CITV

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.

Action Stations!

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.

Construction Site

Construction Site is a television series created by The Jim Henson Company in 1999, and consists of 7 construction vehicles. The show was broadcast on ABC Kids for a while, and had a range of videos. It was originally produced for and shown on CITV starting in 1999. In 2003 it was nominated for a Children's BAFTA for the Best Pre-School Live Action. Episodes are packaged as 52 x 10’ or 13 x 26’. The show is somewhat similar to Bob the Builder. Two 13 episode seasons were produced.

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.

Current programmes

The Slow Norris

The Slow Norris was a British children's television programme that aired on CITV from 4 September 1995 to 16 September 1999. The programme portrayed moral tales and fables through various anthropomorphized creatures. There was also a version produced for Andy Croft by Hollywood Ventures which ran on the educational channel, PBS in the fall 0f 1997. The Slow Norris returned on Mini CITV on 20 February 2012.

Rocky and the Dodos

Rocky and the Dodos was a stop motion animated television series seen on CITV in 1998 and 1999 about a group of dodos who lived on a far off island. The show was animated by Cosgrove Hall. It was created by two women named Isabell Mills and Shanii Novak. Rocky And The Dodos is rumored[by whom?] to return on Mini CITV on 20 May 2012.

Boblins

The Boblins are kind, loving, mischievous characters, who live in a land full of colour called Rainbow’s End, existing in harmony with nature and caring for the animals, plants and trees. The Boblins enjoy a life filled with fun and adventure where each new day brings a fresh chance for their personalities to shine. Each of the seven Boblins represents one of the seven colours of the rainbow, and possesses the characteristics and mood associated with their colour.

Crazy Cottage

Crazy Cottage was a children's game show created by Paul Zenon, produced by Action Time for Carlton and broadcast on ITV from 4 April 1996 to 29 May 1998. It was first presented by Rick Adams, followed by Jez Edwards with a puppet cuckoo called Vera. The gimmick of the show was that most things had to be performed backwards. The show started with the presenter saying "goodbye", then starting the games at Round 5. One of the rounds involved a series of actions that had to be performed in a certain order, so that when it was played back in reverse, it matched what they were asked to do. Another round was a kitchen set up on a slope, but appeared to the viewers as a normal room. At the end of the programme, the winning team won a prize, such as a trip to Alton Towers. The losing team would win a backwards invention, for example, a black lightbulb.

Let's Roll with Roland Butter

Let's Roll with Roland Butter is a TV series on CITV made in 2004 but for only one series. The show was written by and starring Peter Cocks as a tubby teenager who is obsessed with sport and tries out many different activities every week. Naturally, none of this goes according to plan. The episodes were supposedly filmed by Roland's best friend, Keef. Since the show stopped broadcasting in 2004, it hasn't been repeated.