SMTV Live [SEP] original network
SMTV Live
SMTV Live (an abbreviation of Saturday Morning Television Live), also stylised as SM:tv LIVE, and in early promotional material SMTV://live, is a British Saturday morning children's television programme, first broadcast on ITV on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003.
On the surface, the programme did not seem to stray away from the format of other Saturday morning output, featuring an audience of children, competitions and cartoons, though it constantly won in ratings battles with the BBC's "
in 2002 to focus on presenting BBC talent show "Fame Academy", leaving "SMTV" with none of its original presenters. For the remainder of the programme, it was hosted by a string of other people, including Steps members H Watkins and Claire Richards, "Big Brother" winner Brian Dowling, Tess Daly, comedian Des Clarke, New Zealand actress Shavaughn Ruakere and magician Stephen Mulhern.
Sketches.
"SMTV Live" featured many sketches, many of which parodying popular TV shows of the time, some