- Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly
known simply as Swap Shop, was a British children’s entertainment
programme that was broadcast on Saturday mornings on BBC1 for 146
episodes in six series between 1976 and 1982. It was ground-breaking in
many ways: by being live, being nearly three hours in length, and using
the phone-in format extensively for the first time on TV. The show
rivalled the growing success of rival broadcaster ITV’s Tiswas—although
the latter was initially only…
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