Scheduling
The original scheduling from the mid/late 1980s consisted of a routine whereby BBC1 would broadcast a 25-minute block at around 10:00 usually including the 'main' pre-school show (Play School, then from 1988 Playbus/Playdays) and children's birthday cards, with BBC2 showing a 5-10 minute programme or programmes at around 13:00, before BBC1 ran the main afternoon block aimed at older children. Weekend programmes consisted chiefly of Saturday morning programmes on BBC1, such as Going Live!. Children's BBC would also broadcast on weekday mornings during school holidays on either BBC1 or 2, which was done under the But First This banner for a time.
This schedule altered little throughout the 1990s, with the introduction of Sunday morning programming and a full breakfast show being the only changes. The current general schedule for children's shows on BBC terrestrial TV is as follows:
- CBeebies content (under 4) from 1st December 2012 06:00 - 12:00 Saturday & Sunday 06:00 - 10.00 on BBC Two and from 06:00 - 11:30 on BBC Two weekday mornings .
- CBBC content (ages 4–12) From Ist December 2012 15:05- 17:15 on BBC One (weekdays) only Untill 20th December.
These schedules are subject to change, particularly around holiday times; the current holiday-time arrangement.
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