It Started With Swap Shop was the culmination of 10 years of interviews with special guests from Saturday morning TV that have appeared on the show. The programme, which is 95 minutes in length, was made to mark the 40th anniversary ofthe start of the first Saturday morning Tv show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop on 2 October 1976.
Those who took part in the programme include Maggie Philbin, Keith Chegwin, Trev and Simon, Andi Peters, Mark Rhodes, Basil Brush and the Editor of BBC Saturday morning shows Chris Bellinger.
The programme premiered on HRB on 2 October 2016.
We received some complementary feedback:
“Great show and I’m reminiscing about Saturday morning TV.”
“Just listened to your show all started with Saturday Swap Shop…I cried, laughed and remembered. Just brilliant well done Neil.”
“Really enjoying your radio show about children’s tv on @hrb. Great stuff”
“The most fantastic memories of my childhood, I couldn’t wait for 9am on a Saturday morning😊”
“It was just brilliant Neil well done. John and I listened to it”