Grange Hill, the trailblazing series famed for its stark reflection of school life, has been a cultural touchstone for ...

The Moomins was a stop-motion animated TV series that first became popular on Children's ITV in the 1980s. Originally made for Polish TV from stories written in Swedish, it was edited for a British ...

but anarchic live TV shows with phone-ins where anything could, and often did, happen. This Children's ITV show, hosted by Neil Buchanan, helped a generation of children fall in love with art.

Before programmes were on demand or as easy to re-watch and record as they are today, you'd rush home from playing out in the street or being at school to catch your favourite children's TV show.

Sharing their personal experience with kids' TV, the user mentioned that as a student, they would often find themselves watching children's shows during late afternoons or Saturday mornings.