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And in 2005, the summer break ran from May to July, rather than the traditional June to September, because CBBC wanted their big shows on during the school holidays.
Why would you want your big shows in the summer holidays, when a lot of kids are away for 1-2 weeks and so miss an episode. Especially in the days before iPlayer.
Richard Marson says in the 50th book that in 2004 when the show went 5 days a week (on CBBC channel at least) one thing they negotiated as part of it was to bring the summer break back again. (5 days a week of course only lasted about 18 months but the summer break remained as the budget kept being cut).
And in 2005, the summer break ran from May to July, rather than the traditional June to September, because CBBC wanted their big shows on during the school holidays.
Why would you want your big shows in the summer holidays, when a lot of kids are away for 1-2 weeks and so miss an episode. Especially in the days before iPlayer.