OrbitTv/docs/channels/junior.md

Orbit Junior (611): British children's TV

Status: agreed with Paul 3 November 2026, configured and installed in 0.93.0 (ChannelIdentities.kt).

Identity: proper childhood telly. The step up from Tots, for about 5 to 11s: British children's TV, mostly live action, with gentle British animation, and the nostalgic preschool classics at breakfast. Against its neighbours: Tots is modern preschool, ToonZ is classic theatrical cartoons, Rewind is 90s and 2000s American cartoons.

Breakfast, 06:00 to 09:00: Thomas the Tank Engine, Postman Pat, Brum, Rosie and Jim, Pingu, Button Moon, Tots TV, Bagpuss, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Tweenies, Rainbow, The Wombles; and Peppa Pig, Teletubbies, Bob the Builder and Fireman Sam, whose preferred home is Tots.

Daytime, 09:00 to 15:00: Arthur, The Magic School Bus, Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit, Horrid Henry, Dennis & Gnasher, Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, Sooty, ChuckleVision, with the after-school shows.

After school, 15:00 to 18:00 (core): Grange Hill, Byker Grove, The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns, Horrible Histories, Art Attack, Round the Twist, The Worst Witch, The Demon Headmaster, My Parents Are Aliens, Bernard's Watch, Raven, Knightmare, Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Rentaghost, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, ChuckleVision.

Teatime, 18:00 to 20:00: Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Horrible Histories.

Overnight, 20:00 to 06:00: daytime and after-school repeats.

Order: story series in order (Grange Hill, Byker Grove, both Tracy Beakers, The Demon Headmaster, Round the Twist, The Worst Witch, Maid Marian, The Animals of Farthing Wood); comedy, animation and the classics mix.

Possible crossover, for future review (not staples): the American tween sitcoms in the library: Even Stevens, Drake & Josh, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place. Lizzie McGuire and Kenan & Kel already live on Orbit 1.