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Part of the problem is for the last 30 years the BBC has been ignoring Teenagers, Its been said many times around here, the BBC expects kids to stay with them until 12 go away then come back in there 20's that Cleary that isn't happening.

They did try catering to teenagers with BBC Switch but that didn't take off. The launch of BBC Switch also led to the narrowing of CBBC's target age range leading to the demises of both Byker Grove and Grange Hill.

BBC Three seems to be making some concerted efforts to cater to teens nowadays, but mostly limited to shoving kids content into the 7pm slot. Crazy Fun Park (which aired on ABC ME in it's home country of Australia, their CBBC equivalent) ran on there in October with the new Gremlins cartoon a week or two later. They also shown The Next Step last year. I appreciate their effort but it does come across as slightly half hearted and nothing more than an extra hour of CBBC.