New video series - Kids TV shows you may have forgotten!

One thing I am fascintated by is looking back on or talking about TV shows which aired on the likes of CITV, CBBC, Milkshake etc etc. Which for whatever reason don't seem to be as well remembered as the likes of Art Attack, Chucklevision, Fun House and stuff like that. This may be for various reasons such as not running for very long, having little to no reruns or no home video releases. 

I have decided to start a video series on this topic. Here's part 1 and part 2 is definitely in production. I'm not sure how many I'll do, I'm thinking about 5 or 6. They'll be occasional, every month or two I'm looking at. 

Here's part 1, featuring the likes of Snug & Cozi, Against All Odds and Out of Sight. Enjoy!

Jack's Throwback Attack Podcast - S4 E3 - A Chat With Nigel Mitchell

 

It's podcast time once again and this time it's a chat with Nigel Mitchell!

 

Jack's Throwback Attack · S4 E3 - A Chat With Nigel Mitchell

You can also listen to the chat on Youtube, Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts. 

Nigel was lucky enough to start his career while he was still at school. Presenting for the UK version of Nickelodeon in the mid 90's where he stayed for the next two years. 

Nigel in his Nickelodeon days.

In 1997, he made his first appearance on CITV on the magazine show Sticky which was an attempt to rival Blue Peter over on CBBC. A trial run was aired for eight weeks before never returning. However this wasn't to be Nigel's only foray on terrestrial kids TV...

In the meantime Nigel started presenting for the UK version of The Disney Channel. Something he continued to do for eight years. Starting in 1997 and leaving in 2005. A long side this he was able to take part in his original love of radio, presenting on Capital Disney for a number of years. 

His other ventures on CITV included being part of the presenting team for the second series of Mad For It in the year 2000. The following year he presented the game show Twister which was an attempt to refresh the Fun House format, however it would only run for a single series. 

Since his days in kids TV, Nigel has presented for the Sky channel Film 24 and also presented The Hub on ITV's This Morning. To this day, for a number of years Nigel has been the pitch side reporter for Arsenal FC. 

You can follow him on Twitter.