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CITV

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CITV logo from 2026

CITV (formerly known as Watch It!) (Short for Children's ITV) is a British programming block and, a television channel. It was broadcast by Sky Digital, Virgin Media, and Freesat. It was launched on 17 December 1981 as Watch It! until 3 January 1983 as Children's ITV. It became available on Freeview in May 2006. It was also released on Sky in May and NTL on 6 June. Both the analogue and the Sky versions were released on Virgin Media's Virtual Menu on 19 May 2007. The analogue version was removed from the platform in 2011 and only the Sky version remained available on the platform's Virtual Menu. Today, it is a programming block on ITV2, replacing teleshopping.

At 9:00 AM on 30 June 1995 the CITV channel stopped broadcasting on ITV1 (playing TV shows) But It Returned On June 6, 2025.[1][2][3]

Programming

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Some of the programmes shown on CITV were Horrid Henry, Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, Thunderbirds Are Go, and Sooty. A number of other programmes are sourced from different broadcasters internationally.

Current Programmes

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  • Badjelly

° Jurassic World Chaos Theory (also on Disney XD and Breakfast in CITV)


Former Programmes

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References

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  1. ↑ "CITV channel closes as ITVX Kids streaming service launches". BBC Newsround. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "ITV children's channel CITV will close in September". Digital Spy. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Is CITV shutting down? ITV children's channel to close as ITVX Kids launches online - what shows will be on it". Yahoo News. 20 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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