Saturday Superstore

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Saturday Superstore
Format	Children's
Starring	Mike Read Sarah Greene (series 2-5) Keith Chegwin John Craven Phillip Hodson Maggie Philbin (series 1) Crow
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	5
Production
Running time	3hrs 15mins
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC1
Picture format	4:3
Original run	2 October 1982 – 18 April 1987

Saturday Superstore was a children's television series, broadcast on BBC One from 1982 until 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin and John Craven. The show was very similar to its predecessor Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.

A regular spot on the show was their children's talent show "Search for a Superstar". The winner of the 1986 search were Claire and friends spawning the top twenty hit "It's 'orrible being in love (when you're eight and a half)".

Amongst its most memorable moments were the pop group Matt Bianco being verbally abused by a phone-in caller [1] and The Flying Pickets offering as a competition prize a tea-towel bearing the face of Karl Marx.

The presenters released a single entitled "Two Left Feet", though it failed to chart. The theme tune, entitled "Down At The Superstore", was also released by The Assistants, consisting of Dave Edmund, B. A. Robertson, Cheryl Baker, Junior and Suzi Quatro.

Then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appeared in one show in 1987 leading up to that year's election campaign, making the newspaper headlines when she was repeatedly asked by a girl "where will you be if nuclear war breaks out?".

1 Presenters
2 It Started With Swap Shop
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Presenters

Mike Read
Sarah Greene
John Craven
Keith Chegwin
David Icke (1982-3)
Vicky Licorish (1985-7)

Mike Smith stood in for Mike Read for one show in 1983, broadcast from the Play School studio during a strike.

The team were regularly joined by a large puppet called Crow, with his much smaller nephew Malcolm appearing in later series.

In later series agony uncle Phillip Hodson joined the team.

[edit] It Started With Swap Shop

Saturday Superstore had its own section of the BBC's It Started With Swap Shop in 2006. It featured Keith Chegwin chatting to Mike Read and Crow. Mike Read, John Craven and Keith Chegwin took part in the 'Now That's What I Call Saturday Mornings Quiz' for the Saturday Superstore part of the show and a selection of clips from the show were shown.