The confusing thing with Alvin & The Chipmunks is that at this time, it was being shown on both GMTV and CBBC! In fact I have a holiday video from this month where you can see my sister watching an episode of it that was being shown as part of Live & Kicking! It was much the same again around 1998 when both CBBC and Channel 5 were showing episodes at the same time!
@steviegTVreturns The BBC only had the rights to the post-Movie Chipmunks episodes (where the Chipettes were a bit more prominent) whereas ITV, and later FIVE had the first 3-4 years of the series.