CITV is the children's television strand of ITV in the United Kingdom. It first began broadcasting on January 3, 1983 using pre-recorded in-vision links, before moving to a studio format at Central Independent Television in 1987. The name of the broadcast was changed to CITV in 1993 and the presentation reverted to an out-of-vision format, with Steven Ryde providing the voice-overs. In 1998 the logo changed again to CiTV while in-vision presentation returned with a popular studio format. Between 1998 and 2006 the ITV children's programming underwent a number of changes, culminating in the creation of the CITV Channel in March 2006 to fall into line with the BBC, who had launched CBeebies and the CBBC Channel four years earlier. It was initially launched only on Freeview, Homechoice and Telewest but was made available on Sky Digital in May 2006.[1][2]
In 2005, ITV were given permission by the independent watchdog Ofcom to reduce the number of hours for children's programming on ITV1, the channel that had featured the majority of their children's programmes.[3] The following year, ITV announced that they were ceasing production of children's programmes.[4] The weekday afternoon slot for children's programming began to be populated by quiz shows and drama repeats in 2007,[5] leaving the CITV Channel as the main source of CITV programming. The longest running programme on CITV, Art Attack, began in 1990[6] and ran until 2007[7], although the series continues to be aired on the CITV Channel.
The current programming broadcast by CITV features a mixture of new British and American shows, along with a variety of shows that were first broadcast on CITV during the 1990s and early 2000s. The older shows include Harry and the Wrinklies, Eddy and the Bear, The Big Bang, Art Attack, Bernard's Watch and Mopatop's Shop. My Parents are Aliens, a programme originally broadcast in the early 2000s, continues to be shown daily on the CITV Channel.
Programme title | Format | Original years of broadcast | Notes |
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Art Attack* | 1990– 2007 | ||
Art Attack Mini* | |||
Atomic Betty* | Animation | 2004– | Series 3 yet to be aired |
Ben 10* | Animation | 2005– 2008 | |
Bernard's Watch* [a] | Drama | 1997– 2005 | |
The Big Bang* | Educational/Science | 1996– 2004 | |
Blips* | |||
Boblins* | |||
Bo on The Go* | |||
Bookaboo* | |||
Bratz* | Musical | Re-formated in 30 minute episodes instead of hour long episodes like on ITV meaning the number of episodes doubled taking it up to 18 episodes | |
Britannia High* | |||
Captain Mack* | |||
Combo Ninos* | |||
Curious George* | |||
Danny Phantom* | |||
Dinosaur King* | |||
Disney's House of Mouse* | |||
Dive Olly Dive* | |||
Dora the Explorer* | |||
Dork Hunters from Outer Space* | |||
Dr Dog* | |||
Eddy and the Bear* | |||
Eliminator* | |||
Emperor's New School* | |||
Engie Benjy* | |||
Finger Tips* | |||
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends* | |||
Four Eyes!* | |||
Fun Song Factory* | |||
Globo Loco* | |||
Harry and The Wrinklies* | |||
Horrid Henry* | |||
Jim Jam and Sunny* | |||
Merlin the Magical Puppy* | |||
Miffy and Friends* | |||
Mopatop's Shop* | |||
My Friends Tigger & Pooh* | |||
My Parents Are Aliens* | |||
Ni Ni's Treehouse* | |||
Odd-Jobbers* | |||
Paz* | |||
Phineas and Ferb* | |||
Planet Sketch* | |||
Pocoyo* | |||
Pokémon* | season 12 Yet to aired | ||
Power Rangers* | |||
SamSam* | |||
Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get A Clue* | |||
SpongeBob SquarePants* | Heavily censored from original American broadcast[citation needed] | ||
Storm Hawks* | |||
Supernormal* | |||
Team Galaxy* | |||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* | 2003 series | ||
Timbuctoo* | Animation | Aired 1998-1999 (no longer on TV) | Enjoyable stories based on the books by Roger Hargreaves Narrated by Ronnie Corbett |
Tom & Jerry Tales* | |||
Tractor Tom* | |||
Upstairs Downstairs Bears* | |||
The Wombles* | |||
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX* | |||
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's* | |||
Zzzap!* |
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9.25am on Saturday mornings has traditionally been the slot for CITV's flagship entertainment programme. Over the years these have included:
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