Milkshake!

Milkshake! is a British preschool television programming block on Channel 5. Aimed at children two to five years old, the block debuted on 17 September 1997 and is broadcast on weekends and weekdays from 06:00AM to 01:15PM. The block has a number of presenters and features a range of children's programming. Its programmes include shows such as Thomas and Friends, Lavender Castle, Big Barn Farm, PAW Patrol, Abby Hatcher, Daisy & Ollie, Shaun the Sheep, Floogals, Wissper, Fantom Cat, and Noddy, Toyland Detective. Programmes for older children used to also air from 1997–2002 and 2007–2016 on spin-off Shake!, which used to run on weekends after Milkshake!.

History
Until October 2007, the channel also had a block called Shake! at weekends, which was aimed at an older audience. However, Channel 5 then removed the Shake! block from its schedules, as Neighbours was taking up the Saturday slot. Shake! made a return to the channel on 4 October 2009 every Sunday morning after agreeing a deal with Disney. The block features Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place and Snobs. It also saw the return of Channel 5's hit teen show The Tribe.

Following Viacom's acquisition of Channel 5 in 2014 the block began airing Nick Jr programmes including Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines and Shimmer and Shine.

On 6 July 2017, Channel 5 announced a rebranding of Milkshake! that launched on 24 July, including updated branding, a new studio, and the launch of a YouTube channel that would feature digital content related to the block.

TV channel
In November 2008, Channel 5 had been set to launch a new children's channel based on its pre-school programming block. This was a response to the BBC launching the CBBC channel and CBeebies in 2002 and ITV launching the CITV channel in 2006, but plans to launch a standalone preschool channel were put on hold indefinitely while the broadcaster awaited a buyer.[citation needed]

Milkshake! on 5Star
When Five Life launched in 2006, Milkshake! was shown on the channel between 9 am and 1 pm each day. By April 2011, the channel had reduced its broadcast hours and the block was replaced by teleshopping. On 21 August 2017, Milkshake relaunched on 5Star, where it aired from 9:15 to 11am. Milkshake! on 5 Star was later dropped and removed in 2018.

Notable presenters
In-vision continuity presenters have been utilised by Milkshake! since the show began on 31 March 1997. The original presenters were Lucy Alexander and Konnie Huq. Huq was replaced by former Nickelodeon presenter Eddie Mathews when she left the show to join the BBC as a Blue Peter presenter.

Current presenters
The year in brackets denotes when the presenter began presenting Milkshake!.


 * Amy Thompson (2009–present)
 * David Ribi (2017–present)
 * Derek Moran (2005–present)
 * Jen Pringle (2006–present)
 * Kemi Majeks (2003–present)
 * Kiera-Nicole Brennan (2017–present)
 * Nathan Connor (2017–present)
 * Olivia Birchenough (2012–present)
 * Sita Thomas (2015–present)
 * Milkshake Monkey (2009–present)

Former presenters

 * Anna Williamson (1997–2005)
 * Andrew McEwan (2006–2007)
 * Beth Evans (2004–2010)
 * Gary Evans (2008–2009)
 * Casey-Lee Jolleys (1997–2000)
 * Curtis Angus (2014–2017)
 * Dave Payne (2007–2009)
 * Eddie Mathews (1997–2002)
 * Hannah Williams (2006–2009)
 * Konnie Huq (1997-2002)
 * Lucy Alexander (1997–2000)
 * Naomi Wilkinson (2000–2011)

Character Guests

 * Harley Bird as Peppa Pig (2013–2020)
 * Jessica Ransom as Poppy Cat

Relief and freelance presenters have also anchored Milkshake! continuity links, including presenter Ellie Harrison and deaf presenter Gary Evans. The longest serving presenter is Kemi Majeks, who has presented the block for 18 years as well as some of the Barclays Private Bank sponsorships on ITV's The South Bank Show from 2003 until 2005.

Programme Listings

 * List of Milkshake! episodes

Current programmes

 * 1) Abby Hatcher
 * 2) The Adventures of Paddington
 * 3) Bubble Guppies
 * 4) Bear Behaving Badly
 * 5) Baby Shark's Big Show
 * 6) Butterbean's Café
 * 7) Brum
 * 8) Corn & Peg
 * 9) The Casagranders
 * 10) ChuckleVision
 * 11) Charlie Chalk
 * 12) Circle Square
 * 13) Daisy and Ollie
 * 14) Droners
 * 15) Flower Pot Men
 * 16) Fantom Cat
 * 17) FunnyBones
 * 18) Floogals
 * 19) Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
 * 20) Go Green With The Grimwades
 * 21) Go Jetters (Also airing on CBeebies)
 * 22) Kid-E-Cats
 * 23) Little Princess
 * 24) Little Robots
 * 25) Lavender Castle
 * 26) The Loud House
 * 27) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
 * 28) My Little Pony: Pony Life
 * 29) My Little Pony Tales
 * 30) My Little Pony n Friends
 * 31) Meet the Experts (Also airing on BBC One and BBC Two)
 * 32) Milkshake! Bop Box Boogie
 * 33) Milkshake! Monkey
 * 34) Milkshake! Monkey's Amazing Adventures
 * 35) Milkshake! Monkey Bananas About Food
 * 36) Milo
 * 37) Mini's World
 * 38) Molly of Dernali
 * 39) Mofy
 * 40) Mya Go
 * 41) Noddy in Toyland
 * 42) Noddy, Toyland Detective
 * 43) Octonauts (Also airing on CBeebies)
 * 44) Odo
 * 45) Olly the Little White Van
 * 46) PAW Patrol
 * 47) Pop Paper City
 * 48) Pirata and Captaino
 * 49) Pip and Posy
 * 50) Ricky Zoom
 * 51) Regular Show
 * 52) Ryan's Mystery Playdate
 * 53) StarBeam
 * 54) Shane the Chef
 * 55) Shaun the Sheep
 * 56) Strawberry Shortcake (2003 TV series)
 * 57) SpongeBob SquarePants
 * 58) Sunny Bunnies
 * 59) Tom and Vicky
 * 60) Tree Fu Tom (Also airing on CBeebies)
 * 61) Tiny (Reveal Series) (Also airing on BBC Four)
 * 62) Thomas & Friends (Series 1-5 (4:3) and Series 6-24 (16:9))
 * 63) Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
 * 64) Underground Ernie
 * 65) Winnie and Wilbur
 * 66) Wissper
 * 67) The World According to Grandpa
 * 68) The Cuties Next Generation
 * 1) Shaun the Sheep
 * 2) Strawberry Shortcake (2003 TV series)
 * 3) SpongeBob SquarePants
 * 4) Sunny Bunnies
 * 5) Tom and Vicky
 * 6) Tree Fu Tom (Also airing on CBeebies)
 * 7) Tiny (Reveal Series) (Also airing on BBC Four)
 * 8) Thomas & Friends (Series 1-5 (4:3) and Series 6-24 (16:9))
 * 9) Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
 * 10) Underground Ernie
 * 11) Winnie and Wilbur
 * 12) Wissper
 * 13) The World According to Grandpa
 * 14) The Cuties Next Generation
 * 1) The World According to Grandpa
 * 2) The Cuties Next Generation



Former programmes

 * 1) A House That's Just Like Yours
 * 2) Abby's Flying Fairy School
 * 3) Adventures from the Book of Virtues
 * 4) The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
 * 5) The Adventures of Parsley
 * 6) The Adventures of Sinbad
 * 7) The Adventures of Tintin
 * 8) The Adventures of the Bush Patrol
 * 9) Alvin and the Chipmunks
 * 10) Angels of Jarm
 * 11) Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
 * 12) Animal Antics
 * 13) Animal Express
 * 14) Animal Families
 * 15) Animal Stories
 * 16) Animal Xtremes
 * 17) Anytime Tales
 * 18) Atlantis High
 * 19) Audrey and Friends
 * 20) Aussie Antics
 * 21) Babar
 * 22) Bagpuss
 * 23) Bananas in Pyjamas
 * 24) Barney & Friends
 * 25) Batman: The Brave and the Bold
 * 26) Beachcomber Bay
 * 27) Bear in the Big Blue House
 * 28) Beast Wars: Transformers
 * 29) Becca's Bunch
 * 30) The Beeps
 * 31) Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
 * 32) Beyblade
 * 33) Big School
 * 34) Bird Bath
 * 35) Blaze and the Monster Machines
 * 36) Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family!
 * 37) Blue Water High
 * 38) Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (Now on Nick Jr. Too BBC Two & Originally Also airing on Nickelodeon and Jr.)
 * 39) Blue's Clues and You (Now on BBC Four & Originally Also airing on Nick Jr.)
 * 40) The Book-of Pooh
 * 41) Brave Bunnies
 * 42) Bob the Builder (original series) (Originally Also airing on Nickelodeon CBBC CBeebies and Nick Jr.)
 * 43) Bob the Builder (2015 TV Series) (Now on CBBC & Originally Also airing on Cartoonito Cartoon Network and Nick Jr.)
 * 44) Braceface
 * 45) Big Barn Farm
 * 46) Captain Pugwash
 * 47) Castle Farm
 * 48) Chloe's Closet
 * 49) Chiro and Friends
 * 50) Caillou
 * 51) Chuggington
 * 52) City of Friends
 * 53) Clangers
 * 54) Collecting Things
 * 55) Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
 * 56) Dappledown Farm
 * 57) Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
 * 58) The Day Henry Met
 * 59) Deepwater Black
 * 60) Demolition Dad
 * 61) Digby Dragon
 * 62) Dream Street
 * 63) Dig & Dug with Daisy
 * 64) Doctor Snuggles
 * 65) Don't Blame the Koalas
 * 66) Dora and Friends: Into the City!
 * 67) Dragon Booster
 * 68) Duel Masters
 * 69) Ebb and Flo
 * 70) Elmo's World
 * 71) Enchanted Tales
 * 72) The Enid Blyton Adventure Series
 * 73) Eric Carle Stories
 * 74) Engie Benny
 * 75) Fetch the Vet
 * 76) Fireman Sam
 * 77) Family!
 * 78) The Fairly OddParents
 * 79) The Family Ness
 * 80) Fat Dog Mendoza
 * 81) Fifi and the Flowertots
 * 82) The Flintstones
 * 83) Franklin
 * 84) Franny's Feet
 * 85) Funky Town
 * 86) Funky Valley
 * 87) Gadget & the Gadgetinis
 * 88) George Shrinksand
 * 89) Gerald McBoing-Boing
 * 90) Go, Away Unicorn!
 * 91) Gigglebug
 * 92) Groundling Marsh
 * 93) Hana's Helpline
 * 94) Hannah Montana
 * 95) Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
 * 96) Havakazoo
 * 97) The Herbs
 * 98) Hi-5
 * 99) iCarly
 * 100) Igam Ogam
 * 101) Insect Antics
 * 102) James the Cat
 * 103) Jane and the Dragon
 * 104) Jay Jay the Jet Plane
 * 105) Jelly Jamm
 * 106) Jimbo and the Jetset
 * 107) Johnson and Friends
 * 108) Jonny Quest
 * 109) Joshua Jones
 * 110) The Jetsons
 * 111) KaBlam!
 * 112) Klootz
 * 113) Land of the Lost
 * 114) Lassie
 * 115) LazyTown
 * 116) Lily's Driftwood Bay
 * 117) The Littl' Bits
 * 118) Little Antics
 * 119) Little Charmers
 * 120) Little Lodgers
 * 121) Loggerheads
 * 122) Little Howard's Big Question
 * 123) Looney Tunes
 * 124) Luo Bao Bei
 * 125) Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
 * 126) Make Way for Noddy
 * 127) Maple Town
 * 128) Merlin the Magical Puppy
 * 129) Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
 * 130) Max Steel
 * 131) MechaNick
 * 132) Mega Babies
 * 133) The Milkshake! Show
 * 134) Milkshake! Show Song
 * 135) Milkshake! Box Bop
 * 136) Milkshake! Bopping About
 * 137) A Milkshake! Christmas
 * 138) Milkshake! Festive Fun
 * 139) Milkshake! Music Box
 * 140) A Milkshake! Summer
 * 141) Milkshake! Summer Fun
 * 142) Meet the Hedgehogs
 * 143) The Milky and Shake Show
 * 144) Mio Mao
 * 145) Mirror, Mirror
 * 146) Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
 * 147) Mist: Sheepdog Tales
 * 148) Monkey Makes
 * 149) The Mr. Men Show
 * 150) Mr. Men and Little Miss
 * 151) Muppet Babies
 * 152) Nella the Princess Knight
 * 153) Nosey
 * 154) Number Adventures
 * 155) Old Bear Stories
 * 156) Olive the Ostrich
 * 157) Olivia
 * 158) Oswald
 * 159) PB Bear and Friends
 * 160) Penny Crayon
 * 161) Pepsi Chart
 * 162) Pets!
 * 163) Peppa Pig (Now on BBC One and Nick Jr. Too BBC Two and Originally Also airing on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.)
 * 164) Pingu
 * 165) Pingu in the City
 * 166) Postman Pat
 * 167) Pip Ahoy!
 * 168) Plonsters
 * 169) Play!
 * 170) Pocoyo
 * 171) Pogles' Wood
 * 172) Poko
 * 173) Popular
 * 174) Power Rangers
 * 175) The Powerpuff Girls
 * 176) Puffin Rock
 * 177) Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * 178) Red Dwarf
 * 179) Roary the Racing Car
 * 180) Rocky and the Dodos
 * 181) Rocky Hollow
 * 182) Rolie Polie Olie
 * 183) Roobarb and Custard Too
 * 184) Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...
 * 185) Rusty Rivets
 * 186) Sailor Sid
 * 187) Sandy and Mr. Flapper
 * 188) The Save-Ums!
 * 189) Seaside Antics
 * 190) Shining Time Station
 * 191) Secret Life of Toys
 * 192) The Secret of Eel Island
 * 193) Shimmer and Shine
 * 194) Simon (Now On BBC Two)
 * 195) The Singing Kettle
 * 196) Singled Out
 * 197) Sister Said
 * 198) Slugterra
 * 199) Smash Hits Chart
 * 200) Snobs
 * 201) The Softies
 * 202) Strange Dawn
 * 203) Sunny Day
 * 204) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * 205) Tickety Toc
 * 206) Teletubbies (Original Series)
 * 207) Teletubbies (Reveal Series)
 * 208) Timmy Time
 * 209) Tickle, Patch and Friends
 * 210) Tiger, Tiger
 * 211) The Smurfs (2021)
 * 212) Titch
 * 213) Toby's Travelling Circus
 * 214) Toot the Tiny Tugboat
 * 215) Top Cat
 * 216) Top Wing
 * 217) The Trap Door
 * 218) The Treacle People
 * 219) The Tribe
 * 220) True Jackson, VP
 * 221) USA High
 * 222) Wanda and the Alien
 * 223) What-a-Mess
 * 224) What Makes Me Happyfrom
 * 225) Wallace and Gromit
 * 226) When I Grow Up
 * 227) Why!
 * 228) Wimzie's House
 * 229) The Wind in the Willows
 * 230) Wishbone
 * 231) Wizards of Waverly Place
 * 232) The Wonder Years
 * 233) Woolamaloo
 * 234) The Wombles
 * 235) The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
 * 236) The WotWots
 * 237) Xcalibur
 * 238) Zack and Quack
 * 1) Wishbone
 * 2) Wizards of Waverly Place
 * 3) The Wonder Years
 * 4) Woolamaloo
 * 5) The Wombles
 * 6) The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
 * 7) The WotWots
 * 8) Xcalibur
 * 9) Zack and Quack

Time for Clock


 * 1) 30th March 1997 - 8th November 1998 (06:00AM and 01:15PM)
 * 2) 9th November 1998 - 12th June 2000 (06:00AM and 01:00PM)
 * 3) 13th June 2000 - 1st October 2001 (06:00AM and 11:15AM)
 * 4) 2nd October 2001 - 13th May 2002 (06:00AM and 11:00AM)
 * 5) 14th May 2002 - 11th September 2003 (06:00AM and 10:15AM)
 * 6) 12th September 2003 - 29th January 2004 (06:00AM and 09:15AM)
 * 7) 30th January 2004-present (06:00AM and 09:00AM)