SMTV Live 1998
★ 7.4/10 · 5 votes Comedy 6 seasons · 291 eps Ended
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What is SMTV Live?
SMTV Live is a British Saturday morning children's television programme that was first broadcast on ITV. The programme features an audience of children, competitions, and cartoons, and has been successful in ratings battles with other children's television shows.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1998
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 291
- Runtime
- 125 minutes
- First aired
- Aug 29, 1998
- Last aired
- Dec 27, 2003
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- ITV1
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
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SMTV Live is a British Saturday morning children's television programme that was first broadcast on ITV. The programme features an audience of children, competitions, and cartoons, and has been successful in ratings battles with other children's television shows. SMTV Live became ITV's most successful children's programme since Tiswas, and was a major part of the network's Saturday morning lineup. The programme was broadcast on ITV from 1998 until 2003.
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Should you watch it?
“Britain’s Saturday morning kids show that topped the ratings for years.”
Reasons to watch
- Engaging games and competitions for viewers
- Mix of live hosts and popular cartoons
Keep in mind
- Reflects late‑90s TV production style
- Aired only on Saturday mornings
Watch it if you enjoy upbeat Saturday‑morning entertainment with games and cartoons.
The show’s lively, child‑friendly tone makes it suitable for young audiences.
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Cast
Cat Deeley
Self - Host
Anthony McPartlin
Self - Host
Declan Donnelly
Self - Host
Claire Richards
Self - Host
Brian Dowling
Self - Host
Tess Daly
Self - Host
James Redmond
Self - Host
Ian 'H' Watkins
Self - Host
Stephen Mulhern
Self - Host
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Des Clarke
Self - Host
Shavaughn Ruakere
Self - Host
Chris Evans
Self - Guest Host Episode guide
Season 1 · 65 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- E1 Episode 1 Aug 29, 1998
- E2 SM:TV Live
- E3 Episode 2 Sep 5, 1998
- E5 Episode 3 Sep 12, 1998
- E6 Episode 4 Sep 19, 1998
- E7 Episode 5 Sep 26, 1998
- E8 Episode 6 Oct 3, 1998
- E9 Episode 7 Oct 10, 1998
- E10 Episode 8 Oct 17, 1998
- E11 Episode 9 Oct 24, 1998
- E12 Episode 10 Oct 31, 1998
- E13 Episode 11 Nov 7, 1998
- E14 Episode 12 Nov 14, 1998
- E15 Episode 13 Nov 21, 1998
- E16 Episode 14 Nov 28, 1998
- E17 Episode 68 Dec 11, 1999
- E18 Episode 15 Dec 5, 1998
- E19 Episode 16 Dec 12, 1998
- E20 Episode 17 Dec 19, 2003
- E21 Episode 18 Dec 26, 1998
- E22 Episode 19 Jan 2, 1999
- E23 Episode 20 Jan 9, 1999
- E24 Episode 21 Jan 16, 1999
- E25 Episode 22 Jan 23, 1999
- E26 Episode 23 Jan 30, 1999
- E27 Episode 24 Feb 6, 1999
- E28 Episode 25 Feb 13, 1999
- E29 Episode 26 Feb 20, 1999
- E30 Episode 27 Feb 27, 1999
- E31 Episode 28 Mar 6, 1999
- E32 Episode 29 Mar 13, 1999
- E33 Episode 30 Mar 20, 1999
- E34 Episode 31 Mar 27, 1999
- E35 Episode 32 Apr 3, 1999
- E36 Episode 33 Apr 10, 1999
- E37 Episode 34 Apr 17, 1999
- E38 Episode 35 Apr 24, 1999
- E39 Episode 36 May 1, 1999
- E40 Episode 37 May 8, 1999
- E41 Episode 38 May 15, 1999
- E42 Episode 39 May 22, 1999
- E43 Episode 40 May 29, 1999
- E44 Episode 41 Jun 5, 1999
- E45 Episode 42 Jun 12, 1999
- E46 Episode 43 Jun 19, 1999
- E47 Episode 44 Jun 26, 1999
- E48 Episode 45 Jul 3, 1999
- E49 Episode 46 Jul 10, 1999
- E50 Episode 47 Jul 17, 1999
- E51 Episode 48 Jul 24, 1999
- E52 Episode 49 Jul 31, 1999
- E53 Episode 50 Aug 7, 1999
- E54 Episode 51 Aug 14, 1999
- E55 Episode 52 Aug 21, 1999
- E56 Episode 53 Aug 28, 1999
- E57 B*Witched, Buffalo G, Jessica Simpson Apr 1, 2000
- E58 15 November 2003 Nov 15, 2003
- E59 Lolly, Gaby Roslin, Billie Piper Apr 8, 2000
- E60 Mandy Moore, Prince Naseem Apr 15, 2000
- E61 6 December 2003 Dec 6, 2003
- E62 S Club 7 Apr 29, 2000
- E63 Steps
- E64 13 December 2003 Dec 13, 2003
- E65 20 December 2003 Dec 20, 2003
- E66 27 December 2003 Dec 27, 2003
Season 2 · 52 episodes
- E1 Episode 54 Sep 4, 1999
- E2 Episode 55 Sep 11, 1999
- E3 Episode 56 Sep 18, 1999
- E4 Episode 57 Sep 25, 1999
- E5 Episode 58 Oct 2, 1999
- E6 Episode 59 Oct 9, 1999
- E7 Episode 60 Oct 16, 1999
- E8 Episode 61 Oct 23, 1999
- E9 Episode 62 Oct 30, 1999
- E10 Episode 63 Nov 6, 1999
- E11 Episode 64 Nov 13, 1999
- E12 Episode 65 Nov 20, 1999
- E13 Episode 66 Nov 27, 1999
- E14 Episode 67 Dec 4, 1999
- E15 Episode 68 Dec 11, 1999
- E16 Episode 69 Dec 18, 1999
- E17 Episode 70 Dec 25, 1999
- E18 Episode 71 Jan 1, 2000
- E19 Episode 72 Jan 8, 2000
- E20 Episode 73 Jan 15, 2000
- E21 Episode 74 Jan 22, 2000
- E22 Episode 75 Jan 29, 2000
- E23 Episode 76 Feb 5, 2000
- E24 Episode 77 Feb 12, 2000
- E25 Episode 78 Feb 19, 2000
- E26 Episode 79 Feb 26, 2000
- E27 Episode 80 Mar 4, 2000
- E28 Episode 81 Mar 11, 2000
- E29 Episode 82 Mar 18, 2000
- E30 Episode 83 Mar 25, 2000
- E31 Episode 84 Apr 1, 2000
- E32 Episode 85 Apr 8, 2000
- E33 Episode 86 Apr 15, 2000
- E34 Episode 87 Apr 22, 2000
- E35 Episode 88 Apr 29, 2000
- E36 Episode 89 May 6, 2000
- E37 Episode 90 May 13, 2000
- E38 Episode 91 May 20, 2000
- E39 Episode 92 May 27, 2000
- E40 Episode 93 Jun 3, 2000
- E41 Episode 94 Jun 10, 2000
- E42 Episode 95 Jun 17, 2000
- E43 Episode 96 Jun 24, 2000
- E44 Episode 97 Jul 1, 2000
- E45 Episode 98 Jul 8, 2000
- E46 Episode 99 Jul 15, 2000
- E47 Episode 100 Jul 22, 2000
- E48 Episode 101 Jul 29, 2000
- E49 Episode 102 Aug 5, 2000
- E50 Episode 103 Aug 12, 2000
- E51 Episode 104 Aug 19, 2000
- E52 Episode 105 Aug 26, 2000
Season 3 · 52 episodes
- E1 Episode 106 Sep 2, 2000
- E2 Episode 107 Sep 9, 2000
- E3 Episode 108 Sep 16, 2000
- E4 Episode 109 Sep 23, 2000
- E5 Episode 110 Sep 30, 2000
- E6 Episode 111 Oct 7, 2000
- E7 Episode 112 Oct 14, 2000
- E8 Episode 113 Oct 21, 2000
- E9 Episode 114 Oct 28, 2000
- E10 Episode 115 Nov 4, 2000
- E11 Episode 116 Nov 11, 2000
- E12 Episode 117 Nov 18, 2000
- E13 Episode 118 Nov 25, 2000
- E14 Episode 119 Dec 2, 2000
- E15 Episode 120 Dec 9, 2000
- E16 Episode 121 Dec 16, 2000
- E17 Episode 122 Dec 23, 2000
- E18 Episode 123 Dec 30, 2000
- E19 Episode 124 Jan 6, 2001
- E20 Episode 125 Jan 13, 2001
- E21 Episode 126 Jan 20, 2001
- E22 Episode 127 Jan 27, 2001
- E23 Episode 128 Feb 3, 2001
- E24 Episode 129 Feb 10, 2001
- E25 Episode 130 Feb 17, 2001
- E26 Episode 131 Feb 24, 2001
- E27 Episode 132 Mar 3, 2001
- E28 Episode 133 Mar 10, 2001
- E29 Episode 134 Mar 17, 2001
- E30 Episode 135 Mar 24, 2001
- E31 Episode 136 Mar 31, 2001
- E32 Episode 137 Apr 7, 2001
- E33 Episode 138 Apr 14, 2001
- E34 Episode 139 Apr 21, 2001
- E35 Episode 140 Apr 28, 2001
- E36 Episode 141 May 5, 2001
- E37 Episode 142 May 12, 2001
- E38 Episode 143 May 19, 2001
- E39 Episode 144 May 26, 2001
- E40 Episode 145 Jun 2, 2001
- E41 Episode 146 Jun 9, 2001
- E42 Episode 147 Jun 16, 2001
- E43 Episode 148 Jun 23, 2001
- E44 Episode 149 Jun 30, 2001
- E45 Episode 150 Jul 7, 2001
- E46 Episode 151 Jul 14, 2001
- E47 Episode 152 Jul 21, 2001
- E48 Episode 153 Jul 28, 2001
- E49 Episode 154 Aug 4, 2001
- E50 Episode 155 Aug 11, 2001
- E51 Episode 156 Aug 18, 2001
- E52 Episode 157 Aug 25, 2001
Season 4 · 52 episodes
- E1 Episode 158 Sep 1, 2001
- E2 Episode 159 Sep 8, 2001
- E3 Episode 160 Sep 15, 2001
- E4 Episode 161 Sep 22, 2001
- E5 Episode 162 Sep 29, 2001
- E6 Episode 163 Oct 6, 2001
- E7 Episode 164 Oct 13, 2001
- E8 Episode 165 Oct 20, 2001
- E9 Episode 166 Oct 27, 2001
- E10 Episode 167 Nov 3, 2001
- E11 Episode 168 Nov 10, 2001
- E12 Episode 169 Nov 17, 2001
- E13 Episode 170 Nov 24, 2001
- E14 Episode 171- Ant & Dec's Final Episode Dec 1, 2001
- E15 Episode 172 Dec 8, 2001
- E16 Episode 173 Dec 15, 2001
- E17 Episode 174 Dec 22, 2001
- E18 Episode 175 Dec 29, 2001
- E19 Episode 176 Jan 5, 2002
- E20 Episode 177 Jan 12, 2002
- E21 Episode 178 Jan 19, 2002
- E22 Episode 179 Jan 26, 2002
- E23 Episode 180 Feb 2, 2002
- E24 Episode 181 Feb 9, 2002
- E25 Episode 182 Feb 16, 2002
- E26 Episode 183 Feb 23, 2002
- E27 Episode 184 Mar 2, 2002
- E28 Episode 185 Mar 9, 2002
- E29 Episode 186 Mar 16, 2002
- E30 Episode 187 Mar 23, 2002
- E31 Episode 188 Mar 30, 2002
- E32 Episode 189 Apr 6, 2002
- E33 Episode 190 Apr 13, 2002
- E34 Episode 191 Apr 20, 2002
- E35 Episode 192 Apr 27, 2002
- E36 Episode 193 May 4, 2002
- E37 Episode 194 May 11, 2002
- E38 Episode 195 May 18, 2002
- E39 Episode 196 May 25, 2002
- E40 Episode 197 Jun 3, 2002
- E41 Episode 198 Jun 8, 2002
- E42 Episode 199 Jun 15, 2002
- E43 Episode 200 Jun 22, 2002
- E44 Episode 201 Jun 29, 2002
- E45 Episode 202 Jul 6, 2002
- E46 Episode 203 Jul 13, 2002
- E47 Episode 204 Jul 20, 2002
- E48 Episode 205 Jul 27, 2002
- E49 Episode 206 Aug 3, 2002
- E50 Episode 207 Aug 10, 2002
- E51 Episode 208 Aug 17, 2002
- E52 Episode 209 Aug 24, 2002
Season 5 · 52 episodes
- E1 Episode 210 Aug 31, 2002
- E2 Episode 211 Sep 7, 2002
- E3 Episode 212 Sep 14, 2002
- E4 Episode 213 Sep 21, 2002
- E5 Episode 214 Sep 28, 2002
- E6 Episode 215 Oct 5, 2002
- E7 Episode 216 Oct 12, 2002
- E8 Episode 217 Oct 19, 2002
- E9 Episode 218 Oct 26, 2002
- E10 Episode 219 Nov 2, 2002
- E11 Episode 220 Nov 9, 2002
- E12 Episode 221 Nov 16, 2002
- E13 Episode 222 Nov 23, 2002
- E14 Episode 223 Nov 30, 2002
- E15 Episode 224 Dec 7, 2002
- E16 Episode 225 Dec 14, 2002
- E17 Episde 226 Dec 21, 2002
- E18 Episode 227 Dec 28, 2002
- E19 Episode 228 Jan 4, 2003
- E20 Episode 229 Jan 11, 2003
- E21 Episode 230 Jan 18, 2003
- E22 Episode 231 Jan 25, 2003
- E23 Episode 232 Feb 1, 2003
- E24 Episode 233 Feb 8, 2003
- E25 Episode 234 Feb 15, 2003
- E26 Episode 235 Feb 22, 2003
- E27 Episode 236 Mar 1, 2003
- E28 Episode 237 Mar 8, 2003
- E29 Episode 238 Mar 15, 2003
- E30 Episode 239 Mar 22, 2003
- E31 Episode 240 Mar 29, 2003
- E32 Episode 241 Apr 5, 2003
- E33 Episode 242 Apr 12, 2003
- E34 Episode 243 Apr 19, 2003
- E35 Episode 244 Apr 26, 2003
- E36 Episode 245 May 3, 2003
- E37 Episode 246 May 10, 2003
- E38 Episode 247 May 17, 2003
- E39 Episode 248 May 24, 2003
- E40 Episode 249 May 31, 2003
- E41 Episode 250 Jun 7, 2003
- E42 Episode 251 Jun 14, 2003
- E43 Epsiode 252 Jun 21, 2003
- E44 Episode 253 Jun 28, 2003
- E45 Episode 254 Jul 5, 2003
- E46 Episode 255 Jul 12, 2003
- E47 Episode 256 Jul 19, 2003
- E48 Episode 257 Jul 26, 2003
- E49 Episode 258 Aug 2, 2003
- E50 Episode 259 Aug 9, 2003
- E51 Episode 260 Aug 16, 2003
- E52 Episode 261 Aug 23, 2003
Frequently asked questions
When did SMTV Live first air?
It premiered on ITV on 29 August 1998.
When did the series end?
The final episode aired on 27 December 2003.
What type of content did the programme feature?
It combined a live studio audience of children, competitions, and cartoon segments.
Which rival show did SMTV Live regularly beat in the ratings?
It frequently won the ratings battle against the BBC’s Live & Kicking.
Who was one of the notable presenters on SMTV Live?
Ant McPartlin presented the show from its start in 1998.