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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lucy Jones

SM:TV Live was the Saturday morning dose of joy that couldn’t exist today

ITV

You roll out of bed maybe 9.23am, according to your Baby G. Grab your Purple Ronnie dressing gown and Cartman slippers, check the Tamagotchi’s still kicking and scoot down to the kitchen. You put a Pop-Tart in the toaster, grab a glass of Sunny D and flick the telly on.

If it’s 1998, chances are you’re still loyal to Saturday morning children’s television stalwart Live & Kicking on BBC One. But Mr Blobby is getting boring, and Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball are leaving, so you switch over to ITV to check out their new breakfast offering, SM:TV, with live music show CD:UK straight after. After a few minutes, you look up from painting your nails with Spectacular Oyster Shell or sorting out your Pog collection. This. Is. Hilarious. The rest is history: Saturday mornings are sorted for the foreseeable future.

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