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The Time Line shows the development of BBC Saturday mornings television
since 1976
| 1976 |
Launch of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop |
| 1977 |
Series 2 of Swap Shop begins |
| 1978 |
Series 3 of Swap Shop begins |
| 1979 |
Series 4 of Swap Shop begins |
| 1980 |
Series 5 of Swap Shop begins |
| 1981 |
Get Set For Summer broadcast over the
summer months
Series 6 of Swap Shop begins |
| 1982 |
Final Swap Shop is broadcast
Get Set For Summer broadcast over the
summer months
Launch of Saturday SuperStore |
| 1983 |
Get Set
and The Saturday Picture Show broadcast over
the summer months
Series 2 of Saturday SuperStore begins |
| 1984 |
The Saturday Picture Show
broadcast over the summer months
Series 3 of Saturday SuperStore begins |
| 1985 |
The Saturday Picture Show
broadcast over the summer months
Series 4 of Saturday SuperStore begins |
| 1986 |
The Saturday Picture Show
broadcast over the summer months
Series 5 of Saturday SuperStore begins |
| 1987 |
Final Saturday SuperStore is broadcast
It's Wicked broadcast over the summer
months
Launch of Going Live! |
| 1988 |
On the Waterfront and UP2U
broadcast over the summer months
Series 2 of Going Live! begins |
| 1989 |
On the Waterfront and UP2U
broadcast over the summer months
Series 3 of Going Live! begins |
| 1990 |
The 8.15 From Manchester
broadcast over the summer months
Series 4 of Going Live! begins |
| 1991 |
The 8.15 From Manchester
broadcast over the summer months
Series 5 of Going Live! begins |
| 1992 |
Parallel 9 broadcast over
the summer months
Series 6 of Going Live! begins |
| 1993 |
Final Going Live! is broadcast
Parallel 9 broadcast over the summer
months
Launch of Live & Kicking |
| 1994 |
Parallel 9 broadcast over
the summer months
Series 2 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 1995 |
Fully Booked broadcast
over the summer months
Series 3 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 1996 |
*CBBC is broadcast over
the summer months
(Fully Booked broadcast on BBC 2, Sunday mornings)
Series 4 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 1997 |
*Saturday Aardvark is
broadcast over the summer months
(Fully Booked broadcast on BBC 2, Sunday mornings)
Series 5 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 1998 |
*Saturday Aardvark is
broadcast over the summer months
(Fully Booked broadcast on BBC TWO, Sunday mornings)
Series 6 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 1999 |
*Planet Saturday is
broadcast over the summer months
(Fully Booked broadcast on BBC TWO, Sunday mornings)
Series 7 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 2000 |
FBi broadcast over the
summer months
Series 8 of Live & Kicking begins |
| 2001 |
Final Live & Kicking is broadcast
Launch of the Saturday Show (22 September - running all year) |
| 2002 |
Launch of the Saturday Show Extra
- a simultaneous
broadcast on the CBBC Channel, then later becomes a one hour show broadcast after the main show has
ended
Relaunch of the Saturday Show (September) |
| 2003 |
Saturday Show rested from September until Spring 2004
Launch of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (BBC ONE/CBBC Channel
simulcast) |
| 2004 |
Series 2 of Saturday Show (mid
April)
Series 2 of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (September) |
| 2005 |
Series 3 of Saturday Show (late
March)
Final Series of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (September) |
| 2006 |
30th
Anniversary Year of BBC Saturday Mornings
Saturday Morning television moves to BBC TWO
Final
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow is broadcast
Mighty Truck of Stuff and The
Pod broadcast over the summer months
Launch of TMi |
* What would have been the main Saturday replacement programme in 1996 to
1999 was switched to Sunday mornings, and replaced by a normal CBBC mix of
presentation and programmes over this period.
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