Did anybody really watch Blue Peter when they were young?
Yes, but the TV Forum audience isn't necessarily the best way of getting a reliable sample of the UK public.
Well it was more of a rhetorical question. I didn't necessarily ask for answers
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A former member
I don't think it.was helped by showing it 20mins eailer and it jist never felt the same. We all knew this was coming,especially when Saturday mornings disappeared.
Of course it contains the obligatory 'presenters running down a TV centre corridor' No live children's programme from that era would be complete without that !
I know the BBC aren't going to stop making children's programming but I thought it would be interested to share this point of view from an ex-CITV star whose show ended when ITV cut its children's department.
I know the BBC aren't going to stop making children's programming but I thought it would be interested to share this point of view from an ex-CITV star whose show ended when ITV cut its children's department.
Well he speaking crap itv still make children programs, yes it not a lot but there do make some.
I would say the difference there is when ITV1 stopped showing CITV in the afternoons, they cut back a lot, reducing the number of shows they made and ditching in vision continuity despite launching the CITV channel. The BBC on the other hand as we know still have in vision continuity and produce a lot of programming for the CBeebies and CBBC digital channels, and it doesn't appear there are any plans to cut back on that, certainly with the investments they've made into childrens programming in Salford.
It would have more of a chance if they moved it nearer to the front of the EPG on Freeview, but that will probably never happen. Kids channels are a fair way down on Freeview at the moment.