The Cool Stuff Collective
| The Cool Stuff Collective |
The Cool Stuff Collective Logo |
| Genre |
Children's television |
| Starring |
Vicky Letch
The Blowfish |
| Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
| Language(s) |
English |
| No. of series |
3 |
| No. of episodes |
37 (10/12/11) |
| Production |
| Location(s) |
London, England, UK (Series 1 & 2), Various Locations (Series 3-present) |
| Running time |
30mins |
| Production company(s) |
Archie Productions (CITV) |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel |
ITV Network (CITV) |
| Original run |
13 September 2010 – present |
| External links |
| Website |
The Cool Stuff Collective is a British children's television programme, which airs as part of ITV's children's strand CITV. The show is presented by Vicky Letch and The Blowfish (previously Sy Thomas in the first two series) and features reviews of the latest and forthcoming video games, film releases, gadgets, etc. The show premiered on 13 September 2010. The third and latest series launched on 15 October 2011.
Presenters
- Sy Thomas (Series 1-2)
- Vicky Letch (Series 3-present)
- The Blowfish (Series 3-present)
Features
Current Features
The programme features the following:
- Cool News — The presenter(s) read out the latest news of forthcoming gadgets and videos games etc.
- Future Technology/Ian's world — Resident technical geek Ian Hughes shows the presenter(s) some futuristic gadgets.
Past Features
- Movie Monkey review, in which regular character Monkey provides a grunted review and banana score on a mainstream film release.
- Sy Sy's It Up — This is where Sy Thomas provides a personal in-depth review of some latest console games.
- Destruction Den — A gadget is tested in unusual ways to determine its indestructible claims.
- Cool Stuff Committee — A panel of children from different schools are able to test and present their findings on a set of gadgets.
- Retro — A gadget toy from the past is relaunched with celebration and partying.
- Toy heaven — Sy Thomas plays a character of Father Cool and presents a eulogy to a previous popular toy which is then removed from the set.
- Can Mum Work it? — A mum is challenged to operate a current gadget in a 60-second challenge.
- Star in a Radio Controlled Car — Celebrities are asked to compete setting a time on an obstacle course with a remote control car. In the second series, the car has been replaced with a helicopter with which they have to fly through a series of hoops, it is now called The Chopper Challenge.
Controversy
In 2011, the programme was found to have breached Ofcom's rules on product placement.[1] Ofcom stated that many of the items featured on the show ended with "overt encouragements" to consider purchase of the product.
Series guide
| Series |
Premiere |
Last in series |
Episodes |
| 1 |
13 September 2010 |
13 December 2010 |
14 |
| 2 |
29 January 2011 |
30 April 2011 |
14 |
| 3 |
15 October 2011 |
? |
? |
References
External links