KE
Justin Fletcher is 42, Pui Fan Lee is 41 - in fact, all current presenters of CBeebies I can find are aged over 25. CBBC presenters are all under 25, but I think that's been the case for quite a while.
Blue Peter's Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood are both over 25, as are some of the current Newsround presenters (such as Ore Oduba and Ricky Boleto).
I doubt most viewers of CITV/CBBC/CBeebies today have ever seen anyone over 25 present a kids show before.
Justin Fletcher is 42, Pui Fan Lee is 41 - in fact, all current presenters of CBeebies I can find are aged over 25. CBBC presenters are all under 25, but I think that's been the case for quite a while.
Blue Peter's Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood are both over 25, as are some of the current Newsround presenters (such as Ore Oduba and Ricky Boleto).
PT
Sometimes it's funny when you go to watch things back and think, "Oh it won't be the same as when I was a kid" then you find yourself transfixed like you're 8 years old again.
Guess it shows how brilliant these programmes were.
Fisrt episode of the white Woof! dog aka Rex.
I've never seen it before. The original boy's in it too but the curse/gift/whatever seems to have worn off him.
I've never seen it before. The original boy's in it too but the curse/gift/whatever seems to have worn off him.
Sometimes it's funny when you go to watch things back and think, "Oh it won't be the same as when I was a kid" then you find yourself transfixed like you're 8 years old again.
Guess it shows how brilliant these programmes were.
AN
I bet they picked that one on purpose to show the VHS tapes make!
Andrew
Founding member
Ugh, Fingertips should've been timeless. Any other episode wouldn't have had that problem, I'm sure. You expect it with gameshows that have prizes such as games consoles, but not with an arts and crafts show.
I bet they picked that one on purpose to show the VHS tapes make!
BA
Justin Fletcher is 42, Pui Fan Lee is 41 - in fact, all current presenters of CBeebies I can find are aged over 25. CBBC presenters are all under 25, but I think that's been the case for quite a while.
Blue Peter's Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood are both over 25, as are some of the current Newsround presenters (such as Ore Oduba and Ricky Boleto).
I didn't look into presenters on the programmes for CBBC - otherwise, I'd be looking all day when I already knew I'd proven Brekkie wrong. Still, it's nice to see people chipping in to prove him wrong!
I doubt most viewers of CITV/CBBC/CBeebies today have ever seen anyone over 25 present a kids show before.
Justin Fletcher is 42, Pui Fan Lee is 41 - in fact, all current presenters of CBeebies I can find are aged over 25. CBBC presenters are all under 25, but I think that's been the case for quite a while.
Blue Peter's Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood are both over 25, as are some of the current Newsround presenters (such as Ore Oduba and Ricky Boleto).
I didn't look into presenters on the programmes for CBBC - otherwise, I'd be looking all day when I already knew I'd proven Brekkie wrong. Still, it's nice to see people chipping in to prove him wrong!
JA
How does that compare to a normal Saturday?
Yesterday's ratings just posted on Digital Spy:
CITV
09:25 - Mike and Angelo: 150k (2.3%)
09:50 - Super Gran: 203k (2.9%)
10:15 - Wizadora: 240k (3.1%)
10:30 - T-Bag: 304k (3.8%)
10:50 - Engie Benjy: 234k (3.0%)
11:05 - The Raggy Dolls: 308k (3.9%)
11:15 - Puddle Lane: 297k (3.8%)
11:35 - Count Duckula: 349k (4.4%)
12:00 - The Sooty Show: 396k (4.6%)
12:25 - Art Attack: 377k (4.2%)
12:40 - The Big Bang: 345k (3.5%)
13:00 - Finders Keepers: 411k (4.0%)
13:30 - Fun House: 403k (3.7%)
14:00 - Knightmare: 361k (3.2%)
14:30 - Fraggle Rock: 324k (3.0%)
15:00 - The Worst Witch: 199k (1.7%)
15:30 - Woof!: 247k (2.0%)
16:00 - Dramarama: 145k (1.0%)
16:30 - Press Gang: 163k (1.0%)
17:00 - The Tomorrow People: 134k (0.7%)
17:30 - Children's Ward: 83.5k (0.4%)
CITV
09:25 - Mike and Angelo: 150k (2.3%)
09:50 - Super Gran: 203k (2.9%)
10:15 - Wizadora: 240k (3.1%)
10:30 - T-Bag: 304k (3.8%)
10:50 - Engie Benjy: 234k (3.0%)
11:05 - The Raggy Dolls: 308k (3.9%)
11:15 - Puddle Lane: 297k (3.8%)
11:35 - Count Duckula: 349k (4.4%)
12:00 - The Sooty Show: 396k (4.6%)
12:25 - Art Attack: 377k (4.2%)
12:40 - The Big Bang: 345k (3.5%)
13:00 - Finders Keepers: 411k (4.0%)
13:30 - Fun House: 403k (3.7%)
14:00 - Knightmare: 361k (3.2%)
14:30 - Fraggle Rock: 324k (3.0%)
15:00 - The Worst Witch: 199k (1.7%)
15:30 - Woof!: 247k (2.0%)
16:00 - Dramarama: 145k (1.0%)
16:30 - Press Gang: 163k (1.0%)
17:00 - The Tomorrow People: 134k (0.7%)
17:30 - Children's Ward: 83.5k (0.4%)
How does that compare to a normal Saturday?
:-(
A former member
its normal average is 0.4% so it doing extramley well.
and still NO sign of that long ideat
and still NO sign of that long ideat
DA
I always assumed they spent a fortune on props to try to make them look like tin cans, spoons and buttons rather than used real items.
I have watched pretty much all the programmes over the two days so far, even the ones that I didn't watch originally. Most of them haven't aged badly at all.
I found myself watching Rosie and Jim which I would have been too old for originally and John Cunliffe really reminds me of John Shuttleworth. It is an odd programme in that Rosie and Jim bits seemed to cater to young children but the educational bits, this episode was about how Locks and Quays worked, seemed to be pitched slightly older. I suppose that is the secret to making good Children's programmes, appeal to the full age range.
The two episodes of Dramarama have been good, I hadn't even heard of the programme before this weekend. I was probably too young for it. It reminds me of Tales of the Unexpected and I'm sure it could quite easily be repeated (complete with the gollywog shown on the curtains in the Children's Ward episode). The second episode had a very rare endcap too.
I assume they choose that episode on purpose because of the VHS bit. Overall, the episode choices have been very good. The two episodes of Fun House were taken from two different series which were not the same series that Challenge [TV] run recently, Rainbow was an episode that I don't believe has been shown on Nick Jr or released on DVD and Knightmare, despite not being classic episodes from the early series, was interesting in that the team won and it also featured what looked like Virtual Reality (the reveal spell). They also choose interesting episodes of Sooty, Spatz and Children's Ward because they had special guests (Geoff Capes, Nicholas Parsons and the footballer Robbie Fowler, who cured a cripple. respectively). It would have been nice if they showed the episode of Super Gran featuring Gary Glitter too but we can't have everything. I wonder why they choose the second episode and not the first one though. It was nice to see the very first and very last Press Gang.
Saturday's Children's Ward and Press Gang featured not only subtitles but audio description too. I wonder what the provenance of that was. Have either of those programmes been repeated before where they are likely to feature audio description? Today's episode of Press Gang did not feature AD.
The only bad points were the Canadian Fraggle Rock, the massive DOG, the occasional credit squeeze and some poor time keeping/ EPG updating meaning some recordings were truncated. It was quite brave of them to show a programme involving drug use and suicide (Press Gang) on a channel aimed at 5 year olds. Even The Riddlers featured Glossop talking about her dead parents, something that I can't imagine In the Night Garden doing, kids shows were just different then, I suppose.
Anyway, it's been a good weekend but I have the urge to purchase some Sequin Art now.
I love the fact that they clearly don't try to hide the fact that it was made with Heinz Baked Bean tins and old mops. If anything, it might make the kids watching it want to build characters using discarded Baked Bean tins 
Lovely stuff.
Lovely stuff.
I always assumed they spent a fortune on props to try to make them look like tin cans, spoons and buttons rather than used real items.
I have watched pretty much all the programmes over the two days so far, even the ones that I didn't watch originally. Most of them haven't aged badly at all.
I found myself watching Rosie and Jim which I would have been too old for originally and John Cunliffe really reminds me of John Shuttleworth. It is an odd programme in that Rosie and Jim bits seemed to cater to young children but the educational bits, this episode was about how Locks and Quays worked, seemed to be pitched slightly older. I suppose that is the secret to making good Children's programmes, appeal to the full age range.
The two episodes of Dramarama have been good, I hadn't even heard of the programme before this weekend. I was probably too young for it. It reminds me of Tales of the Unexpected and I'm sure it could quite easily be repeated (complete with the gollywog shown on the curtains in the Children's Ward episode). The second episode had a very rare endcap too.
Ugh, Fingertips should've been timeless. Any other episode wouldn't have had that problem, I'm sure. You expect it with gameshows that have prizes such as games consoles, but not with an arts and crafts show.
I assume they choose that episode on purpose because of the VHS bit. Overall, the episode choices have been very good. The two episodes of Fun House were taken from two different series which were not the same series that Challenge [TV] run recently, Rainbow was an episode that I don't believe has been shown on Nick Jr or released on DVD and Knightmare, despite not being classic episodes from the early series, was interesting in that the team won and it also featured what looked like Virtual Reality (the reveal spell). They also choose interesting episodes of Sooty, Spatz and Children's Ward because they had special guests (Geoff Capes, Nicholas Parsons and the footballer Robbie Fowler, who cured a cripple. respectively). It would have been nice if they showed the episode of Super Gran featuring Gary Glitter too but we can't have everything. I wonder why they choose the second episode and not the first one though. It was nice to see the very first and very last Press Gang.
Saturday's Children's Ward and Press Gang featured not only subtitles but audio description too. I wonder what the provenance of that was. Have either of those programmes been repeated before where they are likely to feature audio description? Today's episode of Press Gang did not feature AD.
The only bad points were the Canadian Fraggle Rock, the massive DOG, the occasional credit squeeze and some poor time keeping/ EPG updating meaning some recordings were truncated. It was quite brave of them to show a programme involving drug use and suicide (Press Gang) on a channel aimed at 5 year olds. Even The Riddlers featured Glossop talking about her dead parents, something that I can't imagine In the Night Garden doing, kids shows were just different then, I suppose.
Anyway, it's been a good weekend but I have the urge to purchase some Sequin Art now.