EPISODE · May 16, 2026 · 54 MIN
Refreshing Pod - SaturdaysMornings.co.uk
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Refreshing Pod - SaturdayMornings.co.ukSaturday Morning Kids TV was a staple on BBC One for decades, from it's beginnings in the shape of 'Saturday Swap Shop', to 'Live & Kicking', 'Dick & Dom in The Bungalow' & so much more!This October, it’s been 50 years since the Saturday Morning schedule changed forever, with the introduction of 'Swap Swap', which launched on the 2nd October 1976.The time slot from 9am - midday featured many presenters, using the BBC’s own talent at Radio One, like Noel Edmunds and Mike Read, using children's TV veterans like John Craven & Sarah Greene host, plus helping launch the career of Caroline Flack & Fearne Cotton, and catapult the likes of Emma Forbes, Andi Peters, Zoe Ball & Jamie Theakston into superstardom. Most recently from 2017 the 'Saturday Mash Up' on the CBBC Channel is the closet thing to the old skool programming from the past, and it remains to be seen if the BBC have any plans to celebrate this milestone in it’s 50 year on any channel. Johnny speaks to Saturday Morning Super-fan Martin Whale, who’s website SaturdaysMornings.CO.UK is a Mecca for all things broadcast since October 1976 … It’s live and kicking right now, with a good old chin wag including those shows that were on in the summer holidays, and plenty of nostalgia guaranteed.You can Listen via the link in our bio."Miss It, Miss Out"Follow Martin's mecca for all things Saturday Mornings via:WWW: www.saturdaymornings.co.ukYT: satmorningsINSTA: saturdaymorningsukFB: Saturday MorningsRefreshing Pod is a magazine style podcast, giving you ideas, interviews, big name guests, and guaranteed laughs along the way, with new content every few weeks, now in it's 9th series.(C) BBC (used under fair licence) Images/Video/Final Production TX.Music (C) Dave Arnold / Remasted By Ste / Mich Johnson VO.Saturdaymornings.co.uk (Website Images & Archive + social Media Content). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Refreshing Pod - SaturdayMornings.co.ukSaturday Morning Kids TV was a staple on BBC One for decades, from it's beginnings in the shape of 'Saturday Swap Shop', to 'Live & Kicking', 'Dick & Dom in The Bungalow' & so much more!This October, it’s been 50 years since the Saturday Morning schedule changed forever, with the introduction of 'Swap Swap', which launched on the 2nd October 1976.The time slot from 9am - midday featured many presenters, using the BBC’s own talent at Radio One, like Noel Edmunds and Mike Read, using children's TV veterans like John Craven & Sarah Greene host, plus helping launch the career of Caroline Flack & Fearne Cotton, and catapult the likes of Emma Forbes, Andi Peters, Zoe Ball & Jamie Theakston into superstardom. Most recently from 2017 the 'Saturday Mash Up' on the CBBC Channel is the closet thing to the old skool programming from the past, and it remains to be seen if the BBC have any plans to celebrate this milestone in it’s 50 year on any channel. Johnny speaks to Saturday Morning Super-fan Martin Whale, who’s website SaturdaysMornings.CO.UK is a Mecca for all things broadcast since October 1976 … It’s live and kicking right now, with a good old chin wag including those shows that were on in the summer holidays, and plenty of nostalgia guaranteed.You can Listen via the link in our bio."Miss It, Miss Out"Follow Martin's mecca for all things Saturday Mornings via:WWW: www.saturdaymornings.co.ukYT: satmorningsINSTA: saturdaymorningsukFB: Saturday MorningsRefreshing Pod is a magazine style podcast, giving you ideas, interviews, big name guests, and guaranteed laughs along the way, with new content every few weeks, now in it's 9th series.(C) BBC (used under fair licence) Images/Video/Final Production TX.Music (C) Dave Arnold / Remasted By Ste / Mich Johnson VO.Saturdaymornings.co.uk (Website Images & Archive + social Media Content). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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