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Children’s TV seemed to suffer massively during COVID, and we’re now at the point where the majority of channels you’ve mentioned are closing/closed.

I remember reading a tweet from Paul Rose (who wrote 4 O’Clock Club, a CBBC show that ran for 9 years until it was cancelled because of the pandemic), who said that it’s almost impossible now for the BBC to create shows like 4 O’Clock Club without third-party investment/co-productions.

Sam & Mark also split up recently because of similar challenges within the childrens TV industry and their revival of Crackerjack ended, and apparently, they weren’t the only ones to cut ties with CBBC after they announced they were closing…