No more presenters on CBBC/Changes to CBBC over the years

I happened to see CBBC yesterday afternoon (on BBC 1) for the first time in around three and a half years and I was really surprised to see no presenter - just a clip of the next programme with a voice-over. When did CBBC ditch its presenters? I am surprised they have done this.

I noticed three years ago that the CBBC presenters' style had changed compered to the days of the broom cupboard - the presenters were in a large studio and weren't patronising like the presenters in the old days of the broom cupboard used to often be, and instead were presenting in a much more "grown-up" style.

I don't think CBBC had a puppet since Emlin the Gremlin in the late 90s. I never really saw Emlin, but I can remember Otis the Aardvark quite well and he was so annoying! I think it was very different when they gave the puppets voices (I still don't think Otis was as annoying as the computer generated Ratz, though - remember him?)

This has happened since the relaunch in September 2007. The presenters have been shifted to the Channel, and only seem to appear in pre-recorded 'switch over to the CBBC Channel' links. Although limited compared to how it was a few years ago, the cutbacks are pretty noticeable, to be honest I preferred the old format (1998-2006), not liking this office set, it looks too restricted.

(BTW, there's already a CBBC Thread here: http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/topic25666/page1)

The presenting was a lot more T4-esque until around 2006. The likes of Fearne Cotton and Jake Humphrey presented, but the obvious and most popular duo was Andrew Hayden Smith & Angellica Bell. But once they moved out of the studio in 2006ish and started to be presented from a green screen, they reverted to one younger presenter and a much more patronising style. Then CBBC stopped targetting the over 12's and went back to basically a modern day broom cupboard. No wonder the ratings have slumped to all time lows, kids don't like being patronised.

Glen Micheal been saying that for 26 years! he finished up tv job in 1993

I remember seeing Fearne Cotton and Angelica Bell on the T4-style set but I had no idea the presenting style changed after 2006 and CBBC went back to a more Broom Cupboard-style of presenting.