Pop
Launched	May 29, 2003
Owned by	Chart Show Channels
Audience share	0.1% (July '07, [1])
Formerly called	Toons & Tunes (Until June 2003)
Sister channel(s)	Tiny Pop Pop Girl
Timeshift service	Pop +1
Website	popclub.tv
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 616 Channel 627 (+1)
Eurobird 1	11642V 27500 2/3
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 736

This article is about a UK children's television channel. For information on the Slovenian television network, see POP TV.

Pop is a free-to-air television channel in the UK, broadcasting cartoons and pop music videos. It is owned and operated by Chart Show Channels and launched on May 29, 2003. Its sister channel Tiny Pop, which was launched on July 27, 2004, has similar content but for younger children. Its second sister channel Pop Girl was launched on August 6, 2007, and also shows cartoons but is aimed at a more female audience. Image File history File links Poplogo. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chart Show Channels (now re-registered as CSC Media Group Limited from March 2007[1]) are a UK-based satellite television channel provider, named after the defunct The Chart Show. ... This article is about a UK childrens television channel. ... Tiny Pop is a free-to-air British satellite television channel owned and operated by Chart Show Channels. ... Pop Girl is a free-to-air television channel in the UK, broadcasting cartoons and pop music videos for girls. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Eurobird 1 is a Eutelsat operated satellite, used for digital television. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Chart Show Channels (now re-registered as CSC Media Group Limited from March 2007[1]) are a UK-based satellite television channel provider, named after the defunct The Chart Show. ... Tiny Pop is a free-to-air British satellite television channel owned and operated by Chart Show Channels. ... Pop Girl is a free-to-air television channel in the UK, broadcasting cartoons and pop music videos for girls. ...

Pop broadcasts on Sky Digital channel 616 and Virgin Media channel 736. Before and after advertisements during pop music, the channel's mascots — two cartoon characters — talk about upcoming cartoons, introduce competitions, read viewers' jokes and show viewers' artwork. The characters are a dragon called Rorry (identical to "Tricky", who "presented" a Saturday morning show on ITV in 1997), and his pet cat called Purrdy (again, taken from the Saturday morning show). Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... Advert redirects here. ... Competition is the act of striving against others for the purpose of achieving gain, such as income, pride, amusement, or dominance. ... For other uses, see Dragon (disambiguation). ... Tricky was a Saturday Morning CITV show that ran from 30 August to 20 December 1997, though the second show was pre-empted by Princess Dianas funeral. ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ...

Pop's logo originally consisted of the word 'pop' in blue writing, with a red background. When shown on the channel, the logo was animated, with balloons floating past the letters, or the letters themselves becoming balloons. It then changed in October 2006 to white letters on an orange background. The letters became all caps, and an exclamation mark was added. For the song, see ALL CAPS (song). ... an exclamation mark An exclamation mark, exclamation point or bang, !, is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feeling. ...

In October 2006 a further change was added: Now the all cap letters ("!" included) are 3D representated and during advert breaks are shown dancing or chasing each other and eventually spelling out the logo "POP!". This ident was set to music very similar to "Benny Hill", though this was changed after a few months, perhaps due to the similarity.

Originally the channel was mainly music videos until February 2004 when cartoons were first shown. Music videos were kept on the channel, but were then dropped entirely during mid-2006. They were later revived in early 2007, but only during a 60 minute slot called "Pop Party".

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Programmes

There are a selection of programmes that broadcast on Pop, including the following: (In order of appearance)

• Tabaluga
• Super Duper Sumos
• What about Mimi
• The Magic School Bus - An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus.
• Sonic Underground - Based on Sega's million selling mascot.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) - Based on Sega's mascot.
• Redwall
• Renada
• Dennis the Menace (United States version)
• The Incredible Dennis the Menace
• Poochini
• Twipsy
• Girl Stuff, Boy Stuff
• Archie's Weird Mysteries - Tales from the Archie comic books archive.
• Rupert
• Cyberchase
• Pippi Longstocking
• Olliver's Adventures
• The NeverEnding Story - Based on the family movie of the same name.
• George Shrinks
• The Snorks - Exploring the world of an underwater civilization.
• Patrol 03
• The Raggy Dolls
• Fantom Cat
• Bimble's Bucket
• Angela Anaconda
• Noah's Island
• Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog - Based on Sega's million selling mascot.
• The Legend Of White Fang
• The Wacky World Of Tex Avery
• Blazing Dragons
• Super Mario World - A sequel series to Super Mario Bros 3., based on the SNES game of the game name. (Note: Both this show and Super Mario Bros. 3 were titled Super Mario on both the SkyGuide EPG and before the show. Some of the episodes also contain episodes of Captain N: The Game Master)
• Kampung Boy
• Timothy Goes To School
• Tractor Tom
• The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - Based on the smash hit Nintendo game of the Super Mario Bros. 3.
• Madeline
• George and Martha
• The Loggerheads
• The Animal Shelf
• Little Rosey
• Tube Mice
• Calamity Jane
• Fruitte Tooties
• Santo Bugito
• Tractor Tom
• Seven Little Monsters
• What-a-Mess
• Stickin Around
• The Wizard of Oz
• Elliot Moose
• Tom and Vicky
• Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
• Old Tom
• Mummy Nanny
• Inspector Gadget
• King (acquired from NickToons UK)
• The Little Grey Rabbit
• Rocky and the Dodos
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
• Transformers
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
• Flatmania
• Pigeon Boy
• Cyberchase

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What-a-Mess is a series of childrens books written by British comedy writer Frank Muir and illustrated by Joseph Wright. ... Stickin Around was a Canadian animated childrens television series, originally aired on YTV in English. ... The Wizard of Oz was produced in 1990 to caplized on the 50th Annivesary of the 1939 classic the pervious year in 1989. ... Headline text Elliot Moose was aired as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch until it was cancelled with Corduroy. ... Spartakus and friends Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea is the English title of the French animated series Les Mondes Engloutis (The Engulfed Worlds), also known as Shagma and Arkadia in other languages. ... Old Tom was the name given to a Killer Whale by whalers in the port of Eden on the South-East coast of Australia. ... For the 1999 live-action film, see Inspector Gadget (film). ... 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Special Events

POP has occasionally aired special events:

• Sonic Day - Bank Holidays airing Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog all day. (On the first Sonic Day, Rorry would give out what episode was aired after and before the episode)
• Super Sonic Week - 4 episodes of Sonic the Hedgehog between 11am to 1pm.
• Super Sonic Hour - This was on April for 2 weeks, it would play Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and then Sonic Underground on 8-8:30am, 12pm - 12:30pm and 5pm - 5:30pm. After Super Sonic Hour, AoSTH was taken off the schedule which was replaced with Sonic Underground and that shows time slot changed to Redwall.
• Bank Holiday Monday 29 May 2006 - Pop aired Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (for the first time in over a month) and Sonic Underground all day.
• Sonic Week October 2006 - Pop aired Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) and Sonic Underground all week.
• Sonic Saturday was on 9th June 2007

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Logos

Pop's first logo (2003-2006) Image File history File links Popuktvlogo. ...

Pop's second logo (2006-Present) Image File history File links Poplogo. ...

See also

• Tiny Pop
• Pop Girl
• Tricky (TV series)

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References

1. ^ Monthly viewing summary. BARB.