The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a British-based pan-European children's
television channel
A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, wit ...
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which was owned by
Flextech
Living TV Group was a British television consortium originally called Flextech before becoming a subsidiary of British Sky Broadcasting, with Challenge still broadcasting.
Living TV Group had several owned channels, available in the United K ...
in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, England, UK. It began broadcasting on the original
Eutelsat satellite on September 1, 1984.
History
Early years
The Children's Channel was launched on the original
Eutelsat satellite on September 1, 1984, almost exclusively to cable households owing to the low proliferation of domestic satellite dishes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the time, and originally operated by ''Starstream'' who were backed by
British Telecom
BT Group plc (trade name, trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is th ...
,
DC Thomson
DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing '' The Dundee Courier'', '' The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Post'' newspapers, and the comics '' Oor ...
,
Thames Television and
Thorn EMI.
In March 1989, The Children's Channel started airing free-to-air on the
SES-owned
Astra 1A satellite, airing from 5am to 10am on weekdays and from 5am to 12pm on weekends, time-sharing with
Lifestyle. Following the launch of the Astra 1B-satellite in 1991, The Children's Channel expanded to broadcast until 7pm each day, time-sharing with
JSTV. In 1990,
Flextech
Living TV Group was a British television consortium originally called Flextech before becoming a subsidiary of British Sky Broadcasting, with Challenge still broadcasting.
Living TV Group had several owned channels, available in the United K ...
acquired its first stake in the company, beating United Artists Cable International to gain a stake. In 1991, United bought its own stake in The Children's Channel and won the management contract to run it. In late 1993, Flextech held talks with Tele-Communications and acquired TCI's European programming business in exchange for shares, giving TCI a 50%-60% stake in the enlarged Flextech group. The deal was completed which resulted in Flextech increasing its stake from 50.1% to 75%.
Change of ownership
In 1992, The Children's Channel launched an evening block showing programming of greater interest to older children and teenagers. The segment, called simply TCC, aired from 5 pm to 7 pm, and featured a number of home-produced programmes, such as ''CDQ'' and ''TVFM'', as well as American imports including ''
Saved by the Bell''. During the day, The Children's Channel continued targeting younger children, and a large amount of its programming output was still archive animated series from the 1980s. As time went on, the TCC block extended its hours, initially starting half an hour earlier at 4.30 pm, until the focus on teen programmes eventually became more prominent across The Children's Channel, which became known as TCC all day long. The demographic shift repositioned the channel away from its newly established competitors
Nickelodeon UK and
Cartoon Network Europe, to a market not adequately covered by others.
In 1993, it cut back its air hours to 6am to 5pm, allowing
Family Channel to share its space with The Children's Channel, now a subscription service on the
Astra 1A satellite via the
Sky Multichannels package. On September 11, 1995, The Children's Channel introduced programmes for toddlers and preschoolers called
Tiny TCC.
By June 1995, Flextech completed its acquisition of The Children's Channel when it acquired the remaining 25.1% stake in Starstream for £15m.
In mid 1996, Flextech were in talks with Fox and News Corp to sell off a 50% stake in The Children's Channel; however, extremely lengthy negotiations made it impossible to secure a deal. Flextech tried to undertake negotiations to secure a different form of investment in The Children's Channel, but decided to refocus on the teen and youth markets instead. News Corp went on to launch
Fox Kids
Fox Kids (originally known as Fox Children's Network and later as the Fox Kids Network; stylized as FOX KIDS) was an American children's programming block and branding for a slate of international children's television channels. Originally a j ...
in a joint venture with sister company Sky. This strongly affected TCC as they no longer had access to most of Fox and
Saban Entertainment's library. On February 3, 1997, all the programmes targeting older children which The Children's Channel was by then airing were split off into
Trouble with TCC reverted to the original name of The Children's Channel and continuing to screen programmes for younger children, running side by side with Trouble in 1997.
On April 3, 1998, the original pan-European operations of The Children's Channel on
Eutelsat's
Hot Bird both unexpectedly and silently closed after 14 years. Ratings had fallen massively due to competitors Nickelodeon UK, Cartoon Network Europe,
Disney Channel UK and Fox Kids UK launching within three years of each other, reducing TCC's viewer share to 0.2% by its closure. The exodus of teen programmes to Trouble only accelerated its decline. Flextech officially stated that it only wished to focus on the teen market, and there were "so many other channels designed for
CC's former target audience. After the closure, Trouble's hours expanded to start at 7am.
Upon the closure of the pan-regional TCC Europe channel,
Cable & Wireless carried the localized TCC Nordic feed for a few months due to the company's anger at the closure of TCC at such short notice. On 5 October 1998, it was taken off the service and its slot was filled by Fox Kids.
However, due to a pre-agreed contract signed some years before to air The Children's Channel in Scandinavia until October 2000, Flextech created an advertisement-free version of TCC known as TCC Nordic to fulfil this requirement to air until 2000 as arranged before finally ceasing transmission. As this service was only fulfilling a contractual requirement, it was totally automated and showed exactly the same four weeks of programming on a constant loop. Technical difficulties were frequent. On 30 September 2000, when the Nordic feed's contract expired, TCC closed entirely, more than two years after the original channel's closure.
The website stayed running until late 2005.
Tiny TCC/Living
On September 11, 1995, The Children's Channel introduced a strand for toddlers and preschoolers called Tiny TCC, which aired every morning from 6 am until 9 am. This block was then transferred over to
UK Living
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on 3 February 1997 and renamed ''Tiny Living'' with its airtimes being changed to 7:00-9:00 on weekdays, and 7:00-10:00 during the weekend. Following The Children's Channel's unexpected closedown of its original pan-European operations on
Eutelsat's
Hot Bird on April 3, 1998, and full replacement by then-timeshared channel
Trouble the next day, the strand was finally withdrawn on 1 January 2006.
Programmes
In its day, TCC created some original programming. ''
Connect 4'' and ''
The Super Mario Challenge'' were popular tea-time quiz shows. Some other 'in-between' show segments included ''Link Anchorman'', featuring Chuck the Chimp and Hopper the Penguin. All of the puppets were created and performed by Hands Up Puppets, primarily Marcus Clarke and Helena Smee. Other TV talent made an appearance or got an early break working on these series, including Konnie Huq, then awaiting news of her university place. Some of today's TV producers also got valuable early TV introduction experience on these series including Lisa Opie, Tim Lowe, Karen Ward, and Mike Crosby. A live-action quiz programme, ''
Around the World in 80 Seconds
Around may refer to:
* "Around" (song), by Julia van Bergen
* ''Around'', 2006 album by Tom Verlaine
* ''Around'', 2013 EP by Whirr
* ''Around'', 2006 Palestinian film
See also
* Round (disambiguation)
Round or rounds may refer to:
Mathe ...
'', was produced for the channel in 1993–94. Hosted by
Timmy Mallett as Captain Everything, schoolchildren participated in a quiz based on geography and general knowledge of particular countries, before "replaying" famous scenarios from the history of their chosen country. The top team received a prize of a four-day trip to the then-new
Euro Disney.
During school holidays, ''Ratkan'' aired 07:00-12:00, with ''It's Droibee Time'' off air.
Former Programmes (Including Jack in the Box/Tiny TCC blocks)
* ''
The Babaloos''
* ''
Babar''
* ''
Baby Follies''
* ''
Barney & Friends
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''
* ''
Bertha''
* ''
Bod''
* ''
Bump''
* ''
Button Moon''
* ''
The Care Bears Family''
* ''
Charlie Brown Specials''
* ''
Charlie Chalk''
* ''
Chorlton and the Wheelies''
* ''
Christopher Crocodile''
* ''
Clangers'' (Original Series 1-2 only)
* ''
Cockleshell Bay''
* ''
Creepy Crawlers''
* ''
Crystal Tipps and Alistair
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* ''
Dappledown Farm
''Dappledown Farm'' was a British children's television programme, starring and presented by Brian Cant and a series of puppets. It started airing in 1990 on TVAM before moving to Channel 5's Milkshake!
''Milkshake!'' (stylised as milksh ...
''
* ''
Edward and Friends''
* ''
The Flumps
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Overview
The plot revolved around the various adventures of a family ...
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* ''
The Forgotten Toys''
* ''
The Fruitties''
* ''
Gran
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People
*Grandmother, affectionately known as "gran"
* Gran (name)
Places
* Gran, the historical German name for Esztergom, a city and the primatial metropolitan see of Hungary
* Gran, Norway, a municipality in Innlandet coun ...
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* ''
Henry's Cat
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''
* ''
The Herbs''
* ''
Ivor the Engine''
* ''
James the Cat''
* ''
Johnson and Friends''
* ''
Kitty Cats
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''
* ''
The Little Green Man''
* ''
Morph''
* ''
Mr Benn''
* ''
Mr. Men''
* ''
Nellie the Elephant''
* ''
Noddy''
* ''
Old Bear Stories''
* ''
Ovide and the Gang''
* ''
Papa Beaver's Storytime''
* ''
Philbert Frog''
* ''Phillips''
* ''
Pinwheel''
* ''
Pob's Programme''
* ''
Potsworth & Co.''
* ''
Professor Bubble''
* ''
Professor Iris
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Puppydog Tales
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''
* ''
The Puzzle Place''
* ''
Rosie and Jim''
* ''
Sesame Street''
* ''
The Shoe People''
* ''
Special Sports
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Policing
* Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force
* Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer
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''
* ''
Stoppit and Tidyup
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''
* ''
Strawberry Shortcake''
* ''
Titch''
* ''
Topsy and Tim''
* ''
Tots TV''
* ''
William's Wish Wellingtons''
* ''
The Wind in the Willows''
* ''
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 recyc ...
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A
* ''
A.J.'s Time Travelers''
* ''
The Adventures of Black Beauty''
* ''
The Adventures of Blinky Bill''
* ''The Adventures of Crumbcake''
* ''
The Adventures of Dynamo Duck''
* ''Adventures of Niko''
* ''
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''
* ''
The Adventures of Spot''
* ''
The Adventures of T-Rex
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* ''
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin''
* ''
Alfred J. Kwak''
* ''
The Amazing Adventures of Morph''
* ''
The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys
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* ''Animated Classic Showcase''
* ''Anna Banana''
* ''Around the World in 80 Seconds''
* ''
Arthur''
* ''
Astro Farm''
* ''
Art Attack'' (Original series)
* ''
Aubrey''
B
* ''
The Baby-Sitters Club''
* ''Bad Level 10''
* ''
Bananaman''
* ''
Barnen''
* ''
The Bartons
''C/o The Bartons'' (also called ''Care of The Bartons'', or ''The Bartons'' in the UK and The Netherlands) is an Australian television drama series aimed at older children and young teens, which first aired in Australia in 1988.
History
The ser ...
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* ''
Batman
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* ''
BattleTech: The Animated Series''
* ''
Beakman's World''
* ''Bits and Pieces''
* ''
The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show
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* ''
Beverly Hills Teens''
* ''The Big Dish'' (game show)
* ''
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures''
* ''
Blackstar''
* ''Blast''
* ''
Blinky Bill''
* ''Blue, Child of the Earth''
* ''
The Blunders
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Colin Voisey and Haydn Morgan created the show's characters: Ma Blunder, Pa Blunder, Bobby Blu ...
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* ''
Bobby's World''
* ''
Bobobobs''
* ''
Bojan the Bear
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Bojan the Bear is a painter who paints his own wor ...
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* ''
Boogies Diner''
* ''
The Bots Master''
* ''
Bouli''
* ''Boy Dominic''
* ''
Bravestarr''
* ''
Bright Sparks''
* ''
Bucky O'Hare''
* ''
Budgie the Little Helicopter''
* ''Bulldozer''
* ''
Bunny with Chequered Ears''
* ''
Bullerbyn''
* ''By Way of the Stars''
* ''
Byker Grove''
C
* ''Cable Cook''
* ''Cable News''
* ''
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs''
* ''
California Dreams''
* ''
California Raisins''
* ''
Captain N: The Game Master''
* ''
Captain Pugwash''
* ''Cartoon Classics''
* ''
Casper and Friends''
* ''
The Castle of Adventure''
* ''
Cats & Company
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* ''
The Chestnut Soldier''
* ''
Chicken Minute
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* ''Children of the Luna''
* ''
Clémentine''
* ''
The Clifton House Mystery''
* ''The Club Cafe''
* ''Clutz''
* ''
C.L.Y.D.E.''
* ''The Computer Show''
* ''
C.O.P.S.''
* ''Cool Cartoons''
* ''
Cool McCool
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* ''The Colours of World''
* ''
Cococinel''
* ''
Connect 4''
* ''Costa''
* ''
Count Duckula''
* ''Crack The Code''
* ''Cuckoo: Omnibus''
* ''CurioCity''
* ''
Cybernet''
D
* ''
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'' (Original series)
* ''Decimal the Whale''
* ''
Defenders of the Earth''
* ''
Degrassi Junior High''
* ''
Dennis
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The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is someti ...
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* ''
Dennis the Menace''
* ''
Denver, the Last Dinosaur''
* ''Derrou''
* ''Derrou Juniors''
* ''Derrou Tales''
* ''
Dino Babies''
* ''
Dino-Riders''
* ''Dish of the Day''
* ''
Diplodos
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* ''
Dog City
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* ''
The Dr Fad Show''
* ''
Dr. Snuggles
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* ''
The Dreamstone
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* ''
Dungeons and Dragons''
* ''
Dynamo Duck''
E
* ''Earthworks''
* ''
Earthworm Jim'' (co-production with
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)
* ''
Eek! The Cat''
* ''
Emil I Lonneberga''
* ''
Emlyn's Moon''
* ''
Enchanted Pencil''
* ''Ernest the Vampire''
* ''
Escape from Jupiter''
F
* ''
Fame''
* ''A Fantastic Competition''
* ''
The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor''
* ''
Fifteen''
* ''
The Finder
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* ''The Finder'' (American TV series), an American procedural drama television series
* ''The Finder'' (film), a 2001 Australian film
* ''The Finders'', a 1993 novel by British author Nigel Hinton
* ''Fi ...
''
* ''
Finders Keepers''
* ''FishTales''
* ''
Flash Gordon''
* ''
The Flockton Flyer''
* ''
Floradora
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* ''
Foo Foo''
* ''
Fred Basset''
* ''Fun Factor 10''
* ''
Fun House''
G
* ''
Galaxy High''
* ''
Garfield and Friends''
* ''
The Get Along Gang''
* ''
Get Your Own Back''
* ''
Gigantor''
* ''
The Girl From Tomorrow / Tomorrow's End''
* ''
Grasshopper Island''
* ''
Gravedale High''
* ''Greedysaurus and Gangtape''
* ''The Greedysaurus Gang''
* ''Groovy Ghoulies''
* ''
Gustavus''
* ''
The Guys Next Door
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H
* ''
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left''
* ''
Hang Time''
* ''
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child''
* ''
The Happy Prince''
* ''Head to Head''
* ''
Heartbreak High''
* ''
Heathcliff''
* ''
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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* ''
Henry's Cat
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* ''
Here Comes the Grump
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Structured as a battle between good and evil, t ...
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* ''Home''
* ''Hotshots''
* ''How Things Work''
* ''Hunter's Gold''
I
* ''Ike and Webber''
* ''
Inspector Gadget: (Original series)''
* ''Inspector Nasy''
* ''Intelsat Close''
* ''
Interbang''
* ''
Into the Labyrinth''
* ''
Iznogoud''
J
* ''
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors''
* ''
Jem''
* ''
Jim Henson's Animal Show''
* ''John Ross''
K
* ''
Kaboodle''
* ''
King Koopa's Kool Kartoons''
* ''
Kissyfur''
* ''Koleto and Murr''
* ''
Krazy Kat''
L
* ''
The Legend of Prince Valiant''
* ''
The Little Prince''
* ''
Little Wizards''
* ''
The Littles
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* ''Little Brrm''
* ''Little Dog''
* ''Lotta''
* ''
Lucky Luke''
* ''
Ludwig
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* Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Ludwig (surname), including a list of people
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M
* ''
Madeline''
* ''
Madison''
* ''Magic Corner''
* ''Make Music Fun''
* ''
M.A.S.K.''
* ''
Manu
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Geography
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** Manú National Park, Peru
**Manú River, in southeastern Peru
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* ''
The Marvel Superheroes
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* ''
Michael Valiant''
* ''
Molly''
* ''
Mr. Bogus''
* ''
Mr Majeika
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* ''
Mr. Rossi''
* ''
My Little Pony and Friends''
* ''
The Mysterious Cities of Gold''
N
* ''
The New Adventures of Black Beauty''
* ''
The New Adventures of Gigantor
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* ''
The New Adventures of He-Man''
* ''
The New Archies''
* ''
New Kids on the Block''
* ''The New Steve and Danny Show''
* ''
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk''
* ''
Noozles''
* ''Non-Stop Cartoon Capers''
* ''Nursery Rhymes''
O
* ''
Ocean Odyssey''
* ''
Okavango''
* ''
Once Upon a Time... Space''
* ''Open House''
* ''
Oscar's Orchestra''
* ''
Ovide and the Gang''
P
* ''
Paddington Bear''
* ''
Pettson and Findus''
* ''
Picture Pages''
* ''
Pingu''
* ''
The Pink Panther''
* ''
Popeye''
* ''
Pugwall''
* ''
Pugwall's Summer
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Q
* ''
Quick & Flupke
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R
* ''
Radar Men from the Moon''
* ''
Rainbow Brite''
* ''Rainbow Theatre''
* ''
Rambo: The Force of Freedom''
* ''
Ready or Not''
* ''
The Real Ghostbusters''
* ''Request Spot''
* ''Ric the Raven''
* ''
Ring Raiders
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Road to Avonlea''
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Robinson Sucroe''
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Robotech''
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Rocky Hollow''
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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 Bo ...
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Roger Ramjet''
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Rogue's Rock''
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Romper Room''
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Romuald the Reindeer''
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Round the Bend
''Round the Bend!'' is a satirical British children's television series, which ran on Children's ITV for three series from January 6, 1989, to May 7, 1991. The programme was produced by Hat Trick Productions for Yorkshire Television. After ...
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Round the Twist''
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Roustabout''
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Rub-a-Dub-Dub
"Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is an English language nursery rhyme first published at the end of the 18th century in volume two of Hook's ''Christmas Box'' under the title "Dub a dub dub" rather than "Rub a dub dub". It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of ...
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Rude Dog and the Dweebs
''Rude Dog and the Dweebs'' is a 1989 Saturday morning cartoon television series developed by Sun Sportswear, based on the Rude Dog character featured in clothes advertising. The series was produced by Marvel Productions.
The series takes place ...
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Runaway Bay''
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The Rabbit with the Checkered Ears''
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* ''Sally and Jake''
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Saved by the Bell'' (Original series)
* ''See How They Grow''
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Seven Little Australians''
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Shadow of the Stone''
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Shadows''
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Sharky and George
''Sharky & George'' (Original name ''Sharky et Georges'') is a children's animated series, produced by animation studios CinéGroupe and Label 35 between 1990 and 1992. The series consisted of fifty-two 25 minute episodes, including two 12 minut ...
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She-Ra: Princess of Power''
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Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings''
* ''Silly Fairy Stories''
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Skeleton Warriors''
* ''Slip and Slap''
* ''Smalls''
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Son of Zorro''
* ''
Sonic the Hedgehog''
* ''
The Smoggies
''The Smoggies'' is a 1989-1990 animated children's television show by Cinar.
The show took place on or around the fictional Coral Island, and revolved around a group of island-dwelling people called the Suntots and a trio of polluting treasur ...
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The Snow Spider
''The Magician Trilogy'' is a series of three children's fantasy novels by the British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Methuen 1986 to 1989. It is sometimes called the Snow Spider trilogy or series after the first book and ''The Snow Sp ...
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Space Sentinels
''Space Sentinels'' (originally titled ''Young Sentinels'' and renamed midway through its only season) is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirt ...
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Spiff and Hercules
''Spiff and Hercules'' is a French comic strip titled featuring an anthropomorphic brown-yellow dog named Spiff and a black-white cat named Hercules, who, despite being best friends, are constantly fighting in a friendship/hate relationship. The ...
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Spirou''
* ''The Square Leopard''
* ''Stories Without Words''
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Storytime''
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Street Sharks''
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Stunt Dawgs
''Stunt Dawgs'' is a 1992–1993 animated comedic adventure series about a team of stunt performers and their bulldog named Human who also solve crimes and battle villains. The villain in question is invariably an insane Hollywood director calle ...
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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' is an animated television series. It premiered on September 8, 1990, on NBC. It is the second animated series to be based on Nintendo's ''Mario'' video game series and is loosely based on the video game ' ...
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
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The Super Mario Challenge''
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Super Mario World
''Super Mario World,'' known in Japan as is a platform game, platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1991 and Europe and A ...
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Superted
''SuperTed'' is a Welsh superhero animated television series about an anthropomorphic teddy bear with superpowers, created by writer and animator Mike Young. Originally created by Young as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear o ...
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Swamp Thing
The Swamp Thing is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. A humanoid/plant elemental creature, created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations i ...
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Swans Crossing
''Swans Crossing'' is an American teen drama television series created by Mardee Kravit and Ned Kandel. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brittany Daniel, Stacey Moseley, and Eddie Robinson. It aired in syndication from June 29 to September ...
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Sweet Valley High''
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Sylvanian Families''
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* ''The TCC Club''
* ''Tech Talk''
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Teddy Drop Ear''
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Teddy Trucks''
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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles'' (UK title)
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Teen Wolf''
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Telebugs
''The Telebugs'' is a British animated children's television series featuring three robots.
Overview
The robots' names are C.H.I.P. (Coordinated Hexadecimal Information Processor), S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A. (Solar Activated Micro Automated Non-inTerfer ...
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* ''The Telecat Show''
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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on '' Th ...
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The Three Mouseketeers
''The Three Mouseketeers'' is the name of two separate talking animal comic series published by DC Comics.
Golden Age version
The original ''Three Mouseketeers'' were published in DC's humor series ''Funny Stuff'', first appearing in ''Funny Stu ...
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The Tick''
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The World of David the Gnome
''The World of David the Gnome'', originally titled ''David, el Gnomo'' (also known as ''David, the Gnome''), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book '' The Secret Book of Gnomes'', by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and ...
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Tiny and Crew''
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Towser''
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Toxic Crusaders''
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The Transformers''
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The Trap Door''
* ''Treehouse''
* ''Tumbledown Farm''
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Twinkle, the Dream Being''
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The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat''
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Ulysses 31''
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Under the Mountain
''Under the Mountain'' is a 1979 children's book by New Zealand writer Maurice Gee. It has been adapted into a 1981 television miniseries, a 2009 film and stage show.
Plot
Beneath the extinct volcanoes surrounding the city, giant creature ...
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Under the Umbrella Tree
''Under the Umbrella Tree'' is a Canadian children's television series created by Noreen Young that originally aired on CBC from 1987 to 1993. It was produced by CBC and Noreen Young Productions, and later by The Disney Channel, which began ...
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USA High''
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Victor & Maria''
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Voltron: Defender of the Universe''
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What-a-Mess''
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Where's Wally?
''Where's Wally?'' (called ''Where's Waldo?'' in North America) is a British series of children's puzzle books created by English illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicti ...
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Whizzkid's Guide
Peter Eldin (born 1939) is a British author and Magic (illusion), magician. He has written almost two hundred books; most of them are non-fiction for young people. According to WorldCat there are "132 works in 188 publications in 12 languages and ...
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Widget''
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Wil Cwac Cwac''
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The Winners''
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Wisdom of the Gnomes''
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The Witches and the Grinnygog
''The Witches and the Grinnygog'' is a children's novel by the writer Dorothy Edwards, published in 1981 and shortlisted for that year's Whitbread Prize for a children's book.
''The Witches and the Grinnygog'' is a story of pre-Christian tra ...
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Wizbit
''Wizbit'' is a 1980s BBC children's television show about an alien magician, Wizbit. It starred the established TV and stage magician Paul Daniels and his assistant Debbie McGee.
The series is set in Puzzleopolis, a town inhabited by walking, t ...
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The World of David the Gnome
''The World of David the Gnome'', originally titled ''David, el Gnomo'' (also known as ''David, the Gnome''), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book '' The Secret Book of Gnomes'', by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and ...
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Worzel Gummidge''
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Worzel Gummidge Down Under
''Worzel Gummidge Down Under'' is a New Zealand-British television series adapted from the books written by Barbara Euphan Todd and the British fantasy series television programme produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom named '' Worzel Gum ...
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Wowser''
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Wuzzles''
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You Can't Do That on Television''
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Zazoo U''
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Zoobilee Zoo''
References
External links
The Children's Channel at TV ArkTCC.co.uk ''from Web Archive''
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Television channels and stations disestablished in 2000
1984 establishments in the United Kingdom
1998 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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