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CBBC may move from BBC One to BBC Two
Topic Started: Sep 24 2007, 03:39 PM (321 Views)
Gareth Williams
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The BBC is considering a plan to break with 61 years of tradition and axe weekday afternoon children's programmes from its main channel, BBC1. Children's shows would instead be shown on BBC2 under the plan being considered by executives.
The proposal has been mooted following two recent events - the scheduled disappearance of long-running Australian soap, Neighbours, after it was poached by Five, and the boost in ITV1's fortunes since it replaced teatime children's shows with quizzes and repeats of classic dramas such as Inspector Morse.

Since For the Children was first aired on July 7 1946, there has always been a window for children's programmes on the BBC's main channel.

Generations of children have grown up watching shows on the channel, from Muffin the Mule to Blue Peter. After BBC2 began broadcasting in 1964, it was used as an additional outlet for children's programmes. The idea being looked at now is for BBC2 to become the main window for children's output, along with digital channels, CBBC and CBeebies. The BBC has already shifted children's programmes to BBC2 on Saturday mornings.

One insider said: "The idea of moving children's programmes off BBC1 is definitely being looked at and evaluated, alongside replacing Neighbours with another half-hour show. It is coming out of BBC daytime and it is all about how share could be maximised."

The move is thought to have the backing of senior executives including the director general, Mark Thompson, and BBC1's controller, Peter Fincham, who has seen daytime audiences eroded by a resurgent ITV. In addition, the BBC has poached Liam Keelan - one of ITV's daytime staff who worked on the plan to axe the daily ITV1 children's show - to be its new daytime controller. He is on 12 months' gardening leave but is hoping to start at the BBC in early spring, which coincides with Neighbours' move from BBC1 to Five.

But critics within the BBC and at its rival networks argue that BBC1 should provide a window for children's shows. "Different rules apply for the BBC that extend beyond the pressures of ratings and share," said one.


Taken from Media Guardian. Well I knew it would happen just as I predicted.
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there's a possibility it will happen next year and as the article suggests, around the time Neighbours go to their new home on Five which i agree with

but the question arises-what exactly will BBC1 fill on their weekday afternoons from 1.30-6.00pm, if the move goes ahead?

then children's programmes will be downgraded again and they will eventually only feature on their own channels.
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BBC News however denies it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7010978.stm
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i have the zee proof-it's for definite

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...25/nbeeb125.xml
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