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Can You Name These British Kids TV Shows?
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By: Zoe Samuel
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British television, like the national output of any nation, is certainly not without its embarrassments, from shows that should simply have never been commissioned in the first place to shows that are inexplicably popular to shows that seemed very good at the time but became tasteless in just a couple of years. However, it has also never been without its highlights, whether created by the publicly-funded BBC or by rival channels ITV and Channel Four. Indeed, such was the quality of some of the better output from these networks that the arrival of cable was widely regarded as not initially having an enormous impact on the quantity of TV that the average person might like to watch.
Of course, the '80s and '90s TV had the advantage of a perfect storm: every household had a colour TV (and often more than one), but there was not yet any competition from the internet. That gave the four main channels captive audiences, meaning that they could easily expect their viewers to constitute a significant percentage of the population while enjoying a monocultural stranglehold on Monday morning water cooler conversation. This social pressure to be up to date with popular shows meant that if you lived through this time, you simply HAD to know them ... and that means you still remember them. Or does it? It's time to find out!
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