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slogan	Get Amongst It!
country	United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, South Africa, France, Russia
language	English, Dutch, Gaelic, Afrikaans, French, Russian
broadcast area	London, Moscow & Minsk, Canberra & Perth, Paris & Cannes, Congo & Sharm-El-Sheikh
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CBBC (a contraction of the original name, Children's BBC, short for Children's British Broadcasting Corporation) is the brand name used for the BBC's children's television programmes, and currently specifically refers to those programmes aimed at children. Prior to being refocused solely on the 6-10 group the CBBC/Children's BBC name was used to refer to all of the BBC's output for under-10s; the tightening in focus followed the launch of dedicated sub-brands for preschool-age children (CBeebies) and later for teenagers (BBC Switch).

CBBC currently broadcasts as a 12-hour-a-day digital channel (the CBBC Channel) available on most UK digital platforms from 7am to 7pm. The brand is also used for the broadcast of children's programmes on BBC One (weekday afternoons) and BBC Two (mornings, daily). CBBC programmes are also broadcast in high definition alongside other BBC content on the BBC HD channel, generally from 3:30pm to 7pm on weekends, unless the channel is covering other events. BBC-produced children's programming, in native languages of Scotland and Wales, also airs on BBC Alba and S4C respectively.

CBBC is operated by the "BBC Children's" division of the BBC's production arm BBC Vision. The division is managed in the East Tower of BBC Television Centre in London, where since 2008, continuity links have been broadcast from. BBC Children's is set to move to Salford Quays MediaCityUK development as part of the relocation of several BBC departments to the North of England in the coming years. The BBC Children's division also operates CBeebies and BBC Switch. The management structure of the division is that ultimate oversight of the wider Children's division is in the hands of the Controller of Children's, Joe Godwin (since late 2009) with creative and editorial decisions being made by a Creative Director of each of the three units; the current creative director of CBBC is Damian Kavanagh.

Some CBBC programmes are produced in London, with others coming from studio bases or other locations around the UK.

History

''Children's BBC'' was introduced on 9th September 1985 with the launch of a dedicated block of programme presentation aimed at younger viewers; previously the BBC had broadcast children's programming using BBC1's team of regular duty announcers. The launch presenter for this block, and thus the first Children's BBC presenter of the current format, was Phillip Schofield. During the 1990s, Children's BBC began to be referred to informally on-air as 'CBBC' (this occurred at around the same time that ITV's rival service "Children's ITV" began to be referred to as CITV in a similar manner). The official billing name of Children's BBC remained in place, however, until the BBC's network-wide branding refreshment of October 1997, when the official on-air branding changed to CBBC. (CITV officially adopted their short name in their own branding refresh the following year).

The first children-specific strand on BBC television was ''For The Children'', first broadcast on what was then the single 'BBC Television Service' on Saturday 24 April 1937; it was only ten minutes long. It lasted for two years before being taken off air when the service closed due to the Second World War in September 1939. Following the war, ''For The Children'' recommenced on Sunday 7th July 1946, with a twenty minute slot every Sunday afternoon and the addition of programmes for pre-school children under the banner ''For The Very Young''.

In 1952, the "For The Children" / "For The Very Young" branding was dropped; older children's programmes (such as ''Blue Peter'') would now be introduced by regular announcers whilst younger children's programming was broadcast under the ''Watch With Mother'' banner. The 1964 launch of BBC Two allowed additional room for children's programming with an edition of Play School technically being the first official programme to air on BBC Two due to a power cut blacking out most of the previous night's programming. On 1 October 1980, ''Watch With Mother'' was replaced by ''See-Saw''; five years later, it moved to BBC2.

Meanwhile, weekday afternoon children's programmes on BBC One were introduced by the usual off-screen continuity announcer, though often specially-designed menus and captions would be used. This ended on Monday 9th September 1985, when ''Children's BBC'', a new format with in-vision continuity announcers, was launched. This initially encompassed programming on BBC One between 3:50 and 5:35pm.

By the mid/late 1980s, a pattern was established whereby BBC1, following the introduction of its daytime schedules and the move of schools' programmes to BBC2, would broadcast a 25-minute block at circa 10am usually including the 'main' pre-school show ''(Play School'', then from 1988 ''Playbus''/''Playdays'') and children's birthday cards; BBC2 would show a 5-10 minute programme or programmes at circa 1pm (again aimed at preschoolers, and for a time introduced with a white-background variant of the Children's BBC logo), before BBC1 ran the main afternoon block aimed at older children. Weekend programmes consisted chiefly of Saturday morning programmes on BBC1, such as ''Going Live!''. Children's BBC would also broadcast on weekday mornings during school holidays on either BBC1 or 2.

Further changes to the schedule were rolled out during the 1990s and 2000s, including the introduction of Sunday morning programmes on BBC Two, initially in the Open University's summer break and then subsequently year-round; the introduction of a regular weekday morning 'breakfast show' format, also on Two; the relocation of the 10am pre-school slot to BBC Two and the relocation of the 1pm pre-school slot to run on BBC One at the start of the afternoon block.

The launch of digital channel BBC Choice in 1998 saw the channel broadcasting children's programming in a Saturday afternoon slot; subsequently this was replaced by the daily 6am-7pm service ''CBBC On Choice'', which aired archive pre-school programming and was itself the precursor of the current CBBC Channel and CBeebies services.

The current general schedule for children's shows on BBC terrestrial TV is as follows:

CBeebies content (ages 0–6) from 6am-7am every morning (BBC Two weekday mornings), 8.30am-11.35am (BBC Two weekdays) and 3.05-3.25pm (BBC One weekdays) varies.

CBBC content (ages 6–16) from 7am-8.30am BBC Two (weekdays), 7am-12pm BBC Two (Saturdays), 7am-10am BBC Two (Sundays) and 3.05-5.15pm BBC One (weekdays).

These schedules are subject to change, particularly around holiday times; the current holiday-time arrangement.

In 2009, a report published by the BBC Trust found that scheduling changes which took place in February 2008, where programming ended at 17:15, had led to a decrease in viewers. This was especially noticeable for Blue Peter and Newsround, two of CBBC's flagship programmes; Blue Peter is now recording its lowest viewing numbers since it started in 1958, and Newsround now receives fewer than 100,000 viewers compared to 225,000 in 2007. The changes were made following the BBC's loss of the rights to soap opera ''Neighbours'', which had for many years been broadcast between the end of CBBC and the start of the 6pm news; when the decision to move daytime editions of ''The Weakest Link'' from BBC Two to One to fill the gap, CBBC had to move to an earlier slot, as ''Weakest Link"'' is longer than ''Neighbours'' was.

Programming

CBBC produces a wide range of programme types, including drama, news, entertainment, and documentary and factual programming. CBBC therefore is often seen as offering a similar mix of formats to the wider BBC, albeit tailored to suit a young audience. ''Byker Grove'' was one of the very few shows that was not aimed at young children, rather a more teenage/young adult audience as it dealt with some controversial themes.

The longest-running CBBC programme is the magazine show ''Blue Peter''. Other notable current and former CBBC programmes include ''Grange Hill'', ''Newsround'', ''Live & Kicking'' and recent hit ''Tracy Beaker Returns''.

Presentation

From its launch in 1985 until 1994, ''Children's BBC'' was presented from the regular continuity announcer's booth in the BBC1 network control area, which had a fixed camera so that the presenter could appear in vision; as it remained an operational continuity booth, the presenter would partly direct their own links by way of vision and sound mixers built into the studio desk.

The booth became known as 'the Broom Cupboard' due to its small size (the term was first used to refer to a smaller temporary booth, but was later retroactively applied to the main booth). The plain booth wall behind the presenter would be livened up with elements of set dressing, VT monitors and pictures sent in by viewers. Occasionally, when Children's BBC was going out on BBC2 rather than 1 due to events coverage, the presenter would be located in the BBC2 continuity booth, which was not set dressed for Children's BBC, for transmission purposes.

There were two presentation studios - larger than the Broom Cupboards but smaller than full programme studios - known as Pres A and Pres B. It was not initially thought economically viable to use these for daily Children's BBC links, hence the use of the Broom Cupboard. However, by 1987 these studios were being used for the mid-morning 'birthday card' slots and weekend and holiday morning strands such as 'But First This". The main afternoon strand remained in the Broom Cupboard.

In 1994, Pres A was refurbished and became the regular home for all Children's BBC presentation including the weekday afternoon block; the presenters no longer had to self-op the broadcast equipment (although a broom cupboard-style area in the corner of Pres A contained its own mixer was used for the birthday slot and weekend mornings to save on crew), and the larger set allowed for more dynamic presentation, with more presenters, characters, features, games and guests. A new 3D version of the then logo of Children's BBC was commissioned to mark the move.

In 1997, Children's BBC moved again when 'Studio A' was decommissioned and CBBC moved to the purpose-built Studio 9 (officially 'TC9'), adjacent to the ''Blue Peter'' garden at BBC Television Centre. The first broadcasts from Studio 9 were in June 1997; this was followed in October by the launch of the new-look CBBC branding. TC9 continued to be the regular home of CBBC broadcasts on BBC One and Two until 2005 and was also used to record CBBC On Choice links between 2000 and 2002.

In 2002, TC2 became the home of CBBC Channel links, plus the channel's XChange and UK Top 40 programmes, whilst CBeebies operated from the smaller TC0. (CBeebies remained in TC0 until moving to Teddington in 2008).

In Autumn 2004 the studio arrangements for CBBC were changed again. The CBBC Channel moved from TC2 to TC9, with BBC One / Two links and the UK Top 40 show moving to TC10 - formerly news studio N1 - located on the sixth floor of TV Centre. BBC One and Two links then moved back into TC9 alongside CBBC Channel in March 2006 as the number of studios available to CBBC was reduced.

In December 2006, there was a further reduction in CBBC facilities. A CSO set was assembled in TC12, becoming the home of all CBBC links on BBC One, BBC Two and CBBC Channel until September 2007. There was also a reduction in the team of on air presenters. The last live CBBC links from TC9 were broadcast on Friday 1st December 2006; the studio was then mothballed but has since been brought back into use for individual programmes including ''TMi'' and ''SMart''.

On 3rd September 2007, the CSO studio was dropped in a relaunch which saw a small studio set built in TC12. As part of the relaunch, new logos, presenters and idents were introduced. The design of the new 'office' set has been compared to the original 'broom cupboard', though unlike the 'broom cupboard' the 'office' is not a functioning continuity suite. CBBC presentation will move from its current London base to new studios at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays on Monday 5 September 2011 as part of the relocation of the BBC's Children's department (incorporating both CBBC and CBeebies).

Current presenters

6 April 2010

Name !! Presenter since !! Days presenting !! Time presenting
Dionne 'London' Hughes	London Hughes	13 July 2010	Everyday
Dodge T. Dog	|	Everyday	8:00am - 10:30am & 4:00pm - 6:30pm

Hughes's final live link will air on 2 September 2011 at 6:30pm, her final pre-recorded link will air at 10:30am on 4 September 2011.

Absent presenters

23 May 2009 23 May 2009

Name !! Presenter since !! Reason !! Return
Chris Johnson (presenter)	Chris Johnson	10 January 2010	Currently Moving To Salford
Hacker T. Dog	|	Currently Moving To Salford	September 2011
Iain Stirling	|	Currently On Comedy Tour	September 2011

Former presenters

Former continuity presenters have included Phillip Schofield, Andy Crane, Simon Parkin, Andi Peters, Philippa Forrester, Toby Anstis, Zoë Ball, Josie D'Arby, Simeon Courtie, Kirsten O'Brien, Chris Jarvis, Ana Boulter, Angellica Bell, Andrew Hayden-Smith, Gemma Hunt, Liam Dolan, Richard McCourt, Dominic Wood, Michael Underwood, Sophie McDonnell, Matt Edmondson, Anne Foy, Simon Grant, Holly Walsh, Ed Petrie and Oucho T. Cactus.

Guest and relief continuity presenters have included Adam Fleming, Sam Nixon, Mark Rhodes and Dani Harmer.

Logos and idents

Other services

CBBC Extra

''CBBC Extra'' is a free interactive television service from CBBC provided by BBC Red Button. It is accessible from the CBBC Channel by pressing red and then selecting CBBC Extra. It can also be accessed from any other BBC channel by pressing red and going to page number 570. The service differs across digital platforms, for example digital satellite (i.e.: Sky) viewers can access a video loop. Its availability on digital terrestrial (Freeview) is dependent upon BBC Red Button not showing other interactive services, such as major sports events coverage.

CBBC Quiz

This feature allows the viewers to play a quiz. Viewers can also send in their question which could be shown to the nation. There are 5 levels, each containing 5 questions. CBBC Quiz can be found by pressing the red button on a BBC television channel and keying in page 570. Viewers then arrive at CBBC Blob Service and can then select the option that reads CBBC Quiz. Alternatively, viewers can tune in to the CBBC Channel, press the red button and select CBBC Quiz from the main menu.

CBBC website

The CBBC website provides a wide range of activities for viewers aged 6–14, such as games, videos, puzzles, printable pages, pre-moderated message boards and frequently updated news feeds.

References

External links

"And Now, For Younger Viewers..." A history of CBBC continuity from 1985 to 1994, from Off The Telly

The Broom Cupboard.co.uk, a history of CBBC continuity from 1985 to 1992, with over 150 pictures

BBC considers end of children's shows on BBC 1 (Guardian)

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name	Elisabeth Sladen
birth name	Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen
birth date	February 01, 1946
birth place	Liverpool, England, UK
death date	April 19, 2011
death place	Southall, London, England, UK
othername	Elizabeth Sladen
nationality	British
occupation	Actress, presenter, writer
yearsactive	1965–2011
spouse	Brian Miller(1968–2011: her death)
children	Sadie Miller
television	''Doctor Who''''The Sarah Jane Adventures''''K-9 and Company''''Gulliver In Lilliput''''Send In The Girls''Take My Wife''
awards	}}

Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen (1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011) was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series ''Doctor Who.'' She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, ''K-9 and Company'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''.

Early life

Sladen was the only child of Tom Sladen, who fought in World War I and served in the Home Guard during World War II. Her mother Gladys's maiden name was Trainor, which is a Northern Irish name commonly seen in Liverpool. Sladen developed an interest in performing at an early age, beginning dance lessons when she was five, and dancing in one production with the Royal Ballet. She was a primary school contemporary of future politician Edwina Currie (née Cohen), appearing in at least one school production with her. Sladen went on to the grammar school, Aigburth Vale High School for Girls.

Career

Early career

After attending the Elliott Clarke Drama School for two years, Sladen began work at the Liverpool Playhouse repertory company as an assistant stage manager.

Her first stage appearance was as a corpse in The Physicist. However, she was scolded for giggling on stage due to her future husband Brian Miller whispering the words, "Respiration nil, Aston Villa two" in her ear while he was playing a doctor. Sladen was so good as an assistant stage manager that she did not get many acting roles, a problem she solved by deliberately making mistakes on several occasions. As a result, she began to get on-stage roles again.

Sladen made her first, uncredited, screen appearance in 1965 in the film ''Ferry Cross the Mersey'' as an extra.

Sladen eventually moved into weekly repertory work, traveling to various locations in England. Sladen and Miller, now married, moved to Manchester, spending three years there. She appeared in numerous roles, most notably as Desdemona in ''Othello'', her first appearance as a leading lady. She also got the occasional part on Leeds Radio and Granada Television, eventually appearing as a barmaid in 1970 in six episodes of the long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street''. In 1971, Sladen was in a two part story of ''Z-Cars'', and in 1972 she was appeared in a play that eventually moved to London, and Sladen and Miller moved there as well. Her first television role in London was as a terrorist in an episode of ''Doomwatch'', followed by guest roles in ''Z-Cars'' (again),''Public Eye'', ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' and ''Special Branch''.

Sarah Jane Smith

In 1973, ''Doctor Who'' actress Katy Manning, who was playing the Third Doctor's assistant Jo Grant opposite Jon Pertwee, was leaving the series; ''Z-Cars'' producer Ron Craddock gave Sladen an enthusiastic recommendation to Doctor Who producer Barry Letts. Sladen arrived at the audition not knowing it was for the new companion role, and was amazed at Letts's thoroughness. She was introduced to Pertwee, whom she found intimidating at the time. As she chatted with Letts and Pertwee, each time she turned to look at one of them the other would signal a thumbs-up. She was offered and accepted the part of investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith.

Her debut story was ''The Time Warrior''. She stayed on ''Doctor Who'' for three-and-a-half seasons, alongside Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Tom Baker as the Fourth.

Sladen returned to the character of Sarah Jane Smith on numerous occasions. In 1981, new ''Doctor Who'' producer John Nathan-Turner asked her to return to the series to ease the transition between Tom Baker and new Doctor Peter Davison. She declined but accepted his second offer of doing a pilot for a spin-off series called ''K-9 and Company'', co-starring K-9, the robot dog from ''Doctor Who''. However, the pilot was not picked up for a series. Two years later Sladen appeared in the 20th anniversary special ''The Five Doctors''.

She reprised the role in the 1993 Children in Need special ''Dimensions in Time'', and in the 1995 independently produced video ''Downtime'' alongside former co-star Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield. This was her last on-screen appearance as Sarah Jane Smith for some time.

Sladen played Sarah Jane in several audio plays. Two of them were produced for BBC Radio, ''The Paradise of Death'' (Radio 5, 1993), and ''The Ghosts of N-Space'' (Radio 2, 1996), together with Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney. Big Finish Productions has also produced two series of ''Sarah Jane Smith'' audio adventures set in the present day, released in 2002 and 2006. Miller appeared in the story ''Ghost Town''. Her daughter Sadie has also appeared in the audios.

In later years, Sladen had also participated re-visiting several classic ''Doctor Who'' serials on DVD in doing audio commentaries and interviews (in the stories she starred in), but as of 2008 she stated in an interview that she was no longer doing them due to "contractual reasons with 2entertain".

Following the successful revival of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005, Sladen guest starred as Sarah Jane in "School Reunion", an episode of the 2006 series, along with David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. Sladen worked a lot of the characterisation herself - in the lead-up to the broadcast of "School Reunion" she was quoted in ''The Daily Mirror'' as saying: "Sarah Jane used to be a bit of a cardboard cut-out. Each week it used to be, 'Yes Doctor, no Doctor', and you had to flesh your character out in your mind — because if you didn't, no one else would." She also spoke favourably of the characterisation in the new series.

Following her successful appearance in the series, Sladen later starred in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', a ''Doctor Who'' spin-off focusing on Sarah Jane, produced by BBC Wales for CBBC and created by Russell T Davies. A 60-minute special aired on New Year's Day 2007, with a 10-episode series commencing broadcast in September 2007, and a second 12-episode series was broadcast in late 2008. The programme won a Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children's Drama.Sladen also read original audio stories on CD for ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'',which were released in November 2007: ''The Glittering Storm'' and ''The Thirteenth Stone''. This was the first time that BBC Audiobooks had commissioned new content for exclusive release on audio. Further pairs of audio stories were released every year until 2010, all read again by Sladen.

Sladen appeared in the final two episodes of ''Doctor Who''’s 2008 series (season 4) finale "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" and was credited in the title sequence of both episodes. Her final appearance in ''Doctor Who'' was a cameo in the concluding part of "The End of Time", Tennant's last episode as the Doctor.Just before her death, Sladen had also been interested in being involved in the ''Doctor Who'' Fourth Doctor Big Finish series. Sladen won two Cult TV Awards, in 1997 for Hall Of Fame Actress , and 2006 for Best Guest Appearance (Doctor Who:School Reunion)

Other work

Whilst Sladen was in ''Doctor Who'', she attended various public events to publicise the programme. Following her departure, Sladen largely stopped attending British events because she thought it would be bad manners to the new companions. However she attended events & conventions in the United States, where her episodes were still being shown.

After ''Doctor Who'', Sladen returned to Liverpool with her husband and performed in a series of plays. This included a two-hander with Miller in ''Mooney and his Caravans''. Notable appearances following that include a two-year stint as a presenter for the children's programme ''Stepping Stones'', a lead role with Miller playing her husband in ITV drama ''Send In The Girls'', a BBC ''Play For Today'', a role as a stand-up comic's spouse in ''Take My Wife'', and a small part in the movie ''Silver Dream Racer'' as a bank secretary in 1980, only her second film appearance.

In 1981, former ''Doctor Who'' producer Barry Letts cast her as the female lead in the BBC Classics production of ''Gulliver in Lilliput''. The character of Lady Flimnap was written for Sladen, and she said it was her favourite role.

She continued to appear in various television adverts and in another Letts production, ''Alice in Wonderland'' (playing the Dormouse).

After the birth of her daughter Sadie Miller in 1985, Sladen went into semi-retirement, placing her family first, but finding time for the occasional television appearance.

In 1991, she starred as Alexa opposite Colin Baker in ''The Stranger'' audio adventure ''The Last Mission'' for BBV Audio. Sladen also appeared in a ''Bernice Summerfield'' audio drama, Kate Orman's ''Walking to Babylon''.

Following the audio production of ''The Paradise of Death'' in 1993, Sladen restarted her regular public appearances in the United Kingdom.

In 1995, she played Dr Pat Hewland in 4 episodes of ''Peak Practice''. In 1996, she played Sophie in ''Faith in the Future'', and appeared in 15 episodes of the BBC schools programme ''Numbertime'', which was repeated annually for around ten years. This was her last television acting appearance until the 2006 ''Doctor Who'' episode "School Reunion".

In 2008–09, Sladen appeared in a panto production of ''Peter Pan'' at the Theatre Royal Windsor, playing Mrs. Darling and a beautiful mermaid.

Sladen's last fan event was at the ''British Film Institute'' on 12 Oct 2010, where there was a special showing of ''The Death Of The Doctor'', followed by a Q&A; session.

Sladen's last public appearance was at the EA ''British Academy Children's Awards'' on 28 Nov 2010.

Filmography

Television

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Personal Appearances

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Network ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | rowspan="1" | 1973 | ''Hickory House''|| Presenter || ITV || |- | rowspan="2" | 1976 | ''Nationwide''|| Herself || BBC One || |- | ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop''|| Herself || BBC One || Season 1, Episode 1. |- | rowspan="1" | 1993 | ''30 Years in the Tardis''|| Herself || BBC One || Expanded Documentary released on VHS.

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1994 | ''More Than 30 Years in the Tardis''|| Herself || UK Gold & VHS || Expanded Documentary. VHS Release. |- | rowspan="1" | 1994 | ''Unnamed chat show''|| Herself || Meridian || |- | rowspan="1" | 1997 | ''In-Vision Introductions'' || Herself || UK Gold || Introducing her Dr Who stories & "More Than 30 Years in the Tardis" |- | rowspan="3" | 2000 | ''Myth Makers Vol. 50: Elisabeth Sladen''|| Herself || Only on VHS || VHS Release only. |- | ''This Is Your Life - Tom Baker''|| Herself || BBC One || |- | ''K9 Unleashed''|| Herself || Only on VHS || VHS Release only. |- | rowspan="1" | 2002 | ''Chronotrip''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | rowspan="2" | 2003 | ''Osirian Gothic''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''The Story of Doctor Who''|| Herself || BBC One || |- | rowspan="1" | 2004 | ''Ultimate Sci-Fi Top 10''|| Herself || Sky One || TV mini-series. Episode "Top 10 Robots". |- | rowspan="1" | 2005 | ''Doctor Who Confidential''|| Herself || BBC Three || Season 1, Episode 3,4 and 12. |- | rowspan="10" | 2006 | ''Genesis of a Classic''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Blue Peter''|| Herself || BBC One ||Filmed at BBC Television Centre |- |''Doctor Who Confidential'' || Herself || BBC Three || Season 2, Episode 3. |- | ''BBC Breakfast''|| Herself || BBC One || Episode dated 27 April 2006. |- | ''Totally Doctor Who''|| Herself || BBC One || Season 1, Episode 13. |- | ''Changing Time''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Built for War ''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Blue Peter''|| Herself || BBC One ||Filmed at BBC Television Centre |- | ''Davros-DVD Box Set''|| Herself || DVD Only ||Commentary. |- | ''BBC Breakfast''||| Herself || BBC One || Episode dated 8 December 2006. |- | rowspan="9" | 2007 | ''Are Friends Electric''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Beginning the End: Making 'The Time Warrior''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Planetary Performance''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''CBBC Interview''|| Herself || CBBC ||Filmed at BBC Television Centre |- | ''Blue Peter''|| Herself || BBC One ||Filmed at BBC Television Centre |- | ''A Darker Side''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Celebration''|| Herself || Home Video Only || Documentary released onto Home video. |- | ''Teaching Awards 2007''|| Herself || BBC Two || Filmed at the London Palladium. |- | ''TMI''|| Herself || BBC Two || Filmed at the BBC television Centre. |- | rowspan="6" | 2008 |-| ''Doctor Who Confidential'' || Herself || BBC Three || Season 4, Episode 5. |- | ''GMTV''|| Herself || ITV 1 || Episode dated 27 June 2008. |- |''Doctor Who Confidential'' || Herself || BBC Three || Season 4, Episode 12. |- | ''The Alan Titchmarsh Show ''|| Herself || ITV 1 || Episode dated 29 September 2008. |- | ''TMI''|| Herself || BBC Two || Filmed at the BBC television Centre. |- | ''National Television Awards''|| Herself || ITV 1 || Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall. |- | rowspan="5" | 2009 |''Doctor Who Confidential'' || Herself || BBC Three || Season 4, Episode 15. |- |''Clash'' || Judge || BBC One || Episode 3. |- |''Doctor Who Greatest Moments'' || Herself || BBC Three || Season 1, Episode 2 "The Companions". |- |''Doctor Who Greatest Moments'' || Herself || BBC Three || Season 1, Episode 4 "Donna ". |- | ''The Wright Stuff''|| Guest Panelist|| Channel 5 || |- | rowspan="3" | 2010 | ''Sam & Mark's TMi Friday''|| Herself || CBBC || Filmed at the BBC television Centre. |- | ''Sidekick Stories''|| Herself || BBC Four || |- | ''The Wright Stuff''|| Guest Panelist|| Channel 5 || |- |}

Tribute

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Network ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | rowspan="1" | 2011 | ''My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen ''|| CBBC ||Archive footage. |}

Film

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | rowspan="1" | 1965 | ''Ferry Cross the Mersey''|| Uncredited || |- | rowspan="1" | 1980 | ''Silver Dream Racer''|| Bank Secretary || |}

Radio and CD audio drama

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Author ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Radio Station/Production Company ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Release/Air Date |- | rowspan="2" | 1976 | ''Exploration Earth: The Time Machine''|| Sarah Jane Smith|| Bernard Venables||BBC Radio 4||4 October 1976 |- | ''Doctor Who and the Pescatons''|| Sarah Jane Smith|| Victor Pemberton||BBC Audio|| July 1976 (LP Release) |- | rowspan="1" | 1993 | ''The Paradise of Death''|| Sarah Jane Smith|| Barry Letts||BBC Radio 5||27 August 1993 - 24 September 1993 |- | rowspan="1" | 1994 | ''Sir Colin's New Clothes''||Narrator ||Chris Allen||BBC Radio 4||30 March 1994 |- | rowspan="1" | 1996 |''The Ghosts of N-Space''||Sarah Jane Smith ||Barry Letts||BBC Radio 2||20 January - 24 February 1996 |- | rowspan="1" | 1998 |''Bernice Summerfield -Walking To Babylon''||Ninan-ashtammu ||Kate Orman||Big Finish Productions||20 January - November 1998 |- | rowspan="1" | 2001 |''The Actor Speaks: Elisabeth Sladen''||Interviewee || N/A||MJTV||November 2001 |- | rowspan="5" | 2002 |''Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback''||Sarah Jane Smith ||Terrance Dicks||Big Finish Productions||31 May 2002 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: The TAO Connection''||Sarah Jane Smith ||Barry Letts||Big Finish Productions||8 August 2002 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: Test Of Nerve''||Sarah Jane Smith ||David Bishop||Big Finish Productions||5 September 2002 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: Ghost Town''||Sarah Jane Smith ||Rupert Laight||Big Finish Productions||10 October 2002 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre''||Sarah Jane Smith ||Peter Anghelides||Big Finish Productions||7 November 2002 |- | rowspan="1" | 2003 |''Doctor Who: Zagreus''||Miss Lime ||Alan Barnes & Gary Russell||Big Finish Productions||20 January - November 2003 |- | rowspan="3" | 2005 |''Doctor Who at the BBC: A Time Travelling Journey Through the BBC Archives'||Narrator ||Michael Stevens||AudioGO Ltd||19 January 2005 |- |''Doctor Who at the BBC, Volume 2'||Narrator ||Michael Stevens||AudioGO Ltd||29 April 2005 |- |''Doctor Who at the BBC, Volume 3'||Narrator ||Michael Stevens||AudioGO Ltd||24 October 2005 |- | rowspan="4" | 2006 |''Sarah Jane Smith: Buried Secrets''||Sarah Jane Smith ||David Bishop||Big Finish Productions||January 2006 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: Snow Blind''||Sarah Jane Smith ||David Bishop||Big Finish Productions|| February 2006 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: Fatal Consequences''||Sarah Jane Smith ||David Bishop||Big Finish Productions||March 2006 |- |''Sarah Jane Smith: Dreamland''||Sarah Jane Smith ||David Bishop||Big Finish Productions||April 2006 |- | rowspan="3" | 2007 |''Doctor Who at the BBC: The Tenth Doctor'||Narrator ||Andrew Pixley||BBC Audiobooks||17 September 2007 |- | ''The Glittering Storm''|| Narrator || Stephen Cole ||BBC Audiobooks || 5 November 2007 |- | ''The Thirteenth Stone''|| Narrator || Justin Richards || BBC Audiobooks ||5 November 2007 |- | rowspan="2" | 2008 | ''The Time Capsule''|| Narrator || Peter Anghelides ||BBC Audiobooks ||13 November 2008 |- | ''The Ghost House''|| Narrator || Stephen Cole ||BBC Audiobooks ||3 November 2008 |- | rowspan="3" | 2009 | ''Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders''|| Narrator || Gary Russell ||BBC Audiobooks ||4 June 2009 |- | ''The White Wolf''|| Narrator || Terrance Dicks ||BBC Audiobooks ||3 September 2009 |- | ''The Shadow People''|| Narrator || Scott Handcock ||BBC Audiobooks ||3 September 2009 |- | rowspan="3" | 2010 |''Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn'||Narrator ||Andrew Pixley|| BBC Audiobooks||4 February 2010 |- | ''Wraith World''|| Narrator || Cavan Scott & Mark Wright ||BBC Audiobooks ||7 October 2010 |- | ''Deadly Download''|| Narrator || Jason Arnopp ||BBC Audiobooks ||7 October 2010 |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ''Children of Steel''||Narrator || TBA ||BBC Audiobooks ||6 October 2011 |- | ''Judgement Day''||Narrator || TBA ||BBC Audiobooks ||6 October 2011 |}

Autobiography

An Autobiography called "Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography" is due to be released 25 April 2012 by Aurum Press Ltd.

Personal life

Sladen married actor Brian Miller in 1968 in Liverpool.

As a child, her daughter, Sadie, appeared alongside Sladen in the 1993 documentary, ''Thirty Years in the TARDIS'', wearing a replica of the Andy Pandy overalls Sladen wore in ''The Hand of Fear''.

Death

Sladen died early on 19 April 2011, after having had cancer for several months. Sladen's death was reported on the BBC 1 Ten O'Clock News, and the front page of the Daily Mirror, The Sun and the Liverpool Echo. The first episode of series six of ''Doctor Who'', "The Impossible Astronaut", was aired on the Saturday following Sladen's death; the episode opened with a screen dedicating the episode to the memory of Elisabeth Sladen. Directly after, a special programme called ''My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen'' was aired on CBBC. ''The Hand of Fear'' was also shown on BBC Four as a tribute. At the BAFTAs, during the film clips of people who had died in the past year, Sladen was the final person to be shown.

References

External links

Online TV Interview on Liverpool Reporter hosted by Jonathan Thompson with Elisabeth Sladen in 2006

BBC Norfolk webTV: Elisabeth Sladen previews the Sarah Jane Adventures

BBC Norfolk webTV: Lis Sladen reflects on School Reunion - October 2006

BBC Norfolk webTV: Elisabeth Sladen interview from April 2006

BBC confirm return of Sarah Jane Smith

Interview from 2001 →

Den of Geek interview with Elisabeth Sladen

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Name	Phillip Schofield
Birth name	Phillip Bryan Schofield
Birth date	April 01, 1962
Birth place	Oldham, Lancashire, England
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	English
Television	Presenting:
Years active	since 1982
Employer	ITV
Occupation	Broadcaster
Height
Spouse
Children	2 daughters }}

Phillip Bryan Schofield (born 1 April 1962) is an English broadcaster and television personality best known for presenting shows such as ''This Morning'', ''Dancing on Ice'', various game shows including ''The Cube''.

Early life and career

Schofield was born in the Lancashire town of Oldham. He grew up and was educated in Newquay, Cornwall. When he was 15, his first foray into media was a Sunday show on Hospital Radio Plymouth. After many years of writing letters to the BBC, at 17 he took up the position of bookings clerk for BBC Radio at Broadcasting House in London, where he was, at the time, the youngest employee.

Television

Aged 19, Schofield moved with his family to New Zealand, where he made his television debut presenting the children's music programme ''Shazam!'' on 23 February 1982. He also spent two years working for the Auckland-based station Radio Hauraki.

In 1985, Schofield returned to England, where he became the first in-vision continuity presenter for Children's BBC on weekdays for two years from September 1985. He left the "Broom Cupboard" to present ''Going Live!'' on Saturday mornings between September 1987 and April 1993.

He then moved to adult-orientated TV with various programmes for ITV, such as ''Schofield's Quest'', ''Schofield's TV Gold'' and ''Ten Ball''. From 1994 to 1997, Schofield presented ''Talking Telephone Numbers'' for five series, and the ''National Lottery Winning Lines'' programme for BBC One between June 2001 and October 2004.

His two current assignments with ITV1 are as co-presenter of daytime TV talk-show, ''This Morning'' (since 3 September 2002) and as co-presenter of the BAFTA-nominated celebrity reality television show ''Dancing on Ice'' (since 2006) alongside Holly Willoughby. Also, All Star Mr & Mrs with Fern Britton.

Following the success of that show, and his continued spot on ''This Morning'', ITV signed Schofield to an exclusive two-year contract (a so-called 'golden handcuffs' deal) in July 2006, alleged to be worth £5 million.

The exclusive deal also meant he could no longer present the BBC nationwide quiz ''Test the Nation'', which he had presented for fifteen editions with Anne Robinson between 2002 and 2006. Schofield was replaced by Danny Wallace.

During the run of the ITV reality show ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', Schofield co-hosted the new ITV1 spin-off series ''I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive'' with Sheree Murphy. He has also presented two series of ''Have I Been Here Before?'', a programme in which a celebrity attempts to use regression to get in touch with a previous life.

On 23 February 2007, Schofield celebrated his 25th anniversary as a television presenter. A surprise feature on ''This Morning'' showed highlights of his career, along with tributes from his parents, Pat and Brian; wife since 1993, Stephanie (née Lowe); daughters Ruby and Molly; and brother, Tim. At the conclusion of the tribute, Gordon the Gopher, on the beach at his "retirement clinic" in Hawaii, was blown up via a detonator manned by Fern Britton.

On 1 May 2008 Schofield's father, Brian, died due to a long-standing heart condition, which led to Schofield taking a break from presenting ''This Morning''. John Barrowman stood in for him until his return.

In April 2008, Phillip and his colleague, Fern Britton, presented a revival of the ITV show ''Mr and Mrs''. A celebrity version, it aired as a six-part series on Saturday nights. Following successful ratings, a second series was commissioned and aired in Spring 2009.

Schofield now presents the Sunday night show, ''The Cube'', where contestants are given difficult and brain-straining tests. They face the 'Cube' to win up to £250,000.

Filmography

Schofield plays Moody Margaret's Dad in Horrid Henry the Movie.

Radio

During the same period Schofield was presenting ''Going Live!'', he was also broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 with a Sunday show (also called ''Going Live'').

When Radio 1 made the switch from medium wave to full use of FM stereo in 1988, Schofield was one of the presenters chosen to help with the launch by officiating at the turning on of the Southend transmitter. During his 2005 appearance on ''Room 101'', Schofield recalled how a large crowd gathered in expectation of Simon Mayo arriving by helicopter to turn on the transmitter. Due to a miscommunication, however, Mayo instead flew to Norwich. Realising the crowd would be disappointed by Mayo's failure to appear, Schofield and an unnamed producer fled in a Radio 1 outside broadcast vehicle without revealing the bad news and leaving the crowd - which included the town's mayor - still watching the sky. For this reason, and as a result of a later incident involving wing walking on a plane leaving Southend Airport, Schofield chose Southend as one of his pet hates for the programme.

At 10 am on 28 February 2010, he launched Radio Plymouth in Devon. He is an investor in the station along with several individuals and the Sunrise Radio Group.

Theatre

Schofield elected to try his hand at theatre, and took over the role of Joseph in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat'' from Jason Donovan on the West End stage. As a consequence, he achieved a moderately-placed single in the UK charts with ''Close Every Door''. Another theatre production he was involved in was ''Dr Dolittle''.

Gordon the Gopher

Schofield was accompanied by Gordon the Gopher, a hand puppet, in his Children's BBC and ''Going Live!'' days. Gordon is often mentioned, and sometimes appears, on Schofield's TV interviews, usually as a joke or novelty. When Schofield appeared on ''Room 101'', Gordon was the first thing Schofield asked to be interred there - however, the audience took the side of the rodent. His four choices for inclusion were Gordon the Gopher (rejected), rooks (accepted), Southend-on-Sea (accepted) and satellite navigation systems (accepted).

Personal life

Schofield married Stephanie Lowe in March 1993, a BBC Production Assistant whom he met during his time at BBC Children's Television. The couple have two daughters, Ruby and Molly, and live near Henley-on-Thames.

To keep in shape, apart from breakfast he only eats one meal a day: }}

Schofield drinks and collects Bordeaux wines, an interest kindled by friend Jason Donovan. Asked in 1992 to introduce a compilation video for Donovan, as a friend Schofield refused to accept payment. Stock, Aitken and Waterman sent him two cases of Burgundy with a set of tasting notes: 1990 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières and 1990 Gevrey-Chambertin from Louis Jadot. He joined the Wine Society two years later.

Schofield is a patron of the charity CHASE hospice care for children, who offer help and support to children and their families who are not expected to reach their 19th birthday. In conjunction with rose specialist C&K; Jones, he launched the Schofield rose in support of CHASE at Gardeners World June 2006. Each rose sold retail attracts a donation to CHASE.

Schofield is an ambassador to children's charity Kidscape

References

External links

Official web sites

Phillip Schofield's Official website

Phillip Schofield at itv.com

Category:English television presenters Category:English radio DJs Category:People from Newquay Category:People from Oldham Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Dancing on Ice participants Category:English television personalities