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Does anyone remember this pre-school programming strand on CITV? (May 2020)

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Caly123
Does anyone remember Telly Tots, CITV's pre-school programming strand from 2000 to 2002 that was hosted by CGI characters Victor the talking car and Roger the talking plane who lived in Telly Tots Town?



The strand aired Mopatop's Shop, Dream Street, Meeow!, Teddybears, Hilltop Hospital, Kipper etc.

The strand was so popular, it had 2 VHS compilation tapes released by Contender Entertainment Group (now Entertainment One) with the first one being released in 2001 and the second one being released in 2002.


Last edited by Caly123 on 9 May 2020 9:24am
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TellyGB
I remember this fondly. I also remember having the CITV videos for ‘Over 5s’
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fanoftv
I think it began in September 2000 and also had a magazine if I remember correctly.
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TellyGB
I think it began in September 2000 and also had a magazine if I remember correctly.


And an annual

https://citv.fandom.com/wiki/CITV_Telly_Tots_Annual_2001
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Caly123
I think it began in September 2000 and also had a magazine if I remember correctly.


And an annual

https://citv.fandom.com/wiki/CITV_Telly_Tots_Annual_2001

And a rare CD:
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Caly123
I also forgot to mention that Milkybar sponsored Telly Tots during the 2 years it was on. Then when the strand got scrapped in 2002, Milkybar started sponsoring the pre-school shows e.g. "Dream Street sponsored by Milkybar". CITV then lost the sponsorship in 2004.


NOTE: Ignore the Filmora stripe in the middle of the video.
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ToasterMan
I also forgot to mention that Milkybar sponsored Telly Tots during the 2 years it was on. Then when the strand got scrapped in 2002, Milkybar started sponsoring the pre-school shows e.g. "Dream Street sponsored by Milkybar". CITV then lost the sponsorship in 2004.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afG_FzLY7b0
NOTE: Ignore the Filmora stripe in the middle of the video.

The memories I have of those sponsors waiting for Thomas & Friends to start...
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JAS84
Does anyone remember Telly Tots, CITV's pre-school programming strand from 2000 to 2002 that was hosted by CGI characters Victor the talking car and Roger the talking plane who lived in Telly Tots Town?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehia54UpuHQ

The strand aired Mopatop's Shop, Dream Street, Meeow!, Teddybears, Hilltop Hospital, Kipper etc.

The strand was so popular, it had 2 VHS compilation tapes released by Contender Entertainment Group (now Entertainment One) with the first one being released in 2001 and the second one being released in 2002.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWdzsqaHGzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4UuP7zHOY
Zzzap was on one of them? That's odd, that show wasn't specifically for pre-schoolers.
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TellyGB
JAS84 posted:
Does anyone remember Telly Tots, CITV's pre-school programming strand from 2000 to 2002 that was hosted by CGI characters Victor the talking car and Roger the talking plane who lived in Telly Tots Town?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehia54UpuHQ

The strand aired Mopatop's Shop, Dream Street, Meeow!, Teddybears, Hilltop Hospital, Kipper etc.

The strand was so popular, it had 2 VHS compilation tapes released by Contender Entertainment Group (now Entertainment One) with the first one being released in 2001 and the second one being released in 2002.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWdzsqaHGzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4UuP7zHOY
Zzzap was on one of them? That's odd, that show wasn't specifically for pre-schoolers.


Perhaps because it was aimed at deaf children they thought it was worth including?
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TellyGB
I think it began in September 2000 and also had a magazine if I remember correctly.


And an annual

https://citv.fandom.com/wiki/CITV_Telly_Tots_Annual_2001

And a rare CD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-J-6RE6mIo


I remember having a copy of this? For the life of me can’t remember what was on it though.
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Caly123
Though it's not Telly Tots related, I was watching some CITV continuity going into Thomas & Frends and I noticed that the pre-school songs that they aired before pre-school shows had characters from shows not on the pre-school strand appearing during the song. I've only seen two, which are SpongeBob and Tommy from Rugrats.

SpongeBob (at 0:25):


Tommy (at 0:08 and 9:16):
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Whataday Founding member
If Telly Tots gets brought up any more frequently it'll be worthy of its own sub forum.
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