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Saturday Morning Time Line

This Time Line shows the development of BBC Saturday Morning television since 1976.

Launch of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

Series 2 of Swap Shop begins

Series 3 of Swap Shop begins

Series 4 of Swap Shop begins

Series 5 of Swap Shop begins

Get Set For Summer broadcast over the summer months
Series 6 of Swap Shop begins

Final Swap Shop is broadcast
Get Set For Summer broadcast over the summer months
Launch of Saturday SuperStore

Get Set and The Saturday Picture Show broadcast over the summer months
Series 2 of Saturday SuperStore begins

The Saturday Picture Show broadcast over the summer months
Series 3 of Saturday SuperStore begins

The Saturday Picture Show broadcast over the summer months
Series 4 of Saturday SuperStore begins

The Saturday Picture Show broadcast over the summer months
Series 5 of Saturday SuperStore begins

Final Saturday SuperStore is broadcast
It's Wicked broadcast over the summer months
Launch of Going Live!

On the Waterfront and UP2U broadcast over the summer months
Series 2 of Going Live! begins

On the Waterfront and UP2U broadcast over the summer months
Series 3 of Going Live! begins

The 8.15 From Manchester broadcast over the summer months
Series 4 of Going Live! begins

The 8.15 From Manchester broadcast over the summer months
Series 5 of Going Live! begins

Parallel 9 broadcast over the summer months
Series 6 of Going Live! begins

Final Going Live! is broadcast
Parallel 9 broadcast over the summer months
Launch of Live & Kicking

Parallel 9 broadcast over the summer months
Series 2 of Live & Kicking begins

Fully Booked broadcast over the summer months
Series 3 of Live & Kicking begins

*CBBC is broadcast over the summer months (Fully Booked broadcast on BBC 2, Sunday mornings)
Series 4 of Live & Kicking begins
Multi-Coloured Saturdays broadcast to celebrate 20th anniversary of BBC Saturday morning television.

*Saturday Aardvark is broadcast over the summer months (Fully Booked broadcast on BBC 2, Sunday mornings)
Series 5 of Live & Kicking begins

*Saturday Aardvark is broadcast over the summer months (Fully Booked broadcast on BBC TWO, Sunday mornings)
Series 6 of Live & Kicking begins

*Planet Saturday is broadcast over the summer months (Fully Booked broadcast on BBC TWO, Sunday mornings)
Series 7 of Live & Kicking begins

FBi broadcast over the summer months
Series 8 of Live & Kicking begins

Final Live & Kicking is broadcast
Launch of The Saturday Show in September, running all year

Launch of The Saturday Show Extra - a simultaneous broadcast on the CBBC Channel
Relaunch of The Saturday Show in September
Relaunch of The Saturday Show Extra - now a one hour show broadcast after the main show has ended

Series 1 of The Saturday Show ends
Launch of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow - also broadcast on the CBBC Channel

Series 2 of The Saturday Show begins in April
Series 2 of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow begins in September

Series 3 of The Saturday Show begins in March
Series 3 of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow begins in September

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
It Started With Swap Shop broadcast to celebrate 30th anniversary of BBC Saturday morning television.

**CBBC is broadcast from February
Series 2 of TMi begins in September, ends in December

Launch of Basil's Swap Shop

* What would have been the main Summer 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.

** A replacement programme was not broadcast, instead a normal CBBC mix of programmes was shown.

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