Live & Kicking
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- For the Australian series, see Live And Kicking.
| Live & Kicking | |
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 Live & Kicking Logo |
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| Genre | Children's |
| Starring | Andi Peters Emma Forbes John Barrowman Trevor and Simon Don Austen John Eccleston Jamie Theakston Zoe Ball Steve Wilson Emma Ledden Katy Hill Sarah Cawood Trey Farley Heather Suttie Phillip Hodson Peter Simon |
| Narrated by | Mitch Johnson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Claire Mundell |
| Running time | 3 hours 15 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | October 2, 1993 – September 15, 2001 |
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| TV.com summary | |
Live & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning variety programme, running from 1993 to 2001.
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[edit] Features
It was aimed at young people and it included a mix of competitions, comedy, music and cartoons such as the Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and The Simpsons. From 1993 until 1999, there was a showbiz segment called the Electric Circus and was presented by people such as John Barrowman, Dannii Minogue and Gail Porter.
As well as being a Saturday morning children's show, Live and Kicking launched a music CD, comprising of the best music that artists had sung live on the programme. A spin-off CD-ROM game called Live and Kicking: Make Your Own Show was also created, where the user could combine elements of the show to create their own television production on a small scale.
For series 5 and 6, there was a short version of the show that aired on Friday afternoons called L & K Friday, but this was cancelled after two series. The regular Saturday presenters, Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball did the first series.
One of the last features was L & K Castaway, which was similar to the BBC reality show Castaway.
[edit] Presenters
- John Barrowman Series 1 (1993-1994)
- Emma Forbes Series 1-3 (1993-1996)
- Andi Peters Series 1-3 (1993-1996)
- Zoe Ball Series 4-6 (1996-1999)
- Jamie Theakston Series 4-6 (1996-1999)
- Emma Ledden Series 7 (1999-2000)
- Steve Wilson Series 7 (1999-2000)
- Sarah Cawood Series 8 (2000-2001)
- Ortis Deley Series 8 (2000-2001)
- Trey Farley Series 8 (2000-2001)
- Katy Hill Series 8 (2000 - April 2001)
- Heather Suttie Series 8 (April-September 2001)
[edit] Demise
The reason for the axing was blamed on an increasing loss of viewers to ITV's SMTV Live but another contributing factor was the sheer number of viewers lost during the summer period before the re-launch of the programme with the show FBi (Fully Booked Interactive), which filled in the Saturday slot as a replacement to the BBC Scotland programme Fully Booked[citation needed].
[edit] L&K Magazine
Since The Start of Live & Kicking The Have Started L&K Magazine a Monthly Magazine Until January 2000
[edit] Replacement
The show was replaced by The Saturday Show, fronted by Dani Behr and Joe Mace, which was shown all year round until September 2003 when it began an Autumn/Winter-Spring/Summer loop with Dick and Dom In Da Bungalow.
| Preceded by Going Live! |
Live & Kicking 1993–2001 |
Succeeded by The Saturday Show |
[edit] External links
- Live and Kicking at Saturday Mornings
