Live and Kicking 2000

The start of the first L&K of the year 2000, indeed the first children's programme of the 21st century. Live from 9am to 11am in the BBC's 2000 Today mammoth broadcast - I wonder how many of the crew and guests hadn't been to bed?!
Look out for an awkward silence after the phone jingle, and CD:UK getting a bit of a pasting...
01.01.00, all copyright remains BBC.

[@danielfennessey]

Huw Edwards: "Oh you, MUST be Joking." And his Face!!! XD

[@Hertfordshire247]

Yes, considering he is a phedo, changes it slightly.

[@vanepico]

I had a massive nostalgia attack when I heard that theme tune, it is amazing how things can be so engrained in your brain when you watch them every week for 5 years!

[@JB1601]

I bet you were a right laugh on New Year's Eve 1999...

[@abbafan50986]

That hand action Steve does when telling the web address. I remember a lot of CBBC presenter used to do that in those days, when the internet was still new and exciting, particularly for younger viewers

[@TheStevenWhiting]

I never knew Live and Kicking was still going in 2000.

[@roseynick]

God I feel ancient

[@nadz993]

rip mark speight

[@roseynick]

I will never look at Huw Edwards on BBC News the same way anymore :L

[@cupcakefairy87]

No, you won't, come 2023...

[@jonathan_tong93]

This was a rare footage of the Live & Kicking at 2000 Today: The Great Global Millennium Day Celebration TV Special, whose main attraction was the Great Hawaiian Millennium celebration, which was the penultimate centerpiece attraction of the 2000 Today: The Great Global Millennium Day Celebration TV Special that was witnessed in 150 countries including the likes of the defected Millennium Live broadcasters and adopted 2000 Today broadcasters. The Live & Kicking at 2000 Today: The Great Global Millennium Day Celebration TV Special could be uploaded by Allen Jaymie Sembillo on his UA-cam channel, if his channel reaches 500 subscribers

[@phoenixj5279]

Awww Mark Speight 💜

[@IHATEGARRETT2659]

0:07 Mr. Blobby

[@creynolds094]

Saturday 1st January 2000

[@2001JamesTV]

At least they've got a set & Audience here- if you see the Jan 1st 2000 edition of SM:TV (which is up on here), you can see it's just Ant, Dec & Cat in a bed with no audience! It was at least live though, as they do a Wonkey Donkey at the end (and ask people to call in for it during the show).

[@ogispaulmendy8094]

They must be tired by the end of that long broadcast and believe me so would I if I was watching that all the way through

[@RetroRepair]

I had no idea L&K went on so long. Where did all the cartoons go?

[@InsaneGamersOfficial]

I don't think they had any on this special new years edition, they had to link up with a few live midnight broadcasts from America as part of 2000 Today, so they probably didn't want to chance it by airing cartoons.
But according to Wiki they had Rugrats, The Simpsons, Kenan & Kel, Smart Guy, The Wild Thornberry's, Monster Rancher (loved that as kid, probably not good now) and Roswell Conspiracies as cartoons between 2000 and the end of the show in 2001.

[@c6gav]

they had a cheek the bbc droping Noel,s house party but still using it in a dif way..!!

[@thepod96]

Just noticed the cameraman at 3:13. Sorry, but is that camp or what? xD

[@JB1601]

Whatever floated their boat I suppose! :-)

[@vorebiz]

You can see why it didn't last much longer after this.
SM:TV must have been killing them in the ratings. This just looks so dated (even for 2000), turgid, and self-congratulatory. Literally the most boring kids TV I've ever seen.

[@jasondrury8301]

Yea the show had totally lost the plot by then, On this clip when Mitch talks about Hit Miss and Maybe, and says that’s going to go all wrong then, that is how the show was like then,

[@SClub8Official]

Do you have the video of S Club 7 performing "Two in a Million" on the new years day special of Live and Kicking?

[@jonathan_tong93]

The Live & Kicking at 2000 Today: The Great Global Millennium Day Celebration TV Special might include the S Club 7 performance of "Two in a Million" that might be uploaded on Allen Jaymie Sembillo's UA-cam channel, but should this be uploaded, there might be a suggestion from UMG

[@jamesdelboy]

They could have said now on BBC One time for CBBC and L2K

[@birdy100]

Was that really step's manager? He didn't seem to have a clue what he was doing!

[@phoenixj5279]

Must not have been briefed 😆

[@engerlishgirl93]

childrens tv has gone soo downhill now... i feel sorry for today's children. This is from when they actually had a budget, now its like a presenter in a cupboard...

[@sneezingjulian]

How did people find that thing hilarious for so many years?

[@2001JamesTV]

I think it's the fact that it's just too forgettable and not catchy enough! Just what was wrong with 0181 811 8181 eh? ;-)