History Main / SaturdayMorningKidsShow

For Saturday Morning cartoons as shown in the US, rather than variety shows, see SaturdayMorningCartoon.

** During the summer months the regular Saturday morning show took a break. Replacements (usually from the BBC Regions, unlike the London-based main show) included ''8:15 from Manchester'', ''Parallel 9'' (set on a alien planet of the same name), and ''Fully Booked'' (set in a fictional Scottish hotel). ''Fully Booked'' would initially air on Saturdays, but then move for a spell over to Sundays, with the Saturday strand taken over by ''The Saturday Aardvark'', which was more of a generic studio-based CBBC programming strand hosted by Kristian O'Brian and the puppet Otis The Aardvark. It nevertheless still achieved something of a cult following.

* On Creator/TheBBC: ''(Multi Coloured) Swap Shop'' (1976-1982), ''Saturday Superstore'' (1982-1987), ''Going Live'' (1987-1993), ''[[Creator/ZoeBall Live And Kicking]]'' (1993-2001) - [[SameCharacterButDifferent which were all essentially variations of the same format]].[[note]]Well, mostly. ''Swap Shop'' was perhaps memorable as, like the name suggests, kids of the era could literally bring items such as toys they didn't want to a live swap event and exchange it for others they did, proving to be one of the most popular aspects of the show according to Website/TheOtherWiki. These days, of course, we have eBay, Freecycle and such...[[/note]]

* On Creator/TheBBC: ''(Multi Coloured) Swap Shop'' (1976-1982), ''Saturday Superstore'' (1982-1987), ''Going Live'' (1987-1993), ''Live And Kicking'' (1993-2001) - [[SameCharacterButDifferent which were all essentially variations of the same format]].[[note]]Well, mostly. ''Swap Shop'' was perhaps memorable as, like the name suggests, kids of the era could literally bring items such as toys they didn't want to a live swap event and exchange it for others they did, proving to be one of the most popular aspects of the show according to Website/TheOtherWiki. These days, of course, we have eBay, Freecycle and such...[[/note]]

** During the summer months the regular Saturday morning show took a break. Replacements (usually from the BBC Regions, unlike the London-based main show) included ''8:15 from Manchester'', ''Parallel 9'' (set on a alien planet of the same name), and ''Fully Booked'' (set in a fictional Scottish hotel).

** ''Get Fresh'' (1986-1988), a road show where the location was different every week. Notable for launching the career of future ''How2'' presenter Gareth Jones also contributed to a short high profile career for the puppet Gilbert the Alien, who had a habit of GettingCrapPastTheRadar. A pre-recorded version of the show aired on Sundays.

** ''What's Up Doc?'' (1992-1995) which as its title implies had a lot of Creator/WarnerBros-related content along with the usual ingredients.

** ''What's Up Doc?'' (1992-1995) which as its title implies had a lot of Creator/WarnerBros-related content along with the usual ingredients.

** ''Scrambled!'' (2014 to 2021)- Simulcast on both ITV during it's breakfast hours and the CITV Channel. It also would air on Sundays. Unlike most other shows on the list, the programme was pre-recorded. Only two of the original presenting line-up stayed for the duration of the programme.

** ''Scrambled!'' (2014 to 2021)- Simulcast on both ITV during it's breakfast hours and the CITV Channel. It also would air on Sundays and weekday bank holidays. Unlike most other shows on the list, the programme was pre-recorded. Only two of the original presenting line-up stayed for the duration of the programme.

** ''Scrambled!'' (2014 to 2021)- Simulcast on both ITV during it's breakfast hours and the CITV Channel. It alsp would air on Sundays and weekday bank holidays. Unlike most other shows on the list, the programme was pre-recorded. Only two of the original presenting line-up stayed for the duration of the programme.

** ''Scrambled!'' (2014 to 2021)- Simulcast on both ITV during it's breakfast hours and the CITV Channel. Unlike most other shows on the list, the programme was pre-recorded. Only two of the original presenting line-up stayed for the duration of the programme.

* On Creator/TheBBC: ''(Multi Coloured) Swap Shop'' (1976-1982), ''Saturday Superstore'' (1982-1987), ''Going Live'' (1987-1993), ''Live And Kicking'' (1993-2001) - [[SameCharacterButDifferent which were all essentially variations of the same format]].[[note]]Well, mostly. ''Swap Shop'' was perhaps memorable as, like the name suggests, kids of the era could literally bring items such as toys they didn't want to a live swap event and exchange it for others they did, proving to be one of the most popular aspects of the show according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki. These days, of course, we have eBay, Freecycle and such...[[/note]]

* ''Series/GetSetForLife'', an [[EdutainmentShow edutainment]] block for preschoolers on Creator/{{CBC}}, It featured two hosts named Michael and Allison who would play pretend, do crafts, and tell stories.

* Satires of popular TV shows (''{{Series/Taggart}}'' appears to have been done once, ''Series/DoctorWho'' has been done).

* A live audience of young and old kids
* Phone-in competitions (often involving things that require you to watch the cartoons)

* ''Series/GetSetForLife'', an [[EdutainmentShow edutainment]] block for preschoolers on Creator/{{CBC}}, It featured two hosts named Michael and Allison who would play pretend, do crafts, and tell stories.

* ''Televisator 2'' (1993-1994) was a show about video games and cartoons (''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', etc.)

The types of hybrid shows that are shown in the UK on Saturday mornings -- effectively a VarietyShow aimed at kids. Broadcast US television used to have a milder variety of this kind of program -- and some were actually run five times a week, on weekdays -- but they have almost entirely been phased out in favor of shows that are cheaper to produce and which have higher profit margins. (And most US networks have actually phased out ''all'' Saturday-morning children's fare entirely.) The genre seemed to be dead in the UK, ''Toonattik'' was the last real example and it dumped its presenters and become just a cartoon block before being axed at the end of 2010. However, Creator/TheBBC brought back the format as ''Saturday Mash-Up!'' in 2017.

** Arguably the UrExample for the BBC was ''Crackerjack'', a children's variety show that aired from 1955 to 1984 (most prominently on Friday nights), which typically featured a mixture of music performances, game segments, and sketch comedy by a cast of regulars (though by its final years on-air, its prominence had degraded in favour of the aforementioned Saturday shows at the peak of their popularity, and the focus on comedy sketches steadily decreased.

* An infamous example from the nineteen-eighties is Xuxa, hosted by an oversexed (and not very smart) former model that inspired the wrath of MoralGuardians and produced a few short-lived imitators.

* ''Televisator [[NumberedTVStations 2]]'' (1993-1994) was a show about video games and cartoons (''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', etc.)
* ''Hanna Barbera Dingue Dong'' (1990-1996), was just a collection of HB cartoons (''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', etc.) interspersed with the live-action host's antics. Based on the american ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera''.

* Creator/{{CBS}} attempted a plethora of these types of shows in the '80s and '90s, including both ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' and ''Hey Vern It's Ernest!'' along with ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and the acquisition of ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' from Creator/{{TLC}}.

* Dibujuegos, hosted by musician Manuel Wirtz and Sesame Street's Big Bird. Ran in 1991, was full of late 80s cartoon goodness.

* The [[TheNineties 1990s]] ''Series/ClubDorothee'' show is the quintessential example in the history of French TV. For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[AnimationAgeGhetto wo]][[{{Macekre}} r]][[DubNameChange se]], this show more-or-less introduced France to Anime (and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' years before ''Franchise/PowerRangers''). It ran for nearly a decade ('87-'97) before its somewhat speculated-about[[note]]One suspected reason being a dispute between TF1 and the show's financial backers, whose new cable/sat TV service competed with TF1's.[[/note]] cancellation.

* The [[TheNineties 1990s]] ''Series/ClubDorothee'' show is the quintessential example in the history of French TV.

* ''Hanna Barbera Dingue Dong'' (1990-1996), was just a collection of HB cartoons (''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', etc.) interspersed with the live-action host's antics. Based on the american ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera'' In fact, France had a quite bunch of such shows which alternate cartoons and inane jokes involving live-action hosts. This may have had some legal causes (laws requiring homeland-produced original content, etc.)

* A single woman ("Dorothée") hosted an eponymous show of this type for over fifteen years (1978-1987 and 1987-1997), building up a gigantic network of ancillary co-stars, gags, sets, etc., etc., etc. For [[GatewaySeries better]] or [[AnimationAgeGhetto wo]][[{{Macekre}} r]][[DubNameChange se]], this show more-or-less introduced France to Anime (and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' years before ''Franchise/PowerRangers''). ''Club Dorothée'' launched the careers of quite a few French acting and showbiz personalities. A product of impresario Jean-Luc Azoulay's AB Productions, graduates of Dorothée progressed to other AB shows such as ''Series/LesFillesDaCote''. The show only ended when main TV channel TF1 severed its association with Azoulay and AB Productions [[RealLifeWritesThePlot in still unexplained circumstances]] in 1997.