#OnThisDay 1976: Blue Peter's Lesley Judd went behind the scenes of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. | BBC Archive

Multi-Coloured Swap Shop | Growing up in the 1960's 70's

🌈🔥 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Flashback! 🌸 The BBC’s Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–1982) was a Saturday morning TV revolution. Hosted by Noel Edmonds, with the unforgettable Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin, and John Craven, it brought kids across the UK live phone-ins, music, competitions, and of course the iconic “swaps.” Running for 6 years, it wrapped up with its final episode on 27 March 1982 — but it remains the blueprint for every Saturday morning kids’ show that followed. #SwapShop #NoelE

Who remembers when Saturday morning TV looked like this 😍 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known simply as SWAP SHOP was a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1976 to 27 March 1982. It was groundbreaking in many ways by broadcasting on Saturday mornings, being live, being 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, though the latter wa

#OnThisDay 1982: Tony Hart was taking drawing requests, live on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. Glorious stuff. | BBC Archive

December 1979, Pretenders performing 'Kid' on the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. -PretendersHQ | Pretenders

Secret Affair performing 'Do You Know' on BBC 1's 'Multi-Coloured Swap Shop' TV programme (1981) Secret Affair are live at Mods Mayday on Sunday 4th May 2025. LONDON: Mods Mayday 2025 *Tickets selling fast!* | Mods Mayday