Live & Kicking (Variety, English)
Genres: Children
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1993-10-02
Ended: 2001-09-15
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Saturday
Air time: 09:15
Runtime: 180 minutes
Live &amp; Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's magazine programme, running from 1993 to 2001. The fourth in a succession of Saturday morning shows, it was the replacement for Going Live!, and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of cartoons. Once Live &amp; Kicking had become established in series two, it reached its height in popularity during series four, when it was presented by Zoë Ball and Jamie Theakston; their final episode won a BAFTA award. After this the series ratings dropped with the launch of SMTV Live on ITV and was eventually cancelled in 2001.