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.
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.
Towser is about an intelligent dog called Towser, and his friends The King, Dr. Smelly, and Sadie; and a variety of adversaries such as the Terrible Thing, the Water Rats, and Goblin Gobble.
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 1
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.
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.
Adventure gameshow where four plucky school kids race through the ‘jungle’ tackling fiendishly tricky puzzles and challenges. But, they best beware for there are traps around every corner.
Kung Fu Dino Posse is an animated television series created by Peter M. Lenkov and produced by Sunwoo Entertainment, Sunwoo Asia-Pacific, Nerd Studios and Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on CITV in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2009 at 3:30PM. It also airs on Starz Kids & Family in the United States, weekdays at 8:30AM ET/PT. It premiered on YTV in Canada on December 1, 2011.
Bangers and Mash was a children's cartoon series broadcast on CITV in 1989, and repeated until around 1993. The series consisted of 24 five minute episodes.
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.
Rubbish King of the Jumble is a children's animated television series on CITV created by Mark Taylor and featured the voice of Alexei Sayle. It was also produced by A Productions for HTV.
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.
Supernormal is a children's television programme for CITV. It was developed and produced by World Leaders Entertainment in New York City, USA, and Granada Kids UK. It was animated by Fatkat Animation, a Canadian animation studio. It made its television début on 1 September 2007 on CITV, but the official premiere was on 8 September of the same year.
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.
Teddybears was a children's television programme from the books. broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 1999. The show was about the life of five bears and there dog Fred. The show was filmed by Meridian Broadcasting.
Back to the '50s was the first TV movie from the British pop group S Club 7. It first aired 1999 and was produced for CITV. In this movie, the cast proceeds with their long drive from Miami to Los Angeles - when they suddenly find themselves in the 1950s, having travelled back in time.