the 26 segments of ''Glo ...
'', ''
MoonDreamers ''MoonDreamers'' is an American animated television series that aired in 1986 as part of the ''My Little Pony 'n Friends'' lineup. It appeared on CBN Family Channel from 1989 to 1990, Family Channel from 1990 to 1995 during '' My Little Pony''. ...
'', ''
Potato Head Kids ''Potato Head Kids'' is an American animated television series that aired in 1986. It was made to pair with ''My Little Pony 'n Friends''. An episode of '' My Little Pony'' was played for 15 minutes, and then an episode of ''Potato Head Kids'', '' ...
'', ''
Fred Basset ''Fred Basset'' is a comic strip about a male basset hound. The cartoon was created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham and published first in the ''Daily Mail'' on 8 July 1963. Fred's cartoon strips are renamed as ''Wurzel'' in Germany, ''Lill ...
'', '' Rainbow Brite and the Color Kids'' and '' Muppet Babies''. In 1995 the series was axed.


''The Fluffy Club''

''The Fluffy Club'' was GMTV's pre-school programming slot which aired every Monday-Friday on the CITV channel between 8:40 am and 9:25 am as part of
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and every Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 am to 7:25 am on ITV. It was produced by Darrall Macqueen. It was presented by
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(who replaced original presenter Mandisa Taylor in March 2010) and puppet fluffy duckling 'Tiny Little Fluff' (who is seen in the show's logo). The slot launched in September 2008 replacing ''Wakey Wakey!'' and featured a combination of both home-grown and American imported programmes.


''Our House''

''Our House'' is a children's programme from 1997, created by
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. The series was about Granny Banana and her grandkids Lizzie and Jack. The series was also broadcast outwith GMTV, on Scottish and Grampian Television albeit in Gaelic, and was renamed "Granaidh Bananaidh".


''Riff and Raff''

A spin off of Our House about two microscopic, pea eating, fluffy monsters named Riff (who is orange, tall, and slightly dim-witted) and Raff (who is purple, short, and is smart) who hide in Granny Banana's bag. The show mainly focuses on the two of them going outside, exploring the big world, and getting into mischief. The episodes would include clips from Our House (named The Granny Files) and would end with Riff and Raff singing a song during the end credits.


''Oooberry Telly''

''Oooberry Telly'' was first launched in February 2002 running between the 6-7.10am timeslot. Because of the block's name, the continuity package would always lead up to ''
Ni Ni's Treehouse ''Ni Ni's Treehouse'' is a preschool television series and was produced jointly by The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Company and GMTV. It was originally aired on TLC and GMTV from 2000 until 2003. About the show Ni Ni works in a treehouse on an Ooo ...
'' being the last preschool program shown before handing over to Diggit/Up on the Roof. The "Horace & Upa GoGo" shorts from said series would also be shown as separate miniseries while the viewers tuning in waited for ''Ni Ni's Treehouse'' to air. The block was discontinued in mid-2003 with all the preschool programs being branded under "GMTV Kids" which logo holds the Disney Mickey Mouse text font.


''Wakey! Wakey!''

''Wakey! Wakey!'' was GMTV's pre-school slot which ran every weekend morning on CITV, GMTV, and GMTV2 from 6:00 am to 7:25 am. It was originally presented by Kerry Newell (of ''
Fun Song Factory Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's television series. It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who at the time, were part of the '' Playdays'' production team. The series was produced through their st ...
'' fame) and was later replaced by former
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presenter Sue Monroe from 2006. Before ''Wakey! Wakey!'', ''Toonattik'' ran the pre-school slot for the first half of 2005 with pre-recorded voiceovers with Jamie and Anna taking over from 07:25. In September 2008, the show was relaunched as ''The Fluffy Club''.


Other programmes

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Jim Henson's Animal Show ''Jim Henson's Animal Show'' is an American children's television series from the Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as ...
'' *'' The Bag People'' *''
Bananas in Pyjamas ''Bananas in Pyjamas'' is an Australian children's television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since been syndicated in many countries and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title wa ...
'' *''
Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series targeted at young children aged 2–7, created by Sheryl Leach. The series premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorp ...
'' *''
Beast Wars Beast most often refers to: * Non-human animal * Monster Beast or Beasts may also refer to: Bible * Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the Book of Revelation Computing and gaming * Beast (card game), English name of historical Fren ...
'' *''
Beetleborgs Metallix ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' (later ''Beetleborgs Metallix'') is an American live-action superhero television series by Saban Entertainment and was co-produced with Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company and Bugboy Productions. Two seasons aired on ...
'' *''
Bertha Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German ''berhta'' meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names ''Beorhtgifu'' meaning "bright gift" or ''Beorhtwynn'' meaning "bright joy". The name occurs as a theonym, s ...
'' *''
Big Bad Beetleborgs ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' (later ''Beetleborgs Metallix'') is an American live-action superhero television series by Saban Entertainment and was co-produced with Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company and Bugboy Productions. Two seasons aired on ...
'' *'' The Big Bug Show'' *''
The Big Comfy Couch ''The Big Comfy Couch'' (''Le Monde de Loonette'' nglish: ''The World of Loonette'' or ''Loonette's World''when broadcast in Quebec, France and Belgium and ''El sofa da la imaginación'' nglish: ''The Couch of Imagination''when broadcast in La ...
'' *'' The Big Garage'' *''
Boohbah ''Boohbah'' is a British preschool television series created by Anne Wood and produced by Wood's company, Ragdoll Productions, in association with GMTV. It originally premiered on ITV on 14 April 2003. The series was later broadcast on Ni ...
'' *''
Bug Alert ''Bug Alert'' is a British children's television series, first shown on GMTV in September 1996. It featured the antics of a range of bug-like characters who lived in the kitchen of an unnamed house. These creatures apparently only came out wh ...
'' (before the move to
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
in 2000) *''
Crazy Quilt Crazy-Quilt is the name of several characters in DC Comics. Publication history The Earth-Two Crazy Quilt first appeared in ''Boy Commandos'' #15 (March 1946) and was created by Jack Kirby. The Paul Dekker version of Crazy Quilt first appeared in ...
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Dragon Flyz ''Dragon Flyz'' is an animated television series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel and produced by Gaumont Multimédia in association with Abrams/Gentile Entertainment. The show, based on a toy line by Galoob, ran for two seasons, in syndication in ...
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Fun Song Factory Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's television series. It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who at the time, were part of the '' Playdays'' production team. The series was produced through their st ...
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The Glo Friends ''The Glo Friends'' is an American television series that originally aired in 1986 as a segment of ''My Little Pony 'n Friends''. Produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions in collaboration with Toei Animation, the 26 segments of ''Glo ...
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Iris, The Happy Professor ''Iris, The Happy Professor'' (also known as ''Iris'' and ''Professor Iris'' and in French as ''Iris, le gentil professeur'' or ''Professeur Iris'') is a Canadian-produced television show that run for 156 episodes from 1992 to 1994, created by for ...
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Johnson and Friends ''Johnson and Friends'' is an Australian live action/ puppet children’s television program that originally aired on ABC from 3 September 1990 to 10 July 1997. It was produced by Film Australia and was created by Ron Saunders, John Patterson ...
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Little Dracula ''Little Dracula'' is a British series of children's books and an American animated television series that originally aired on Fox. ''Little Dracula'' revolves around a green-skinned child vampire who aspires to be like his father, Big Dracula, ...
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Miffy Miffy ( nl, Nijntje, pronounced ) is a Character (arts), fictional rabbit appearing in a series of picture books drawn and written by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. The original Dutch name, "Nijntje", is a shortening of the diminutive ''konijntje'', "l ...
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Mopatop's Shop ''Mopatop's Shop'' is a children's television series that which premiered on CITV in the UK on 4 January 1999. 260 ten-minute episodes were made and aired daily. It was a co-production between Jim Henson Television and Carlton Television. After ...
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My Little Pony ''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno, and were produced in 1981. The ponies feature c ...
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Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories ''Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories'' is a children's television show hosted by Mother Goose, who tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes. Production The show featured child actors and elaborate puppets created by ...
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Ni Ni's Treehouse ''Ni Ni's Treehouse'' is a preschool television series and was produced jointly by The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Company and GMTV. It was originally aired on TLC and GMTV from 2000 until 2003. About the show Ni Ni works in a treehouse on an Ooo ...
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Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book ''A Bear Called Paddington'' and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond, a ...
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Penny Crayon ''Penny Crayon'' is a 1989 British children's television series that tells the adventures of a very intellectual and well-meaning (but occasionally mischievous) school-girl from London who loves to draw, and her escapades accompanied by her bes ...
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Play It Again ''Play It Again'' is a documentary television series on BBC One, featuring celebrities trying to learn to play musical instruments. The series is produced by Diverse Production and started on 25 March 2007 and is narrated by Tamsin Greig. Epi ...
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Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...
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Polka Dot Shorts ''Polka Dot Shorts'' is a Canadian children's television series produced by TVOntario, which has been broadcast around the world. It was created, produced, and edited by Jed MacKay. Approximately 180 episodes were produced from 1993 to 2001, all ...
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Potamus Park ''Potamus Park'' is a British pre-school television programme that ran on CITV in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1999, and on the Disney Channel in the United States in 2005. The show centred on a small family of hippopotamuses, Herbie, H ...
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Professor Bubble ''Professor Bubble'' was a live-action British pre-school series that aired on GMTV as part of its weekend children's programming block. It ran in 1996 and lasted for a series of 65 twenty-minute episodes. The series was later re-run on Tiny Li ...
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The Puzzle Place ''The Puzzle Place'' is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles and Lancit Media in New York City. Although production was dated and premiered on two Los Angeles PBS stations, KCET and KLCS, on September 15, 199 ...
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Rimba's Island ''Rimba's Island'' is a preschool children's television series featuring colorful costumed animal characters living in a rainforest. It aired on Fox Kids as part of The Fox Cubhouse starting in 1994. Characters * Rimba: a gorilla and leader of th ...
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Rosie and Jim ''Rosie and Jim'' (sometimes written as ''Rosie & Jim'') is a British children's television programme which was produced by Ragdoll Productions and aired on ITV from 3 September 1990 to 16 May 2000. The programme was then repeated periodica ...
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St Bear's Doll Hospital ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
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Scoop and Doozie Scoop and Doozie was a late 1990s Children's television series about the everyday lives of Doozie, an orange toy bulldozer, Scoop, a yellow toy excavator, and Axel, a blue and red dumptruck, aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners. It used skil ...
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Sky Dancers Sky Dancers is the name of a line of toys and an animated show spin-off that were popular in the mid-1990s. The toys were constructed of a pull-string base and a doll with foam wings. When the doll was inserted into the base and the string pulle ...
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The Slow Norris ''The Slow Norris'' is a British children's television programme that aired on CITV from 4 September 1995 to 23 December 1999. The programme portrayed moral tales and fables through various anthropomorphized creatures. The show was produced by ...
'' *'' The Story Store'' *'' Teddybears'' *'' Tom & Pippo'' *'' The Wheels on The Bus'' *''
The Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Ca ...
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Wizadora ''Wizadora'' is a children's television programme created by Don Arioli and Carolyne Cullum. It was originally broadcast on SWR in 1991 and it was used as an English-language learning tool for non-English speakers. In 1993, the series was pick ...
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