| Get Fresh | |
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| Format | Children's magazine |
| Starring | Gareth Jones Charlotte Hindle Gilbert the Alien |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 71 (Series 1: 20 editions; Series 2: 29 editions (10 on Sundays); Series 3 42 editions (21 on Sundays) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Janet Street-Porter Tim Edmunds Mike Forte |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 3 May 1986 – 28 August 1988 |
Get Fresh was a children's television programme that ran from 1986 to 1988 in the United Kingdom.
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Broadcast on the Children's ITV network, the show starred Gareth Jones (aka Gaz Top), Charlotte Hindle, and a puppet named Gilbert the Alien (voiced by Phil Cornwell). Each week the series would be broadcast from a different location and centred around the Millenium Dustbin, a fictional space ship in which the presenters would travel the country.[1] The show featured the animated series The Centurions and The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.[2]
Get Fresh Sunday was a pre-recorded Sunday morning edition of the show also presented by Gaz, Charlotte and Gilbert This spin-off featured The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin and Gummi Bears and studio-based interviews and features and was more item based than the activity driven Saturday live show.
Gilbert later featured in a further two series for Tyne Tees Television, Gilbert's Fridge and Gilbert's Late in 1988 and 1990 respectively.
The series was produced chiefly by Tyne Tees Television in conjunction with several ITV regional stations including Border Television, Television South West, Ulster Television, Channel Television and Grampian Television.
The Sunday edition of the programme was produced solely by Border Television.
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