Freeview and young children

froggy27_2 · 12 February 2006 at 4:46PM

Not sure if this is the right place but if you have freeview and young children you can watch Dora, Thomas the tank etc on channel 21... they are normally on Nickelodeon TV but as i don't have sky/cable we couldn't watch those programmes.. my little girl loves Dora so now i can tape her few episodes!
Hope it's useful to somebody...

Kids' morning TV just got better!

Do your kids love Dora the Explorer, Thomas the Tank Engine, Maggie And The Ferocious Beast and The Backyardigans?

They are now showing on Freeview on a new slot called Noggin, everyday from 7am - 9am!

Join in with Noggin every morning on TMF (The Music Factory), channel 21 on Freeview (also available on Sky, NTL and Telewest) - for the very best pre-school programmes.

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Poppycat · 12 February 2006 at 5:08PM

Yes Freeview is getting a whole lot better and looking forward to film 4.

Some boxes can enable you to lock channels for kids if you wasn't aware of that for content I mean.

Havent tried this myself but I seen it on my 3 freeview boxes all the same make but different models.

Faith_2 · 12 February 2006 at 8:17PM

Is film 4 coming to freeview Poppycat?

jobbingmusician · 12 February 2006 at 8:19PM

Yep, in a coupla months

(sorry Poppycat!)

Spendless · 12 February 2006 at 11:17PM

Thanks.:beer: . Just need them to start showing Scooby Doo for the older one and I can get rid of Sky:money:

mummysaver · 13 February 2006 at 11:02AM

Thanks for this, dd3 loves Dora! We had Sky, but I got fed up with the four children and dh all arguing over what to watch, sometimes there can be too much choice! Freeview means that there is a small amount of choice, and I can safely leave all the children watching CBBC or CBeebies whilst I cook dinner without worrying what they are looking at!

DH has just taken on a new role at work and is really really busy, so shouldn't be watching telly anyway, not if he doesn't have time to unload the dishwasher for me whilst I'm at work

Can't wait until tomorrow, may get a lie in for half term if dd3 can watch channel 21

cheekymole · 13 February 2006 at 2:35PM

My DD's eyes lit up this morning when I put Dora on!

elaine373 · 13 February 2006 at 3:05PM

what number channel on sky is it?

mummytofour · 13 February 2006 at 4:35PM

on the freevies site it says that I cant get freevies in my area, is this likley to be true or are they just covering their butts as i may not be able to get all channels?
Sorry for butting in!

davesgirl_2 · 13 February 2006 at 10:45PM

apparently we dont have god reception either

we have cable with ntl at the moment but the only channels we watch are e4 and nick jr - got ntl to give me the family package for £10 for 6 months though so i guess £2.50 a week isnt too bad but think i am gonna cancel over he summer as the children wont be watching it lol!

lisahobden · 13 February 2006 at 11:27PM

It's worth checking with a local aerial installer. According to the freeview website, we can't receive it, but we had a freeview aerial installed at the weekend and have fantastic reception - better than we had with NTL!!

Freeview and young children

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