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On ITV, the lunchtime kids shows were, as mentioned at twelve o'clock, but in 1987 as part of the first morning line-up they moved them an hour earlier, dropping the ten minute show but keeping the twenty minute show at 11.10. Everyone complained though - and it must have been a bit of a pain to schedule - so it moved back to 12.10 shortly afterwards. The kids shows stayed there until September 1993 when they moved to 3.30.
Children's ITV had been in the late afternoon slot onwards long before 1993. The service was effectively "done properly" for want of a better description, with live links and what not from 1987 onwards, having previously been a cut-and-paste job for four years prior to that.
Anyway I'm almost certain that the 12:10 programme window on ITV was still going by 1992, because it disappeared at about the same time that Rainbow ended, which was just after the 1991 Franchise round, but had enough episodes to air on ITV until March 1992. I'd be surprised if the 12:10 children's slot was still around in 1993.
I think there was a bit of crossed wires there and you're both saying the same thing - the programmes for younger children were at 12:10 until 1993 when they moved to 3:30, and while Children's ITV had long been in the afternoon slot, it was programmes for older children and started at about 3:55-ish.
I remember the move being in 1993 in particular because a couple of the new programmes in the slot (Alphabet Castle and Wizardora) were two of the first networked programmes from Carlton and Meridian. Despite the franchise round being overwhelmingly a bad thing, it was quite exciting at the time to get programmes from brand new ITV companies.
Blake Connolly
Founding member
On ITV, the lunchtime kids shows were, as mentioned at twelve o'clock, but in 1987 as part of the first morning line-up they moved them an hour earlier, dropping the ten minute show but keeping the twenty minute show at 11.10. Everyone complained though - and it must have been a bit of a pain to schedule - so it moved back to 12.10 shortly afterwards. The kids shows stayed there until September 1993 when they moved to 3.30.
Children's ITV had been in the late afternoon slot onwards long before 1993. The service was effectively "done properly" for want of a better description, with live links and what not from 1987 onwards, having previously been a cut-and-paste job for four years prior to that.
Anyway I'm almost certain that the 12:10 programme window on ITV was still going by 1992, because it disappeared at about the same time that Rainbow ended, which was just after the 1991 Franchise round, but had enough episodes to air on ITV until March 1992. I'd be surprised if the 12:10 children's slot was still around in 1993.
I think there was a bit of crossed wires there and you're both saying the same thing - the programmes for younger children were at 12:10 until 1993 when they moved to 3:30, and while Children's ITV had long been in the afternoon slot, it was programmes for older children and started at about 3:55-ish.
I remember the move being in 1993 in particular because a couple of the new programmes in the slot (Alphabet Castle and Wizardora) were two of the first networked programmes from Carlton and Meridian. Despite the franchise round being overwhelmingly a bad thing, it was quite exciting at the time to get programmes from brand new ITV companies.
