Est: 2016
KIDS TV
Panto
KIDS TV and PANTO have gone hand in hard for years and years. From the presenters of the channels or shows taking on the lead role to the cartoons stars themselves being in the pantomime show. Have a look below to our guide of KIDS TV and PANTO
MILKSHAKE
Milkshake! is a British children's television programming block on 5. Originally launched in 1997, it is currently aimed at children aged 2 to 7. Programmes for older children also aired from 1997 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2016 on spin-off block Shake!, which, in its time, ran on weekends after Milkshake!
OLIVIA BIRCHENOUGH
2025: Cinderella - Bournemouth Pavilion
2024: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal, Bath
2022: Beauty and the Beast - Festival Theatre, Maluein
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AMY THOMPSON
2010: Aladdin - Grand Theatre, Blackpool
2022: Dick Whittington - Scarborough Spa, Scarborough
KIERA-NICOLE
2022: Aladdin - Lyceum, Crewe
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DAVID RIBI
As seen on Milkshake as a main presenter.
2022: Peter Pan - Fairfield Halls, Croydon
NATHAN CONNOR
As seen on Milkshake as a main presenter.
2022: Cinderella - The Beck, Hayes
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CBBC
CHRIS JARVIS
As seen on CBeebies in JUSTINS HOUSE and a main presenter.
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2025: Dick Whittington - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
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BARNEY HARWOOD
As seen on CBBC in BLUE PETER and PRANK PATROL
2022: Cinderella - Grange Theatre, Oldham
CHRIS PIZZEY
As seen on CBBC in THE BASIL BRUSH SHOW
2022: Cinderella - The Anvil, Basingstoke
2025: Aladdin - The Anvil, Basinstoke
DANI HARMER
As seen on CBBC in THE STORY OF TRACEY BEAKER and DANI'S HOUSE
2014: Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Bath
2021; Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Bath
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DAVE BENSON-PHILLIPS
As seen on CBBC in GET YOUR OWN BACK
2002: Jack and the Beanstalk - Pavilion, Worthing
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DOMINIC WOOD
As seen on CBBC in DICK AND DOM IN DA BUNGALOW and main presenter
2002: Cinderella - Princess Hall, Aldershot
2022: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Wimbledon, London
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EVIE PICKERILL
As seen on CBeebies as MAIN PRESENTER
2022: Cinderella - De Montford Hall, Leicester
GEMMA HUNT
As seen on CBeebies in SWSHBUCKLE
2010: Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bath
2022: Peter Pan - Fairfield Halls, Croydon
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GETHIN JONES
As seen on CBBC in BLUE PETER
2025: Sleeping Beauty - New Theatre, Cardiff
JUSTIN FLETCHER
As seen on CBeebies in SOMTHING SPECAIL and JUSTINS HOUSE
2025: Beauty and the Beast - Hexagon, Reading
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GYASI SHEPPY
As seen on CBeebues as main presenter
2022: Cinderella - Grand Opera House, Belfast
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IAN KIRKBY
As seen on CBBC in DICK AND DOM IN DA BUNGALOW and HARRY BATT
2022: Jack and the Beanstalk - Alban Arena, St Albans
JAMES MACKENZIE
As seen on CBBC in Raven
2006: Cinderella - His Majesty's, Aberdeen
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JENNIE DALE
As seen on CBeebies in SWASHBUKLES
2022: Sleeping Beauty - Marlow Theatre, Canterbury
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JOSEPH CHAMBERS
As seen on CBeebies as THE RHYME ROCKET
2022: Peter Pan - Cresset, Peterborough
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JOSEPH ELLIOTT
As seen on CBeebies in SWASHBUKLES
2022: Aladdin - Watermeet, Rickmanswarth
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MARK RHODES
KATRINA BRYAN
As seen on CBBC in MOLLY & MAC and on CBeebies in NINA AND THE NEURONS
2022: Cinderella - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
2025: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Palace, Mansfield
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As seen on CBBC in TMI and CRACKERJACK
2016: Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bath
2021: Cinderella - Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
2022: Peter Pan - Fairfield Halls, Croydon
2025: Sleeping Beauty - Gatehouse, Stafford
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MADDIE MOATE
As seen on CBeebies in SOMTHING SPECAIL
2022: Peter Pan - Theatre Royal, York
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STEWART McCHEYNE
As seen on CBeebies in ANDY AND THE BAND
2022: Jack and the Beanstalk Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
2025: Sleeping Beauty - Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
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DR RANJ
As seen on CBeebies in OUCH
2025: Peter Pan - Mayflower, Southampton
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MATT BAKER
As seen on CBBC in BLUE PETER
2022: Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Richmond Theatre, London
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REBECCA KEATLEY
As seen on CBeebies as MAIN PRESENTER
2022: Beauty and the Beast - Venue Cymru, Llandudno
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RICHARD McCOURT
As seen on CBBC in DICK AND DOM IN DA BUNGALOW and main presenter
2001: Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bath
2022: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Wimbledon, London
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RICHARD DAVID-CAINE
As seen on CBBC as HORRIBLE HISTORIES
2022: Jack and the Beanstalk - Royal and Derngate, Northampton
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KARIM ZEROUAL
As seen on CBBC as MAIN PRESENTER
2022: Peter Pan - The Hawth, Crawley
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NAOMI WILKINSON
As seen on CBBC in MARRYING MUM AND DAD and WILD AND SCARY
2011: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Bath
2022: Beauty and the Beast - Palace Theatre, Redditch
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PHIL GALLAGHER
As seen on CBeebies as MR MAKER
2022: Cinderella - Grove Theatre, Dunstable
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SOPHIE McDONNELL
As seen on CBBC as main presenter
2003: Peter Pan - Grand Theatre, Blackpool
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CITV
CHRIS EDGERLEY
As seen on CITV in HI-5
2022: Sleeping Beauty - The Elgiva, Chesham
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DANIELLE NICHOLLS
As seen on CITV as a main presenter
2000: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Opera House, Manchester
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LUKE ROBERTS
As seen on CITV
2022: Jack and the Beanstalk - Royal Hippodrome, Eastbourne
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TOMMY BOYD
As seen on CITV as MAIN PRESENTER
1980: Mother Goose - Churchill Theatre, Bromley
1991: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
1992: Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Brighton​​
ISLA ST CLAIR
As seen on CITV as MAIN PRESENTER
1984: Aladdin - Bristol Hippodrome
1985: Mother Goose - Birmingham Alexandra
1992: Aladdin - White Rock Theatre, Hastings
2001: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Ferneham Hall, Fareham
2002: Jack and the Beanstalk - Queens Theatre Barnstaple
2004: Cinderella - Buxton Opera House
2005: Cinderella - Sands Centre, Carlisle
2006: Cinderella - Riverfront Theatre, Newport
2007: Aladdin - Hall for Cornwall
2008: Beauty and the Beast - Theatre Royal, Winchester
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Nick Jr
HOLLY ATTERTON
As seen on Nick Jr's in GO! GO! GO!
2022: Peter Pan - Palace Theatre, Mansfield
2025: Peter Pan - Theatre Royal, Bath
GEMMA NAYLOR
As seen on Nick Jr's in GO! GO! GO!
2022: Cinderella - Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Disney Jr
LLOYD WARBEY
As seen on Disney Jr in ART ATTACK
2022: Cinderella - Winding Wheel Theatre, Chesterfield
THE KRANKIES (1983)
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MATTHEW KELLY (1983, 1984, 1986)
1983/84 Cinderella - Palace Theatre, Manchester
1984/85 Aladdin - Palace Theatre, Manchester
1986/87 Robinson Crusoe - Cambridge Arts Theatre
1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bournemouth Pavilion
1991/92 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
1995/96 Dick Whittington - Bradford Alhambra
1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk - Churchill Theatre, Bromley
2002/03 Peter Pan - Birmingham Rep Theatre
2003/04 Peter Pan - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
2007/08 The Wizard of Oz - The Mayflower, Southampton
2012/13 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Windsor
2013/14 Aladdin - Richmond Theatre
2014/15 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre
2015/16 Cinderella - Richmond Theatre
2016/17 Dick Whittington - Richmond Theatre
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enjoy a clip of Matthew presenting CITV in 1986 below
Children's BBC
JAN HUNT
As seen on Children's BBC in CRACKAJACK
2022: Aladdin - Esher Theatre, Esher
WAFFLE
As seen on Children's CBBC in WAFFLE
2022: Jack and the Beanstalk - Lyceum, Sheffield