Milkshake!

Milkshake!
Starring	Naomi Wilkinson Kemi Majeks Beth Evans Jen Pringle Derek Moran Amy Thompson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	approx. 3 hours (Five), 6 hours (Fiver)
Broadcast
Original channel	Five/Fiver
Original run	1997 – Present

Milkshake! is a television programming block on Five for children 2 to 7 years old. The strand debuted in 1997, and is broadcast on weekdays and Sundays from 6.00am to 9.00am. On Saturdays, the strand broadcast from 7.00am to 10:00am. Presentation links for Milkshake! are broadcast live from Five's headquarters in London.

Milkshake! is also broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays on digital channel Fiver between 6:00am and 11:45am. Milkshake! is a firm favorite with young kids.

Milkshake! will be also having its own TV channel. This is a response to the BBC launching the CBBC Channel and CBeebies in 2002 and ITV launching the CITV Channel in 2006. ^[1] However since this statement was made no other information regarding this channel has been released.

Programming

Current programmes

• Milkshake! Musicbox
• The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky
• Angels of Jarm
• The Ant and the Aardvark (as part of the New Pink Panther Show)
• Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
• Bird Bath
• Chiro and Friends
• Ebb and Flo
• Elmo's World
• Fifi and the Flowertots
• Fireman Sam
• Franny's Feet
• Funky Valley
• Gerald McBoing Boing (not often showing)
• Hana's Helpline
• Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
• Jay Jay the Jet Plane
• Little Lodgers
• Little Princess
• Make Way for Noddy
• The Milkshake! Show
• The Milky and Shake Show
• Mio Mao
• Mist: Sheepdog Tales
• The Mr. Men Show
• Olivia
• Oswald (only on fiver)
• Peppa Pig
• The New Pink Panther Show
• PLAY!
• Pocoyo
• Roary the Racing Car
• Rolie Polie Olie
• Roobarb and Custard Too
• Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...
• Sandy and Mr Flapper (off air)
• Softies
• Thomas and Friends
• Tickle, Patch and Friends

Past programmes

• A House That's Just Like Yours
• Babar
• Bagpuss
• Barney & Friends
• Beachcomber Bay
• Bear in the Big Blue House
• Big School (on fiver) / (re-airing)
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (weekends)
• Clangers
• Dappledown Farm
• Fat Dog Mendoza
• Franklin (re-airing)
• Funky Town (re-airing)
• George Shrinks (weekends)
• Happy Monsters
• Havakazoo
• Hi-5
• Kablam
• Knight Rider (weekends)
• The Loggerheads
• Max Steel
• Mr. Men and Little Miss
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (not often)
• Muppet Babies
• Redwall
• The Powerpuff Girls
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Sailor Sid (not often)
• Stickin' Around
• The Save-Ums (not often)
• What-a-Mess
• Wimzie's House
• The Secret of Eel Island

News bulletins

Between 1997 and 2000, the strand featured a news update from ITN's Five News on weekdays at 8:00am.

Currently, the first hour of milkshake! on the main channel on weekends is occupied by Sky News Sunrise.

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:

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

Former presenters

References

External links

• Milkshake at five.tv