CiTV Presentation

Tom and Andrea were the two new presenters who turned up in around 2000 to present with Stephen and Danielle. Then, as said above, there were new presenters in late 2001. Leah, Leigh and err, I can't remember the bloke's name.

That late-90s, early-00s CiTV really was fab. I'd moved over to it from CBBC by that point, and it was really great.

When talking about the CBBC/CBeebies-esque split, don't forget Telly Tots, which began in 2000, I think, as an alternative way of framing the pre-school programmes. It was a return for Steve Ryde to voicing characters, as it was an out-of-vision cartoon continuity set in a very yellow cartoon world. There are a couple of clips on TV Ark. It's notable that they didn't run either show's credits when they should have done, instead coming straight out into the next bit of cartoon continuity. Then, after the Telly Tots theme and sponsorship sting (it was sponsored by MilkyBar for some time) the invision presenters would pop up to advertise the upcoming afternoon schedule as both shows' credits ran concurrently down one side of the screen.

Also, when was the ill-fated "stripped" era? It seemed utterly bonkers to me as a kid at the time and it meant that Christmas episodes of shows went out in December, as they made the scheduling moves after the commissions had been made. I'm sure others can remember the details far better than I can. But it was a total failure. After all, who wants to see the same shows every day on end?!

Aww loved that era growing up as a kid, brings back memories with the "It's A ---- Kind Of Thing". Got a bit daft when they had all the newbies come in, though the bigger studio was cool.