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Timmy Towers

Timmy Towers is a children's television series produced by Brilliant TV that was first shown in 1997. The programme starred Timmy Mallett as himself, Mark Speight as the Abominable No Man, Alex Lovell as Miss Thing and Roger Bremble as Aunty Knobbly Knees. A pilot episode was broadcast in 1997 and the programme was picked up for a full series of 7 episodes in 2000.

Toucan Tecs

Toucan Tecs was a British children's television programme about two private detectives, a pair of anthropomorphic toucans named Zippi and Zac, who, although based in the jungle, flew around the world solving crimes on their flying devices. Their main enemies were group of ducks, dubbed "The Mad Ducks", led by Red Leader. Produced by Cartwn Cymru, S4C and Yorkshire Television, the show debuted on CITV in 1990 and consisted of 26 ten minute episodes.

Dream Street

Dream Street was a British children's television series that ran from 6 May 1999 to 2002 on CITV. The show was narrated by British comedian Russ Abbot, and was aimed at children aged from 2 to 7. The show featured talking toy vehicles, and was radio controlled.

On Safari

On Safari is a children's TV show made by SMG Productions for the ITV network children's strand CITV. The show was re-broadcast on STV in 2009 as part of their weekend children's strand wknd@stv. The show was presented by Richard McCourt and featured two teams of two children taking part in a series of challenges and tasks within a safari park, including animal-care and physical skill challenges; the winning team took part in an endgame to win a prize.

Meeow!

Meeow! is an animated children's series based on the Maisie MacKenzie books by Aileen Paterson, produced in both English and Gaelic. Scottish Television in association with The Gaelic Committee, decided to make the book in to a cartoon series, with Siriol Animation doing the animation. Meeow was narrations by Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter, with music being produced by The Singing Kettle. Its first run was featured on ITV children's block, CITV. The series is about a young cat named Maisie Mac who lives with her grandmother in Morningside in Edinburgh as her explorer father is always away. The programme was re-aired in 2009 on wknd@stv - a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, STV. The Gaelic version is still airs on BBC Alba.

Squeak!

Squeak! was a children's TV show by Spiffy Pictures for the Playhouse Disney block created by David Rudman under their Spiffy Pictures banner, The show was re-broadcast on STV in 2009 as part of their children's strand wknd@stv. There is a DVD boxset available which features all the episodes. BabyFirstTV also shows repeat episodes. The show follows three young mice Tizzy, Toot Tog, and the narrator, and they all live in the "Tick Tock Clock", except for the un-seen narrator. The show follows them as they go about learning, having fun including singing and games and even more!

Bookaboo

Bookaboo is a British children's television series produced by Lucy Goodman of Happy Films and co-directed by Ian Emes. The show features puppets, celebrities, picture books, songs and animation. Lucy Goodman created the show after researching the current global decline in parental reading in the home. Bookaboo is carefully crafted to inspire more children and grown ups to have fun sharing books together. Bookaboo is broadcast on CITV in the UK, and ABC2 in Australia.

Playbox

Playbox was a TV programme for pre-school children aged 2–5, which ran during the late 1980s and early 1990s in the United Kingdom on ITV and was produced by Central Independent Television. It was the first ragdoll show to be made by ITV. It was created by Leslie Pitts, and Anne Wood. The show took place inside a red, yellow and blue box, with the main characters, Cat and Dog, being controlled by puppeteers from inside the box. The puppets would draw pictures, tell stories, sing songs, and play jokes on one another. The puppets were voiced by Pat Coombs and Keith Chegwin. Playbox was part of the many other children's shows that would appear on weekday lunchtimes on ITV1 between midday and 12.30pm as well as Rainbow, Rod, Jane and Freddy, Allsorts, Rosie And Jim and The Riddlers. Playbox began on air in 1987 and the show finished in 1992. Episodes which were the chosen episodes from each series, In 1987 the first series of playbox was broadcast for 13 episodes, In the 1988 series of series two there were 10 episodes, Another 10 episodes from series three in 1989, Another 10 episodes from series 4 in 1990, 9 Episodes were shown in 1991 in series 5 and the final 8 episodes during series six in 1992 until the show was axed, All the series have got 60 episodes.

Ooops!

Ooops! was a children's TV show made by SMG Productions for the ITV network children's strand CITV. The show was re-broadcast on STV in 2009 as part of their new children's strand wknd@stv. On the show children talked about funny and embarrassing stories about them, their friends and life in general.

Gypsy Girl

Gypsy Girl was a TV series that ran on CITV in early 2001, based on the books The Parsley Parcel and Gold and Silver Water by Elizabeth Arnold. It centred around a gypsy girl and her family, who lived in a typical gypsy caravan on the corner of a typical suburban street. Her great-grandmother was played by Eleanor Bron. She was often called "Gyppo", a derogatory term, by a boy who disliked her.

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Planet Sketch

Planet Sketch is a 15-minute television show aimed at children, with each episode featuring an assortment of sketches. It is produced by Aardman Animations.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers is a CITV game show based on the original American format of the same name. It was originally broadcast between 12 April 1991 and 6 August 1996, hosted by Neil Buchanan. It was then revived from 6 January to 14 April 2006, hosted by Jeff Brazier.

Get Fresh

Get Fresh was a children's television programme that ran from 1986 to 1988 in the United Kingdom.

Emu's TV Series

Emu was an anarchic British television puppet of Rod Hull, and after successful appearing on a number of Variety shows, he was given his own Television series on the BBC, then on ITV.

Mad for It

Mad For It was a British game show for children which was produced by Carlton Television broadcast on CITV from 2 September 1998 to 31 March 2000. Series 1 was hosted by former Nickelodeon presenters Mike McClean and Yiolanda Tokkallos. Series 2 was hosted by Mike McClean, Danielle Nicholls and Nigel Mitchell. There was also a regular character called Pie Boy, played by Alex Verrey, who would go around hitting random people in the studio with flans in a manner similar to The Phantom Flan Flinger from Tiswas.

Uncle Dad

Uncle Dad is a children's sitcom on CITV in the UK. The show is about brothers and sisters who are forced to live with their uncle in a house full of various animals and creepy crawlies. The Devlin children, a bunch of feisty brothers and sisters, are dumped on their eccentric Uncle Roy. The Devlins stick together and poor Uncle Roy is far more comfortable dealing with exotic animals and jungle tribes than children like the Devlins. He’s determined to get rid of the kids, but then they’re equally determined to stay! In a house that’s part jungle, part zoo, Uncle Roy and the kids battle it out to decide whose rules prevail.

Caribou Kitchen

Caribou Kitchen is a CITV children's cartoon, that ran from 1995 to 1998 about an anthropomorphic caribou named Claudia who ran a restaurant which served a number of animal guests, including Mrs. Panda, Caroline Cow and Taffy Tiger. Other recurring supporting characters included chef Ade the Anteater, and waiters Lisa the Lemur and Tom the Tortoise. Each of the 52 episodes lasted ten minutes and intended to teach its preschool audiences important lessons. The rights to the show are owned by Entertainment Rights.

The Big Garage

The Big Garage is a children's television program that aired on TLC. It was produced by Prisma Productions in association with Winchester Entertainment. It debuted on TLC September 29, 1997. Aimed at pre-school children, the show follows the adventures of several anthropomorphic taxicabs. At the end of each episode, there are two short scenes. The first is about a stop sign, and the second is about a group of tools. The show came to an end on July 17, 2001 and no longer broadcasts on TLC. Repeats can be seen on Smile of a Child, a Christian-based children's channel.

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