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Pre-Launch CBeebies and CBBC Channel References

(February 2020)

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ToasterMan
Thought I'd repost this bit of CBBC Morning Continuity from New Year's Day 2002:


This is over two months before the launches of CBeebies and the CBBC Channel, which Adrian directly mentions CBeebies, but doesn't mention the CBBC Channel by name, instead hinting at it: "There'll be two children's channels".

I'm aware as the weeks drew closer, the CBBC bugs kept popping up in the studio, in their own promos and even in the outgoing CBBC idents and programmes, such as this CBBC bug and the backgrounds appearing for a few seconds on the giant TV screen as Adrian's introducing Rugrats:


The CBeebies bugs also appeared during the pre-school morning slots and were eventually added to the CBBC on Choice idents, for example, the very last CBBC on Choice links:


Anybody got footage of any more pre-launch references? The transition period between the old CBBC, the split between CBeebies and the launch of the digital channels fascinates me.
Last edited by ToasterMan on 9 February 2020 8:18am - 2 times in total
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FanOfTV99
I have found this from the Newsround website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/pictures/galleries/newsid_1794000/1794080.stm

It seem like they made a huge deal about this new look.
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chris
I have found this from the Newsround website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/pictures/galleries/newsid_1794000/1794080.stm

It seem like they made a huge deal about this new look.


It wasn’t just a new look - it was the launch of two new digital TV channels.
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Rory
Here's another one of those green bug appearances, this time after The Simpsons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamblackdragons01/19325897161/in/photolist-vrLgVt-a72hPA
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ToasterMan
Rory posted:
Here's another one of those green bug appearances, this time after The Simpsons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamblackdragons01/19325897161/in/photolist-vrLgVt-a72hPA


Great find, that particular one comes from February 1st, 2002, looking up the Genome archive.

I remember during the last days of the CBBC Pre-School Morning links with Liam, one of the CBeebies bugs popped up into Studio 9 and Liam made a slight remark, another time, he didn't acknowledge them at all. Said uploads were by CBBC Master.

Also, today's the 18th anniversary since the channel launches: happy birthday.
Last edited by ToasterMan on 11 February 2020 8:28am

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