Milkshake!

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Milkshake! is a television programming block on Channel 5, aimed at children 2 to 7 years old. The strand debuted in 1997 and is broadcast on weekdays from 06:00 to 09:00, and from 07:00 to 10:00 on weekends. Sunday and Monday Mornings its broadcast 05:00 to 09:15/10:00. It used to air on 5* between 09:00 and 13:00 each day until April 2011 when it was replaced by teleshopping. Presentation links for Milkshake! are broadcast live from Channel 5's headquarters in London.

Milkshake! is also available on demand via BT Vision.

Programming

Current programmes

Past programmes

News bulletins

Between 1997 and 2000, the strand featured a news update from ITN's 5 News on weekdays at 08:00.

Presenters

In-vision continuity presenters have been utilised by Milkshake since the strand began in 1997. The original presenters were Konnie Huq and Lucy Alexander. Huq was replaced by former Nickelodeon presenter Eddie Matthews when she left the strand to join the BBC as a Blue Peter presenter.

The current presenting line up consists of:

• Kemi Majeks (1999–present)
• Derek Moran (2007-present)
• Jennifer Pringle (2006–present)
• Amy Thompson (2009-present)

Former presenters

• Lucy Alexander (1997–2001)
• Emilia Coxe (2002)
• Philip Ercolano (2002)
• Beth Evans (2004-2010)
• Konnie Huq (1997)
• Eddie Matthews (1998–2005)
• Andrew McEwan (2006–2007)
• Dave Payne (2007-2009)
• Naomi Wilkinson (2000-2010)
• Hannah Williams (2006-2009)

Relief and freelance presenters have also anchored Milkshake continuity links including Quizmania devisor/producer Chuck Thomas and actress Casey-Lee Jolleys.

References

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External links

• Milkshake! at Channel5.com.

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