Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
BBC children's television series (1976–1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known simply as Swap Shop, is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1976 to 27 March 1982. It was groundbreaking in many ways: by broadcasting on Saturday mornings, being live, being three hours in length, and using the phone-in format extensively for the first time on TV.
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Genre | Children's |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 6 |
No. of episodes | 146 |
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Production location | BBC Television Centre[1] |
Running time | 150–180 minutes |
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Network | BBC One |
Release | 2 October 1976 (1976-10-02) – 27 March 1982 (1982-03-27) |
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The show rivalled the growing success of rival broadcaster ITV's Tiswas, though the latter was initially only broadcast in the ATV region in the Midlands and, at the time of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop's inception, had yet to be taken up by other ITV franchises around the country.