Hi Larry Bundy JR , didn't know you were a CITV fan. Much agreed, I was hoping CITV might've had a special celebration event before they closed. Oh well.
@@VERMISIMILITUDEWell, you know ITV these days, not allowed to let a regional ident slip thru the net, unless occasionally on a nostalgia show. Did we really think there'd be a tribute piece from them?!
@@stitch-bricks If you liked it, more power to you! Glad it made your childhood. Anyway, my real reason for hating it (to me): The voices grated horribly and the plots were dull as hell. Plus, none of the characters were likable or engaging.
To be honest, it *has* been more-or-less dead since 2006 (when ITV was allowed by government/regulators to drop out of children's programming). I am personally *amazed* ITV still show any kind of children's content at all! And any *such* reason for keep doing so (platforms/ITV2 mornings etc.) is just to keep any current TV regulator quiet.
I find it hilarious how BBC managed to appreciate CITV, a channel owned by its neighbour (I couldn’t think of a better way to describe it), and its legacy more than ITV managed to appreciate its OWN channel.
I remember the agony of having to choose between my favourite CBBC and CITV programme that was on at the same time! Might have been Hart Beat and T-Bag. The thing is if you missed a programme, you'd almost certainly never see it again.
Im so sad this has gone from tv, my childhood from mike and angelo, to rainbow , fun house, and Art Attack and zappp to name a few, best programmes at its best, so miss this, now I have a son who loved watching it too. Was flickering through the channels the other day and was like wheres it gone. So online it is then.
😡🙄 *God, how I hated that!* Right up there with "Scooby-Doo" and "Peppa Pig". If anything, they should of had the end credits of "Danger Mouse" where he lights the bomb and it explodes. 😥
I had no idea it ended. I probably wouldn't be where I am now without Art Attack and the Rottentrolls. Those shows helped mold to my career path and sense of humor for sure.
Philippa couldn't have said it better myself. I loved watching the shows with my brother before school and then after. I remember talking to others as well about the same show the next day it was brilliant. It's such a shame that this way of viewing is coming to an end.
So someone in the Newsnight office was thinking “CITV is coming to an end. What’s the best way to pay tribute to CITV. The show that was on ITV.” And someone says “let’s get Philippa Forester. From CBBC. The one that made programs on the BBC. And she can mention how well CBBC did things. And then she can mention when she was on Tomorrows World. That programme made by the BBC”.
She's bob on the mark there; schedule TV was always a community event. You'd go to school the next day and talk about what happened on Goosebumps the night before, or Blue Peter, or whatever else happened to be airing.
Surely say about the beginning of (August???) gone, the CITV channel could have thrown some of the old school progs as last hurrah and then have a title card "Thanks for watching", .....nada, not a peep, not a pip.
@@andrewmorrice9139 In its last half hour I thought I'd check it out just to see it out, I get better entertainment out of a flat tire on my bike - should have stayed watching the contents on my memory sticks before seeing Red Dwarf.
Knowing them, if they made any effort back then *at all* (01/09/2023), it would have just been the cartoon Mr. Bean walking away crying with his teddy muttering "we had some good times, bad times etc." from an now-closed CITV factory, before he trips on a lead, with the factory collapsing on top of him (no doubt with screaming voices from within sounding like Scooby and Shaggy), and he does his trademark "Oooohhhhh...." under the rubble. Screen goes black, white text tells you about ITVX, and thus the end. *GOD ALMIGHTY!!!!!!!!!!* 🙄With older audiences saying "RIP CITV", and 2023's children not giving a hoo-hah.
Wasn't Wacaday part of TVam so technically didn't fall under the CITV banner?. Regardless, just looking at those classic kids shows is proof of a diverse ITV system that worked so well, one which no longer exists. I totally agree that routine is important, and the shared experience. Kids TV should be a requirement for public service broadcasting, and not just cast off onto a streaming platform. So glad I grew up in that golden age in the 70's and early 80's, and that even in adulthood could enjoy the likes of Knightmare and Dangermouse.
This paradigm shift is going to affect parents as when they were kids, they would come home from school and sit down and watch the telly as a family. I remember eagerly anticipating school to end so that I could come home and watch my favourite kids TV shows. I was brought up in the late 80's/early 90's, so Knightmare, Fun House, Mike & Angelo, Sooty etc. were the ones to watch. Kids today might enjoy having their own devices and shows to watch, but nothing compares to and whats's inherently lost is being with your family in the sitting room and watching the same shows together on a telly.
It entertained a whole generation of kids that are adults today...in that sense its dont its job well. Just like our childhoods, so too CITV has now ended. It will be remembered fondly and that's a thumbs up👍🙂
ITV gave up on CITV and original content years ago. You can say times have changed and kids are only interested in streaming online now but is it any wonder?
*Bang on about your comment about ITV giving up on original children's content!* That was now 18 years ago (2006). The only reason they are showing *any* of kid content is keep the likes of Ofcom happy (who let them drop out to begin with).
Still a better final send-off/tribute than what the actual channel did (I mean they could have hightlighted all the shows they aired over the years or even a montage of them with presentators but obviously they didn't and it sucks because of that).
Knightmare, Dangermouse, Funhouse, some of the greatest shows that treated children with intelligence providing them with worthy drama based and action/ fantasy, team based entertainment were childrens shows on CITV/ Children's ITV to give it both of its identities over those years. Both BBC and ITV in that just after school afternoon slot on terrestrial for those golden years actually competed against each other just as in the same way of getting adult audience share to get kids/ young teenagers back then watching that bit of time in the afternoon. I mean l could list so much of both sides combined.. Bertha, Raggy Dolls, Thundercats, Ducktales, Bananaman - Superted. Well now BBC and, ITV have given up on childrens programming, cause guess what there will still be plenty right now that do not, have ITVx!! Glad l got to enjoy that last era of dedicated childrens weekday terrestrial afternoon programming as a child all that time ago, and is an indictment on the 2 main sides, that is no more.
It's down to budgeting. Huge risk spending potentially millions on series aimed at children. Easier just to make crime or reality TV series with a guaranteed audience
Shame I miss out of programming from the 80s/early 90s (I was born in 1990). *Sounded great!* Strange you never mentioned "Count Duckula" from that period! The Beeb in the 90s/early 00s was good though, but I *was* more of an CBBC kid growing up. Got more into CITV when SM:TV started in 1999. Anyhow, it is less budget and *more* changes in children's tastes/reaches now more than anything in 2024. However, I would *certainly* say that ITV gave up on children's programming a long time ago (mid-to-late 00s) when the lovely Brown government and weak-as-water Ofcom let them drop out of it along with good number of PSB commitments (regional/religious programming etc.). Criminal really looking back as it was still a *good few* years before the digital switchover was complete. They only do whatever children's programming these days just to please regulators like Ofcom (who let them drop out in the first place!), same goes with all the other PSB commitments.
@@SuperTed19021 Yeah obviously Count Duckula also but literally if l would have listed more that l could have easily from how prolific that era was of great animation/ cartoon and other programming during the dedicated childrens/ early teens to mid teens slot would have had 1 even bigger comment! But like you l miss it all.
*Sooty!* How can I forget! 😁 PS: Me and my twin sister were Sooty club members growing up! Also, *don't* ever mention to me the piss-poor all-animated version that came out in the late 90s!
I think the move to ITVxKids is a bad idea. It's not distinguishable in anyway and its such a shame the old programs wont be made available on it. I know less of us are watching terrestial TV so the move to streaming is inevitable but I just wish they'd made it a bit more... Unique?
ITV *would drop any* children's content in 2024 if they *really* could. In all honesty, I am *that* surprised they are still trying to keep the likes of Ofcom quiet by *even* launching this ITVxKids, whatever it is called. Same with them still going with Regional news studios.
The ones I identified were: Dramarama (which spawned Children’s Ward) Button Moon Wacaday Super Gran Dangermouse Grotbags Knightmare Chocky Sooty & Co. Mr. Bean (animated series) Thunderbirds Are Go! Horrid Henry
Not at all. They are interchangeable. In any case this piece was about the decline in viewership of kids TV and what that means. This lady has knowledge and experience in that field and as a kids author, as mentioned.
grizzly tales for gruesome kids, ZZZap!, my parents are aliens, girls in love, the worst witch, butter fingers, Bell's boy's, finger tips, bratz, Pokémon, flea bag monkeyface, How 2 and art attack were all really good shows.
*Where on earth was "Count Duckula"?????????* One of the best ever cartoons Britain ever produced! PS: *Don't* get me started on either "Horrid Henry" or "Scooby-Doo"!
@@JSHK70277 Hate to say it, but, *today's children will not miss it!* Besides, ITV *properly* gave up on children's tv a good 18 years now (2006-when Ofcom/Gordon Brown's government let them drop out of the remit).
Loved CITV as a Kid, Loved Sooty ZZAPP Fun House nightmare Scooby and Scraby Doo etc, Sad CITV Has come to an End on Digital terrestrial tv. RIP Old friend.
CITV 40TH Anniversary 2023 Dream Street (1999-2002) Rescue Robots 2003 The Quick Trick Show (2001-2002) In Today's Quick Trick Show Stephen Mullhern Jungle Run Eliminator Michael Underwood Lan Jam Leah Charles King Mad For It Danielle Nicholls Twister (1999-2001) Nigel Mitchell Splash Camp 2005 Steve Wilson Finders Keepers 2006 Jeff Brazier Bad Influence! Series 3 & 4 (1994-1996) Andy Crane Sabrina The Teenage Witch (1996-2003)
Dangermouse was also on CBBC. Weird choice of clips by the BBC. I think the huge factor a lot of people ignore is children are mainly watching things on RU-vid like Mr Beast and Sidemen or unboxing, gaming and Yu-Gi-Oh card playing
It was TV-am, which aired on the ITV network, but it never anything to do with any CITV brand. Same went with the likes of "Saturday Disney"/"Diggit"/"Toonattik" whatever under GMTV.
I really can't believe😒 that they have decided to close down CITV forever like this and moves all the shows to ITVX Kids as a streaming service, seriously what's the point of all this because there aren't going to be anymore cartoons/anime on freeview channels and this is a stupid decison.
*Time change, tech change, and thus kids change!* Whether we *really do* like it or not. Beside, children are now *completely* different today into getting their content compared to just a decade ago! Just to *really* think that next year (2025), it will be one-quarter of the 21st century that has passed.
@@UrLocalRuckaRuckaAliFan An 80s/90s/early 00s kid, yeah! But today's kids won't give a *living* monkeys about any of this! And it is *not hard* to see why.
I would have been a hard rider for RU-vid back in the day , free content, unique and always changing … it was great …. But my older teenage years where ruined because of it… and now I’m seeing kids on it more and it’s sad… kids don’t remember half the videos they watch as it’s a constant stream of junk from one creator to the next… but ask me or any of my mates growing up on a certain quote from SpongeBob, Ed ed’n eddy , all the way to regular show… and we still laugh… I still look up clips on RU-vid to remember certain scenes …
Like them or not, the BBC *still* has a proper commitment to children's programming or PSB remit. ITV has *not or hasn't* done since the mid-00s (same went with all other PSB commitments like religion, regional etc.). They only carry any kind of it left to shut up any TV regulator. They would *more-than-happily* drop any last children's content or any last kind of PSB content *in a heartbeat* if they could!
Really? How many more bloody channels will go onto stupid computer screens, and then people wonder why children are so obsessed with computers and tablets at such a young ages! I give up. This is so depressing
*THAT'S A NAME FROM THE PAST!* 😁 I'll have to look up her resume somewhen, quite sure she did something like "Live and Kicking" at some point, or was it "What's Up, Doc?"
