Studio Disney UK

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Studio Disney
The final logo while Studio Disney was on air. The show was on the Disney Channel Network.
Genre	Children's Television
Starring	Nigel Mitchell Emma Lee Jean Anderson James McCourt Ollie of Freefaller Jemma Forte Mark Rumble Amy Garcia
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	Chiswick,London
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	Usual: 4 Hours
Broadcast
Original channel	Disney Channel UK
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original run	1st April 1996 – 1st July 2005
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

[edit] Live Presentation

Until recently, live presentation was an important feature of Disney Channel UK. The best known example of this launched in September 1997 as Disney Channel UK Live, and relaunched as Studio Disney on 23 April 2001. Presenters included: Nigel Mitchell, Emma Lee, Jean Anderson, Mark Rumble, Amy Garcia, Ollie from Freefaller, James McCourt, Jemma James, now - Jemma Forte. Studio Disney ran on weekdays, usually from 4pm to 7pm, in direct competition with similar services offered by CBBC, CITV and Nickelodeon UK. The show featured a team of between two and six presenters who came on air between programmes, giving viewers the opportunity to call in, interact and win prizes. Studio Disney also produced many of its own short programmes, including Wish Upon a Star and Junior Journo, which were aired during the block itself and between programmes at other times. Studio Disney bowed out on 1 July 2005, in line with the disappearance of afternoon in-vision presentation on CITV and Nickelodeon the previous year and leaving the channel with a format similar to that of its American counterpart.

The live presentation of the show, would also run competitions in which viewers could win holidays, and other prizes. Special holiday competitions would be run, New Year, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, etc.

(i.e Mother's Day - Competition of 2003 involved Emma Lee surprising four entrants and their mothers to a special get-away. (i.e Father's Day - Competition of 2004 involved James McCourt and Nigel Mitchell treating one lucky dad to a day at Silverstone Grand Prix track.

At other times of day, pre-recorded presentation was used, typically recorded in such a manner that viewers would believe that it was live. An example of this was breakfast segment Up (and later called Zoom!), which was hosted out-of-vision by Capital Disney presenter, and managing director Will Chambers. Another example originated from the Monster March event that ran throughout March 2002, during which the schedule featured many monster-themed shows and movies. Pre-recorded sketches featuring a Mexican dinosaur puppet named Raoul were inserted between programmes, and as this proved popular^{[citation needed]}, Raoul was given a number of his own segments on the channel over the next few years, including The Raoul Show, Good Morning Raoul and The Raoul Summer. The best sketches from The Raoul Show were made into a series of short programmes entitled The Best of Raoul. Raoul was even the subject of a question on the 20th Anniversary edition of Trivial Pursuit [1].

Disney Channel UK also held an annual awards ceremony called the Disney Channel Kids Awards. The categories were centred around music, sport, television and film. The winners in each category were voted for by viewers online. The ceremonies, hosted by Studio Disney presenters, were held at The Royal Albert Hall and London Arena. These were broadcast on Disney Channel UK and Channel Five and featured performances from popular music artists.