Its sad to see CITV closing down. I was born in 2002 and loved watching it in the 00's. I feel like my age group was the last group to grow up before streaming was the norm. Some of my favourite shows to watch were My Parents are Aliens, Horrid Henry, Jungle Run, Art Attack. I will always remember channels like CITV and CBBC. They were my favourite channels as a kid and could watch them for hours.

Damn, that actually sucks for people who grew up with it. It's never fun when part of your childhood dies, but at least it lives on in spirit through ITVX.

As somebody who was an avid CBBC and CITV viewer during the Late 90s through most of the 00s, this saddens me. I feel bad for the kids now, who, because there isn't a dedicated CITV Channel, they won't be able to go to school the next day and have shared experiences, talking about what happened in this or that show, because people can access anything they want whenever. I think this is a huge shame, and CBBC will eventually go the same way. British Children's Programming is effectively being slowly killed off, and it hurts that we're all powerless to do anything about it.

I watched CITV on ITV in the afternoons, during the late 90’s and early 00’s. I used to watch the CITV channel when it launched in 2006 too. However, over the last few years, it’s stopped repeating the shows I remember watching. It’s sad it’s going online only, but that’s how it is these days. I would like to see the older content made available on ITV X. Such as, ZZZap, Art Attack, Bernard’s Watch, Jungle Run and Eliminator.

Not at all surprised. CITV has been on a decline for several years. The loss of Horrid Henry and Pokemon was what made me switch off. Having said that, I shall miss it.

I used to tune into CITV with my Grandpa after school. We'd watch Emu, Bernard's watch and Horrid Henry (amongst other things) - He died in 2013 and now the channel we had so much fun watching is dying too! It really feels like any remaining childhood memories we had/have are being ripped away in order for the digital age to take over. So long, CITV - You will be missed! 😢

Noooooooo! This was my childhood! I'm only 20 nearly 21, but I still come back to it for nostalgia. R.I.P 1983-2023

I just want a CITV Gold channel (or a different name) for us adults lol. I'd be in heaven with Rainbow, Button Moon, Raggy Dolls etc episodes all day every day

Whilst I feel sad about this, CITV hasn't been doing well in the past few years. As long as they decide to put all their vintage programming on ITVX then i'm good!

Man. First CBBC is set to close in 2025 and now CITV is doing the same this year on what should be a huge milestone for the brand. My childhood has suffered yet another massive blow. R.I.P CITV 1983-2023

Shame, I was primarily a CITV kid growing up, watching Art Attack, My Parents Are Aliens, The Worst Witch and so on. I especially remember the days when Stephen Mulhern and Arthur Darvill presented it. Plus, the name CITV always had more of a ring to it.

I nearly started crying this morning hearing the news as CITV was my childhood. I remember as a kid I used to stay off “sick” to watch some of my favourite programmes. I also remember the days I’d go to my grandparents and they’d refuse to watch CITV as apparently they weren’t following their rules on religion. CITV holds many memories for me. I’ll forever miss it

I think it's a real shame CITV has ended. CITV entertained children in the UK for 40 years. My aunt presented the 6-part documentary series The Ultimate Machine which aired on CITV in May 1987. CITV had a lot of great shows over the years such as Knightmare. Woof. Thomas the Tank Engine. Fun House. Virtually Impossible. Avenger Penguins. How 2 among many others. Such a shame to see CITV end like this.

This saddens me. In the 80s and 90s I always watched CBBC and CITV, frankly it was my entire childhood. It is really sad that children's broadcasting is being zoned out, and it isnt very good for the kids either. Some people can't afford streaming services, sometimes kids just want to go back and watch some classic kids shows you can't find anywhere else, you know? I hope that citv can return someday... RIP CITV, and CBBC. Thanks for making my childhood a fun one.

I’m not even going to pretend to be shocked. I will admit, I am a bit sad that the CITV name will be retired, but the channel has basically become a zombie since after the Old Skool Weekend. As for the new ITVX Kids service… If they are able to add stuff like Art Attack, Sooty & Co, Grizzly Tales, Finger Tips & other classic shows, then I welcome it. Paramount Plus & Disney Plus have proved to me that streaming is a more suitable place for legacy content.

Great Video Adam! I used to watch CITV when the channel was fairly new. I used to watch some of the shows like Grizzly Tales for Grusome Kids, Scratch and Sniff’s Den of Doom, Horrid Henry, Mr Bean, and loads more. It’s sad that the channel is closing due to ITVX Kids. I feel like Kids aren’t going to TV anymore just to watch something

Shame that everything keeps going online… think of kids who have nothing but a TV in the living room and a bed to sleep in, if that.

I’m sorry I never got to watch this beautiful channel named CITV because I’m in the US. I know how it feels to no longer watch your favorite shows on a TV channel. This just proves streaming is taking over the world. R.I.P. CITV

What a shock, I always thought it was bad enough that CITV wasn't on the main terrestrial channels anymore, and CBBC for that matter, but to get rid of the channel completely, I just feel sorry for the kids of today who will never have that feeling of coming home from school in the afternoon, relaxing and watching CITV as I always used to do, unless I had homework to do of course!😢😢😢

A compromise might be to rename the channel ITVX Kids, but keep the linear channel going for all the latest stuff and have live elements, interspersed with all the latest cartoons that ITV is allowed to show, but also have a catch-up/on demand area, in case circumstances prevent you from watching it as it goes out - as a boy growing up in the late 60s/early 70s - almost throughout the 70s and into the early 80s - the only option was to tune in as it went out or not see it at all - often missed the repeat as well later in the year or early next year - no catch-up, no on-demand - it took us until around 1983 to get a video recorder - dad thought it would knacker (his word) the telly - finally got one about two years following his death! Today, it’s almost impossible to miss TV shows that you want to see - some shows are on DVD these days!

Definitely an end of an era, great shows on CITV especially in the 90s with Sooty, Fun House, Art Attack and even Jungle Run

This is a real shame I will miss shows such as Mr Bean, Horrid Henry, Adventure Time and more

I think once children today grow out of CBeebies then they immediately give up on time slot TV and find their own entertainment via KZfaq, TikTok, Netflix, Amazon, iPlayer and Disney+. They also develop a video game addiction, which is universal these days. They won’t transition to ‘traditional’ TV.

Citv was my childhood and i’m 19 the channel will be missed for those who used to watch it too RIP Citv

CITV is shutting down?! Man, this truly is the end of a era 😢

This is possible a sign that ITV is losing out in a huge way, even if it can still keep channels that BBC now has to axe. We need to be real and figure out the real issue, TV is being degraded in favor of a service no one really wanted to become the norm. With TV going obsolete it could ruin the media industry and could put jobs at risk. All those CITV shows that were around in the years past, unless archived, those show will be lost media and no one will understand what made CITV popular to begin with. its a sad era for sure.

I always thought that it was actually 43 years. CITV originally launched as Watch It! on December 29, 1980, but after the first three years, ITV thought that kids brand title was too lame and was worried that that title would be some ripoff of a Mark Mothersbaugh DEVO song. So on January 3rd, 1983, they changed the name of the network to CITV where it still Stands today.

Sad. I loved CITV with shows like Sooty and Horrid Henry. Going to miss it.

Thanks CITV! You will be sadly missed cheers for the memories!

For those people who live in the UK, it's a shame that CITV (Children's ITV) is shutting down after 40 years on air

Even though im not from the UK and I don't live in the UK either, I find your videos on UK TV really interesting! Greets from Bulgaria!

I Can't Believe Its Closing, I Remember Watching This Programme For Years. 😢

I've been planning my own rant video on this situation but I have a cold right now so I'm not up for a livestream right now and scripting the rant is proving to be difficult but for now I want to say: the streaming market is proving to be a wild west, what with Disney and Paramount putting much of their libraries behind a monthly pay wall and Netflix shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly, not to mention it's not certain that your favorite show will still be available on streaming this time next year! If both Citv AND CBBC close, this'll leave Pop as the ONLY school age kid's channel on Freeview, only other on Freesat alongside Pop MAX! I've been suspicious of ITV not caring about their kid's offering due to Citv being their ONLY channel STILL not available in HD! It saddens me that many parents raise their little ones on mass-produced shit like Peppa Pig and Cocomelon, no disrespect intended but even my own niece relies heavily on those two! Kids deserve better quality entertainment! I've been wanting Channel 4 to re-enter the kid's TV space for YEARS and I feel that if they launch a new kid's channel, it'd fill the void left by CBBC and Citv! Not to mention, such a channel could not only air new shows for today's kids, it could be a place where us adults can re-enjoy favorites from when we were kids, such as Fourways Farm, Tintin, Madeline, Biker Mice From Mars, Earthworm Jim and Johnny Bravo! I'd ESPECIALLY like Channel 4 to BUY OUT Thomas & Friends from Mattel, especially as I've heard NOTHING about whether or not today's kids actually give a shit about All Engines Go, I feel this'd be a BIG opportunity to put the original pre-Gullane Thomas seasons back on TV and pave the way for a reboot that's actually good! The Paddington reboot proves you CAN reboot an existing kid's show and do a good job of it! On the whole, I feel that the streaming wars are getting out of hand, not everyone can subscribe to Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and Prime Video all at once, not everyone has good internet access and the recent launch of Sky Kids proves there IS still a place for linear kid's channels on TV!

I love Rubbish world of Dave spud played by Johnny Vegas so glad to see that get a new series.

During the 80s and 90s before we got satellite TV me and my brother were firmly CITV watchers for the most part. I'm surprised ITV are moving this quickly with closing a linear channel but I guess they have added commercial pressures that the BBC avoids. I got my first taste of the ITVX service at my mum's house last Christmas. Hopefully they keep much of the kids content on the free side of the paywall. And I suppose they could always pad out the content with stuff from the vaults although I doubt it would have much appeal to the modern kids audience. Original Bob the Builder was a Beeb offering IIRC.

This is going to be devastating to kids who rely on linear TV!!

Great video Adam I’ll be honest never really watched CITV much but that’s sad to hear that it’s going to be replaced but it what it is 👍.

Saddens me as someone who watched a lot of CBBC and CITV as a kid in the 90s and early 2000s, but as you say things were very different back then. We didn't get Sky for the first time until I was 13, in 2002, so before that the only way I could watch kids shows was after school or on Saturday mornings

Damn! Although I'm not a citv fan this is upsetting. R.I.P CITV 1983-2023

First CBBC now CITV, I remember how they used to air episodes of Huntik Secrets and Seekers, Atomic Betty, Sooty and that show with Jamie and Anna (I forgot what the show was called)

Exactly when in the Autumn does this shut down for good? September or October perhaps? Because the article says its final broadcast day will be in the early fall.

I remember CITV back in the 90’s. Disney cartoons in the early morning before SMTV Live and CD UK came on. Art Attack in the afternoon. I think See How They Run was on CITV among other teenage dramas. GMTV was on ITV too, right? I remember watching children/teen shows on that in the morning before going to school and then during the summer holidays I think. Power Rangers, Maxie’s World, maybe Mighty Ducks and eventually Power Rangers was replaced with VR Troopers.

Not only is this content moving online but it also means anyone in Ireland be it those of us who grew up with CITV or kids that are watch content now probably won't be able to access it. It's a pity I would love to have access to older shows

Why isn't SM:TV Live on ITVx yet??? Only 20 to 30 episodes have resurfaced on KZfaq since the show got axed 20 years ago in December 2003.

Died for me in 1993 when they only commissioned Spatz for six episodes for the last series. Still bitter.

I loved both CBBC & CITV in the mid 90s - mid 00s certainly still gives me the nostalgic feeling surrounding that. Children’s TV back then was so much better than what the kids have the last decade in time. If ever I have kids they would be watching what I’ve grown up with. This has definitely deepened me in sadness, but at least the stuff of old is still out there on YT and other places. Understand the changing habits of streaming all we can do is adapt.

I grew up watching CITV as a kid in the 80s and into the 90s and I preferred that more over CBBC. I loved the cartoons and various other programmes, I grew up watching Sooty, Rod Hull & Emu, Knightmare, Art Attack, Press Gang, Tiny Toon Adventures..etc And I remember being stunned in the early or mid-2000s when they got rid of the programme block for CITV on ITV on weekday afternoons, because they were now relocating to their own digital channel.. Because as a kid, you rushed home from school to watch CITV, but by 2004 or 2005 what was on at 4pm on ITV instead? Midsomer Murders or Inspector Morse, and I thought "such a far cry away from my upbringing".

This is gonna be devastating for kids who rely on linear TV for their kids' shows!

Well that’s just great, first CBBC and now CITV

I do remember appearing on a programme that broadcast on this channel.

And we thought whatever problems were going on outside sparked enough trauma. SAVING THE WORLD SHOULD BE A BIGGER PRIORITY THAN WORRYING ABOUT NEWER GENERATIONS.

CITv brings back all the good memories it’s really sad it’s starting to end this year bc of its down fall 2020 we all remeber it in are hearts British 🇬🇧

I watched both CBBC and CITV when I was a kid. It's a shame that CITV channel is going.

NNNOOOOOOO why thats so sad, many generations grew up with CITY

I feel bad for all the kids who watch this all the time. Shame to see CITV go in the autumn. Edit: Oh well. It's a new generation I guess. But still sad.

So sad. I remember much of CITV. I always dreamed of being on Fun House or Finders Keepers. Not to mention staple classics like Art Attack and Zzap! Good times.

To be fair, CITV has been dying ever since Granada, Carlton & eventually ITV plc gradually cut the budget of CITV itself from the Early 2000s onwards. I guess they have finally achieved their endgame now...

Sad times as I grew up with CITV in the 90's and great times it was and its a shame we can't get ITVX over here in Ireland

As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.

Hope they go out on style with what they showed over the years

Never really watched it that much but I'm still going to miss it

The problem is you may not know where to find all these streaming services, I wish there were a website where all of the streaming radio and TV channels could be found

I remember watching the citv channel in 2012!! Time flies so sad to see it go after 17 years and 40 years as a brand

What about areas that don't get fast enough internet speeds such as rural areas in the countryside to properly watch full motion video online and areas with patchy mobile phone reception? This removal of a linear service is basically cutting off those people.

I grew up watching this channel. I will miss it so much. Even though I am now almost an adult and I no longer watch this channel, I will watch the channel’s final closedown in Autumn to give my childhood a final send off.

It's sad. That being said it's not truly going away. The channel might be but It'll be it's own block of programming on a different channel, like it used to be. Which is what I grew up on watching it on ITV1 in the afternoons after school. It won't be the same though, especially for the kids. I don't like all this ITVX stuff, why they chose to call it that I don't know.

grew up watching CITV late 80s and Through all the 90s Will miss it all. plus 40 years now dam. Specially as im 40 this year hehe. Britbox has some of the CITC classics on it, But for how long.

R.I.P CITV. I used to love watching it until I eventually moved on to Nickelodeon. I used to watch CITV mainly for Horrid Henry and Pokémon XYZ, and to see the channel just... go... it breaks my heart... Plus, it used to air some fantastic shows which weren't out when I was younger but I really enjoy (Oggy and the Cockroaches, Art Attack, etc.) We will all miss you, CITV, no matter what decade you served. ❤ At least ITVX Kids will continue your legacy. ❤ I mean, at least POP gets to stay, right...?

Horrid Henry loved that snow on CITV and love your channel Adam mate

I was there for the golden age in the 80s and 90s. Back then most of the content on CITV was made in-house, we had stuff like Knightmare, T-Bag and Count Duckula. I've got a 7 year old now so we do watch the channel occasionally and in recent years it seems to mainly show US imports along with endless repeats of Horrid Henry and Mr. Bean and felt like it was on life support. That said it did seem as if they'd started doing more with it recently, with things like the HOW revival. I wonder now if that was just a case of them needing some new content to launch with ITVX Kids rather than them trying to revive CITV.

Hope ITVX Kids has classics like Jungle Run, Eliminator, Art Attack, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, Mr. Bean, Sooty and Zzzap!

Well CITV did air on ITV2 between 1998 and 2000 every morning after GMTV2. So airing CITV again on ITV2 just sounds crazy!

TO be honest, this channel should have ended sooner. CITV has been nothing but a dumpster file in the last 15 years. The only good stuff that it has been dropping recently is Horrid Henry, Mr. Bean, Thunderbirds Are Go, the HOW reboot and the Scrambled Saturday morning block. The Gas Street Studios and oval log were the end of the strand's golden era and the channel has just kept decreasing in quality for no reason since Art Attack with Neil Buchanan got axed in 2007

Thank You CITV. Thank you for giving us classics (and also Power Rangers, Yu Gi Oh 5D and also Mysticons) See you in your last days on 2023

AND WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU…

Oh crap, I remember watching this when i was a kid.

I thought I'd be sadder about this to be honest, but thinking back on it, I much preferred CBBC to CITV anyway. It had much more personality. Actual links with presenters (Katie, Cel, Ian, Chris and Karim were my era) and a wider variety of shows as opposed to imported animation. I enoyed shows such as Horrid Henry, My Parents are Aliens and Jungle Run, but that era is long gone. Still weirdly sad to see it go though, I always thought it would last forever as a kid. ALSO Suggestion for the ident review: The 2013-15 C things competitions where they'd get drawings by kids and animated as idents. I was actually one of the winners, so ended up making an official CITV ident of my own :)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I used to watch Horrid Henry and Almost Naked Animals all the time when i was 7. WHY?!

As someone who grew up with CITV as a kid, and probably watched it more than CBBC (at least, I remember it more than CBBC, at least prior April 2006 before I got satellite myself), I will miss CiTV, including back when it was a block. I think it was part of GMTV aswell, but I'm not sure as I only remember GMTV as my Mam watched it often when I grew it up. Also...the kid channel section for Freeview will diminish, I'm pretty sure the only ones that will exist are Pop, Tiny Pop & Pop Max...and if they disappear (which I'm expecting), none will exist. Although, I'm not sure if CBBC will not be staying as their own channels. Also, nice to see Craig of the Creek on the CiTV Kids site, great modern CN show.

why... That was my childhood. That old tv shaped logo, my old dear

I haven't watched CITV since Thunderbirds Are Go ended in 2020, but very sad to hear the news nonetheless 😭

I only watched it sometime but its one of the best kids channels to watch because they had such a variety of shows to watch that were usually only on channel you need to pay for.

I think if kids can find a streaming service, they can find itv2, and KZfaq.

R.I.P CITV. You will forever be missed. 1983-2023

No way!! I never watched CITV really, but I find the drop in viewership so sad 😞 Great video though ❤️

What baffles me is why cbbc or citv can't just create a KZfaq channel and stream full episodes on there at least for a period of time.

If so... about time we get to see many of them CITV classics again ... zzzap, Mike & angels, Kappatoo, Spatz etc ... dunno what the hell itv were doing never letting these 1990s shows see the light of day again

Sad news. I recall the early days when Children's ITV replaced the Watch It strand back in 1983. Matthew Kelly was the first of the celebrity hosts. Nothing lasts forever. Then again with CBBC eventually going online it's just a sign of the times for linear TV.

I think that relying on Scooby Doo for too long and not willing to end some of their own shows might've hurt them in the long run.

No! My childhood is being "threatened", yet I watched CITV only once…

The X in ITVX looks EXACTLY like the iconic XBOX “X” logo! (Microsoft oughta sue!)

So sad! I was a 90s kid. Animals of Farthing wood, the Queen's Nose, Art Attack, Live and Kicking, SM:TV live...I hope CITV goes out in style.

I haven't watched CITV in years, but it does hurt when part of your childhood dies (the closure of CITV, CBBC and the Disney Channels.) Also, the pre-school programming have been on ITVBe for a while now. The only free children's channels left are Cbeebies and Pop.

In the 90's I remember watching Knightmare on citv

Thankyou for covering this Maryn, and you're right, most of us are not the target for these decisions anymore. I grew out of CITV around 1998 when it launched Stephen Mulhurn's career, I was primarily a Steve Ryde era fan, and I'd argue CITV was stronger back in those days with scant internet/interaction and streaming, although I still tuned in now and then to the channel and weekend output when Thunderbirds 2015 was airing. I don't get the logic of exiling ITVKids content on ITV2 but not with ITV1. Does that apply to weekends? What'll replace it in the mornings? More inane chatterbox shows or a full seven day a week Good Morning Britain like Breakfast?

I used to watch the game shows on CITV such as Finders Keepers, Fun House, Get Wet and Jungle Run

My biggest concern about these channels closing down is for the children with parents who don't supervise the content their children watch enough. For those who do not pay for screaming services and use freeview TV, often times the main content their children will watch will be KZfaq, and without childrens channels, they'll watch KZfaq even more. As the stuff on there isn't monitored like TV is, I can see kids seeing all sorts of content they shouldn't if their parents aren't watchful enough.

Wow citv was my childhood watching shows like grizzly tales and pokemon plus yugioh 5ds ahhhh the good old days

Having first watched this video in around March 2023, I think we can be absolutely sure that we'll never see or hear CITV again. R.I.P, CITV Channel - 2006 - 2023.

Such a bad idea. What about the poor family's that don't have the internet? Citv 2000s to 2012 was the Golden era. ITV X should show the old cartoons too for the nostalgia, since it's gonna be on demand.