CBBC Cuts | The END Of Presentation Links?

Children's TV has been hit hard in recent years, but now for CBBC, more cuts are coming... The presentation team, who for decades have provided the integral links between programmes, are potentially under threat... Will this beloved part of UK kids TV finally bite the dust...?
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[@LexVanguard2004]

Bit of a long rant lol, but a passionate one nonetheless. Shame to see the slow decline of the channel I once held so dear. Seriously, I can't understate what CBBC meant to me as a kid. Seeing that green 2007 logo always invokes so much nostalgia lol. It seemed like it was ALWAYS on in the background as a kid, and was always there to entertain us, whether watching Arthur, League of Super Evil, Splatalot, Copycats, etc before school started, or racing home to watch some Tracy Beaker, Horrible Histories, Strange Hill High, Blue Peter, All at Sea, Worst Year of My Life Again, Roy, etc. I grew to love the routine of watching my favourite shows and discovering new ones because nothing else was on, lol. From about 2010-2016, CBBC was my favourite channel to tune into for all my favourite shows, but what really set CBBC apart was the links and presenters, the ever-changing friendly faces you'd see every day, just mucking about, cracking jokes, playing games and having fun in the CBBC office. And hell, does anyone remember the songs and parodies they made? Serve Up The Jam? We Will Never Have A Milky Brew Together? Call Me Yonko? It's CBBC, if you snooze you lose? The effort to make the channel fun was what made CBBC CBBC, and without the presenters and links, it's just any old corporate kids channel with dwindling budget. Sad really, even after growing up and out of it, I always took some comfort in the fact that CBBC and its revolving cast of presenters would always be there in some form, and entertain many more generations of children as they did me. The need for CBBC seems to have steadily decreased over the years, which is a huge shame. Gen Alpha don't know what they missed out on. Whilst I'm aware that the channel's time is limited, I hope it sticks out long enough for them to do a 40th anniversary special in September 2025. I was watching the 30th anniversary special live as a 10 year old and loved it lol, hope they get to do a 40th. Would be a lovely send off to the channel as we know it. Will be very sad to see it go but we'll always have the memories at least ❤

[@sully.chowpaaji]

@@LexVanguard2004 I think they should do a 40th anniversary for CBBC in September 2025 because recently I loved watching the 30th anniversary special and the 20th anniversary.

[@thesnesgeek]

Hearing new animation coming is bliss in this media landscape.

[@michaelbolton-a]

It's already reduced to a greenscreen backdrop the studio was ditched months ago

[@queenofdisney4932]

CBBC was my childhood

[@AdamMartyn]

Mine too!

[@tkellybehan]

Me three (technically CBeebies)

[@georgejeaton]

CBBC was my iconic childhood that I watched presentation link like Ed and Oucho, Dan and Jeff and Iain and Hacker etc. Especially watching Saturday Morning Kids Block not like CBBC but CITV such as Holly and Stephen’s Saturday Showdown and Toonattik.

[@joelbarraclough6689]

Shows like Raven / Banzooki / 50/50 / Bear Behaving Badly / Hacker Time / Scoop / Chucklevision / are peak shows for me

[@TescoGeorge1]

Omg I REMEMBER 50/50

[@rlinders9972]

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Britain needs a revival of the 1980s/90s The Children's Channel, dedicated to getting the classics of UK kids TV (and some US and other) altogether on one network.

[@richardmattocks]

Back in the day all they needed for “presentation” was to slap a camera and a mic in the presentation suite and call it “the broom cupboard”… it was probably an old camera too so cost zero and the “presenter” cued the shows and literally was in control of the channel.

[@everyone06]

My CBBC era was Chucklevision, GYOB, Queens Nose, The Demon Headmaster, Byker Grove, Bodger & Badger, Otis the Aardvark etc.

[@MediaCentUK]

I'm so going to miss the CBBC Channel when it closes 😭

[@MarkJackson-uu5ix]

Oh Great thanks Adam for giving me "Old Yella" flashbacks! Beware Mr Hacker T Dog of being asked to go outside in the vicinity of any shed!

[@rhodrage]

I miss Oucho. And Nev.

[@anthvevo846]

Yes

[@LewisPassos-gq9yn]

As it turns out right now, the entire TV industry is in trouble!

[@TeardownReuse]

and you would of thought things like blockbuster vs netflix back in the day would been a wakeup call for TV one day but apparently not

[@LewisPassos-gq9yn]

@@TeardownReuse Believe it or not, Disney has stolen TV rights to Batman from Warner Bros.!

[@CLC-1000]

R.I.P CBBC, you were my childhood. 😭😭😭

[@davidblyth6886]

Cbbc died when Otis the aardvark left

[@CLC-1000]

@@davidblyth6886 Everyone has different opinions.

[@LexVanguard2004]

​@@davidblyth6886 Or maybe you just grew up? My golden era was 2010-2016 but you don't hear me going on about how it went downhill after I stopped watching, because it didn't. I just grew out of it.

[@WarrenFullerSMF64]

R.I.P

[@HellfireJerk]

You could say "favourite channel I grew up as a kid" but whatever...

[@Mattswfc14]

With these changes, and likely going online only, my question is why would any child willingly go to the iPlayer and watch linear CBBC? Surely this just ensures the death of this as a wider platform

[@EvaaRashid]

A lot of CBBC Presenters (non-links) have been layed off as well, e.g. Sam & Mark have split up after 2022 😢💙💖

[@anthvevo846]

NO WAY!

[@mathgoodison8096]

CBBC still have some live lessons planned for 2025, however, It will only have one year to last. I mean why can’t they do what RTE jr do in Ireland and mix the shows.

[@beni5129]

It's quite sad about things like kids TV channels. Technology is mostly amazing on how you can watch especially old clips that bring a lot of good memories however it does mean you wouldn't want to watch anything on an actual TV screen thanks to streaming such as Netflix/BBC iPlayer because you can now watch in different ways.

[@djackmanson]

They're just innocent men

[@brooklyneditsyt]

I would pass away if CBBC was shut down.

[@mrjta4087]

2 years prior they said they would

[@brooklyneditsyt]

@@mrjta4087 oof!

[@Lighting_Desk]

So much creativity and history slowly melting away. Thr crew and creatives that made it what it was. I hope they can all find work elsewhere.

[@IsaacKelsall]

now a part of my childhood has disappeared cause of cbbc planning to shutting down. i grew up with it since before the logo changed in 2016 now 8 or 7 years have gone by and look where we are. bbc decided to change their logo in 2023, march. im sad cbbc is shutting down. hope it returns sometime. EDIT: I was maybe 5 or 6 when I started watching cbbc back in 2016.. who knows! I also remember the past logo before the 2023 updated logo.

[@bevbeans3166]

I heard they stopped doing presenter cuts a while ago. Now it's pre recorded scripts or done with what appears to be a green screen outside of the studio. Really takes away any appeal of the channel. So unfortunate that this channel is dying slowly. Meant a lot to me in my younger years.

[@TheWhiteSpaceUK]

Much of the Presentation is on the way out sadly. There’s no need for it on streaming services…😔

[@samexahr3326]

I guess presentation links in regards to linking one program to another would become unnecessary but something similar that more goes as extra content or updates. This could be skits related to shows, behind the scenes stuff, interviews. Different takes on the show. Segments that are front and center on the website can suggest new programmes and direct kids on what to watch.

[@crazyworldcreativepassions7754]

Soooo…where’s the money for the tv licence been going then? Wasn’t that the whole point of it was to help make revenue across departments?!?

[@thehappyfather2384]

Great video mate … yep I have been on earth a bit longer than you and just remember CBBC starting “ in the broom cupboard’

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

Thanks for making a video on this

[@AdamMartyn]

My pleasure!

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

@@AdamMartyn No worries!

[@SophiaSmith24]

As a mum of a two year old. I’m glad they aren’t changing Cbeevbies, but I grew up with Havker, would be sad if we lost him,

[@picoultimate7707]

Me too. He and Dodge were a big part of my childhood, honestly.

[@ziyaadjamil2324]

I agree about Havker who I’ve not heard of but I’ve heard of Hacker and CBeebies not Cbeevbies

[@picoultimate7707]

@@ziyaadjamil2324 Just misspellings, don't worry.

[@picoultimate7707]

Honestly, I got my fingers crossed that things don't take a really drastic turn with CBBC, though I'm still glad CBeebies isn't going anywhere from traditional TV, and that's a good thing, too. And heh, boy, the clip you put at the end before the video's outro really takes me back to all the comedy skits CBBC brought (like the Incredible Edible gag and Chris getting the unfortunate nickname of "Yonko").

[@davidjones5223]

Probably another lets employee the presenters on the BBC Studios - cough cough, we don't show what we pay them and have them paid through companies as freelancer, but still have all the employee requirements just like other business, have employees, but don't pay of the benefits of it, but in this case just another tax doge.

[@MetalRocksMe.]

I wonder when a good uk cartoon made for adults will come.

[@TeardownReuse]

sadly unlikely as lot of adult cartoons are from networks like comedy central etc so unless we get a network like that thats UK based or Channel 4 does something unlikely i don't see BBC ever doing that the furthest they will go is Wallace and Gromit 😂 and i don't see ITV doing it maybe channel 4 as they used to do stuff like phonejacker?

[@ironiceire]

This one is technically Irish with Shonen and Negrounds influences, but Speedoru's Punch Punch Forever is a pretty good watch. It only had two episodes at the moment tho

[@Mokeywashere]

@@TeardownReuse Well actually there's already some British adult animation that the BCC made in the past like "Stressed Eric", "Rex The Runt" "Aaaagh! It's The Mr. Hell Show!" and "MonkeyDust" that and ITV already made an adult cartoon in the form of "2DTV" which was sort like an animated version of Spitting Image. So yeah no offence there dear pal, but your opinion means dick in this conversation so there!.

[@TeardownReuse]

unneeded passive aggression when they could just mentioned you forgot about xyz, ah last place on youtube i thought you see a keyboard warrior is a channel that covers TV channels...

[@ziyaadjamil2324]

@@Mokeywashereah yes, the BCC, the British Croadcasting Corporation

[@Prestoninthezone]

It was not my era but i watched the 2002-2005 idents like no tommoroow

[@Saving7Prodz]

ppl attending CCBC's funeral 👇

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

I don't do funerals. But I'll certainly show signs of mourning

[@carlbradley3627]

I hope CBBC will continue because if it goes online what will happen to Saturday Mash-Up! which is the closest to the live Saturday morning shows we all grew up with

[@Plutobug2468]

It’s such a shame that CBBC has been in a slow decline for a number of years now. I grew up watching CBBC from 2012 to 2017. Now I’m 17. 😢 I would prefer if they kept the links in studio cause the only other time i can remember links being like this was UTV before they got rid of them in 2016

[@RiggyFanAndPastaMan]

this is why bbc bring back bbc III. to make everyone forget about cbbc.

[@carlbradley3627]

The original bbc3 was fantastic, the only programme I watched when it returned was the 10th anniversary episode of Bad Education, all the comedy on there now isn’t funny. I’d sooner have moved that back online and keep CBBC

[@KRPTV]

Tell that aardvark it's a wrap!😄😄😄

[@davidblyth6886]

Cbbc has been trash since before Martin learned how to upload. When jaime and zoe left live and kicking, it was downhill

[@DanielMazz]

What about parents who don't have internet etc 😢😢i wish I grew up with Nickelodeon. And Disney but had to have cbbc Lol the ending I'm surprised they allowed that on cbbc

[@lockout5731]

rip hacker the dog growing up with him his life was funny i never realised and he was killed off in canon he will be missed

[@OfficialCallumPrecious]

These CBBC presentation links, in my point of view, is very much live on-air just like Cbeebies.

[@carlbradley3627]

Just seen Greg Davies with Ed Petrie. Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow was fantastic.

[@stabbitystab]

in my opinion the issue is that fact that parents dont want to raise there children so they give them devices. that's the problem

[@JoeyTheBeastHD]

R.I.P Hacker T Dog 😭😭 end of a era my childhood. 2009 - 2016 if this does come true.

[@wresting9899]

I love hey duggee think it well funny

[@NicholasJH96]

Cost cutting is probably why they charge actors in long running tv shows, dumping ground for example. Should have ended at series 10 nice round number but reset it again like I mention previously. Actors are slightly older than OG Cast but not as old as previous cast either. I would say dumping ground probably got 3 to 5 series left with its current cast. Tho I have stopped watching it now. CBeebies will go online after tv moved online. It’s just matter of when sky(freesat likely to end same time. Freeview a bit longer but freely & sky glass.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Maybe CBBC moving to streaming isn't quite such an omen. How come? Well, I don't know how it works in other countries, but here in America at least, there are a few streaming platforms that basically act like free cable, as well as regulat streaming. Streamers like The Roku Channel and Pluto TV come to mind

[@MikeJenner-Jones]

Can you imagine all the many kids TV presenters heading for the unemployment line or dole offices? “Oh, look! It’s that guy from the 90s! That bloke with Gordon the Gopher or Otis the Aardvark or whatever the hell it was? I wonder what they’re doing nowadays? Oh, that’s right - one of them was a former Yewtree suspect, now it makes perfect sense. Well, whoop-dee-chuffing-doo! That’s our childhood ruined!”

[@ironiceire]

They would probably stay within the TV system. In Ireland, the 90s host of The Den, RTE's CBBC equivalent, Ray D'arcy went on to have a more successful career outside of the Den than he did in it. He has hosted a daily radio show of some form since 1998 and had a Saturday night chat show for a while as well.

[@Benlovescheese]

I just think bbc should go streaming, I don’t think it needs to be a channel anymore outside of news. Streaming is just where the demand is and the license fee seems just an unnecessary tax in a time where nobody’s really watching the bbc.

[@Andrew-rd4ig]

CBBC everyone watched I watched it growing up and every day you wake up in the morning and you see Hacker T Dog just not having him on the TV would be just be terrible. We remember waking in the morning before school and that would be the first thing you were turned on would be CBBC after school. You come back again to watch it and don’t forget that New so you would get at 5 o’clock everyone loved that but not having it anymore. It would just be horrible and CBBC be gone. I can’t believe I’m hearing that.😳Rip 😢 sorry I forgot there are some families which don’t have Internet so they cannot be able to watch it. Just think about that as well if CBBC do go online.

[@davidjones5223]

Kunesberg , Mason sacked - 500k, and Linker put on more reasonable pay packet, you could easily save the 100 million in no time and animation - was she at ITV as I bet it will just less human content and cheap animation shows brought in like they did with CITV. But, its ok, becuase she must know what she is doing as per Tory BBC mindset she comes from the Private sector, bet the new chief isn't taking a pay cut, probably just feathering her bonus lol

[@paulkelly1726]

I am part off the ed the duck and andy peters years

[@NOON2TV]

Streaming services is trash

[@norfolkpyro1422]

As a kid I was always watching CBeebies I tried watching cbbc but couldn’t get into it

[@CaptainCharismaY2J]

Do a video on the BBC Learning Zone!!!!!!

[@TeardownReuse]

how they gonna fire my guy hacker the dog 😂 guess he's going in the cupboard with mr blobby and the rest of them

[@DoctorVision]

I felt like Oucho was underused and undervalued. I think he lasted about 3 years and was never seen again, bar special appearances. I could never take to Hacker. I found him and his sidekick Iain Stirling, extremely irritating and I've never been able to watch anything with the man in ever since (yet another reason to not watch Love Island 😂).

[@WalkmanWillWalkAllOverYou]

Got to get that S-C-O-O-P... 😭

[@MikeJenner-Jones]

Hacker the Dog is about to be put down…

[@callumnoone7127]

Well, Looks like his days and months are numbered.

[@_ed21]

hacker has to stay!!! 😭😭😭

[@timecapsule.]

I still can't believe that Hitler joke was allowed.

[@eMintCyan]

NOO 😢

[@divinechild_creativerebellion]

Hi Adam Martyn Could you do a video on The Thomas The Tank Engine 1983 Pilot.

[@georgewashington6312]

I think that they shouldn’t changed the logo 2016 it was the original thing that made me stop watching cbbc in 2016

[@richardbutler4488]

I wonder how Peggy Patch is doing these days from Playdays, she was the Tuesday Puppet Character. Otis was very entertaining too, plus the chuckle brothers were excellent all rounders, your parents could even laugh at them and they had genuine talent at what they done. 4 channel TV had bore factor for young people outside those weekend mornings and the hour or two in the afternoon and morning. Although school programs could be interesting at time, Palin adventure travel repeats were fabulous for me anyway. The most annoying show to like; was Sesame Street as Channel 4 had it on during weekday daytime; so sick kid viewing 😮 plus This Morning was always a cheeky look 👀 into adults life’s 🤭 which Richard & Judy used to mention regularly 😊 Friday Weather was always something to flick on to. It’s a pity Fred Talbot wasn’t a nice man but rather a very dirty man 👨 away from the camera 🎥

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I mean, Generation Alpha is the target age demographic for this channel (the very oldest being roughly 13 years old as of right now) so it makes sense that it is allegedly moving online only.

[@benfreeman4489]

Blue peter has been put out to tender with the tender from next year. 😊

[@tabbsytoffcl]

So would this mean Hacker is getting retired? Or will he move over to CBeebies like Dodge did a while ago. It’d be nice to still see Hacker as the “face” of CBBC after the channel closes and the Brand goes online only. I grew up with him, it’d be sad to see such a national treasure getting retired 😢

[@callumnoone7127]

Hopefully Hacker Won't Get Put Down.

[@sully.chowpaaji]

@@callumnoone7127 will hacker be getting retired or will he move over to CBeebies like dodge did a while ago.

[@gordon3178]

I used to watch cbbc when it was on bbc1 at tea time in the eighty switching between cbbc on bbc1 and citv on itv as my region was tyne tees and the last dayi watched itv and cbbc is when bbc1 and itv dropped them to become there own channels

[@a_googIeuser]

BOOOOOO!

[@garyhunt8067]

Who watches it? I'm surprised Blue Peter is still on.

[@sully.chowpaaji]

I think Blue Peter & Newsround is gonna get cancelled because of this.

[@carlbradley3627]

I watch Blue Peter and Saturday Mash-Up! which reminds me of the live Saturday morning shows we grew up with before being replaced with cooking shows.

[@sully.chowpaaji]

@@carlbradley3627 Blue Peter might get cancelled if CBBC shuts down next year with BBC4. They’ll just cancel the Blue Peter show and move that to IPlayer instead.

[@sully.chowpaaji]

@@garyhunt8067 I know Blue Peter is still going in 2024 😱 it first ran in 1958 I think but when will it end? I don’t get it?

[@Ian_Livesey]

God again? Starting to think you just put some videos out for click bait.

[@geoffwhitfield7080]

First

[@dominicturnbull2735]

Doctor who was a flop given that there was no return on it for them

[@geoffwhitfield7080]

Second

[@meridian2000]

Well I would love to see Hacker and Dodge axed for good. They are such annoying and inappropriate puppets I never thought they were right for Children's Television.

[@bananamcflurry7852]

i know this is like barely related to kids tv but tiny pop still exists on sky... i'm not sure about virgin media or freesat but it seems to be staying happily put on the sky kids package