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{{Short description|BBC children's televisionTV series (1976–1982)}}

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===Telephone number===

The telephone number for the show from the second series onward was 01 811 8055.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/page.sm?ref=plradiotimes1977feature&s=Y|title=Calling Up Swap Shop|publisher=Saturday Mornings – A celebration of BBC Saturday Morning television since 1976|access-date=24 August 2012|archive-date=6 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106095543/http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/page.sm?ref=plradiotimes1977feature&s=Y|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/page.sm?ref=plgiveusacall&s=Y|title=Give Us A Call On...|publisher=Saturday Mornings|access-date=24 August 2012|archive-date=6 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106095545/http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/page.sm?ref=plgiveusacall&s=Y|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first series had a different number, 01 288 8055, before being changed to the number retained throughout the rest of the show's run, and retained for its successor, ''[[Saturday Superstore]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2561459.stm|title=118: Who you gonna call?|work=BBC News|date=10 December 2002|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

The number was well known and remembered by children<ref>{{cite book|title=Wiffle Lever to Full!|first=Bob|last=Fischer|publisher=Hachette UK|page=69|year=2009|isbn=978-1-848-94329-2}}</ref> and was groundbreaking for the BBC, who previously had received viewer feedback mainly by letter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/12/interacting_with_listeners_at_bbc_audio_and_music.html|title=Interacting with listeners at BBC Audio & Music|publisher=BBC|first=Jem|last=Stone|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

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The 130-minute programme was recorded in front of a studio audience at [[BBC Television Centre]] on 15 December 2006 and was broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on Thursday 28 December 2006 at 9.00pm with a shortened repeat (110 minutes) on Sunday 31 December 2006 at 6.10pm, again on [[BBC Two]]. The shortened version of the programme was broadcast on [[BBC Four]] on 28 May 2007 at 7.00pm as part of the channel's ''Children's Television on Trial'' season.

Other than the original ''Swap Shop'' team of [[Noel Edmonds]], [[John Craven]], [[Keith Chegwin]], [[Maggie Philbin]], live appearances were made by [[Mike Read]], [[Andi Peters]], [[Emma Forbes]], [[Trevor Neal]] and [[Simon Hickson]]. A recorded contribution was made by [[Phillip Schofield]] and [[Sarah Greene]]. Telephone calls (some prerecorded) were taken from [[Delia Smith]], [[Dame Edna Everage]] and [[Cliff Richard|Sir Cliff Richard]]. Other guests included [[Johnny Ball]], [[Nicki Chapman]], [[Fearne Cotton]], [[Lenny Henry]], [[Arlene Phillips]], [[Chris Moyles]] and [[Michael Crawford]] who appeared on a video link from Australia. A surprise appearance came from [[Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen]] as part of Trev and Simon's Draper Brothers sketch.

==Annuals==

''Swap Shop'' was so popular that during its run 4four annuals were published.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/archive/archiveshow.shtml?cat=Books |title=Archive – Books |publisher=Saturday Mornings |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070116013947/http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/archive/archiveshow.shtml?cat=Books |archive-date=16 January 2007 }}</ref>

The publishing dates for the books were as follows:

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Out of the 146 episodes that were made in total, 41 survive. These are Episodeepisode 21 of Seriesseries 1, Episodesepisodes 4–54, &5 and 21 of Seriesseries 2, Episodeepisode 24 of Seriesseries 3, Episodesepisodes 1–21, 2, 7, 12, 15, 17, 21 &and 25 of Seriesseries 4, Episodesepisodes 1–21, 2, 12, 14–1814 to 18, 21, 23, 25 &and 27 of Seriesseries 5 and Episodesepisodes 1, 3, 5–75 to 7, 11, 13, 15–1715 to 17, 19–2219 to 22, &24 24–25and 25 of Seriesseries 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvbrain.info/tv-archive?showname=Swap+Shop&type=lostshow|title=TVBrain – Kaleidoscope – Lost shows – TV Archive – TV History|website=Lostshows.com|access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

Due to industrial action by the ABS union at the BBC over Thursday 21 and Friday 22 December 1978, the edition which should have aired on Saturday 23 December 1978 was not transmitted. The reason being that the strike was only settled between the union and the BBC at 10.00pm on Friday 22 December 1978, and it was impossible for the live Swap Shop to be up and running in time for the 9.30am start thatthe nextfollowing daymorning. Instead BBC One returned to the air after being blacked out for two full days, at 3.00pm on Saturday 23 December 1978. Swap Shop finally returned on Saturday 30 December 1978.

==References==

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*{{IMDb title|0236914}}

*{{Screenonline TV title|442768}}

*[https://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/show/sw ''Swap Shop''] at Saturday Mornings

*[http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/satkids/swapshop.htm ''Swap Shop''] on Paul Morris' SatKids

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[[Category:1982 British television series endings]]

[[Category:Lost BBC episodes]]

[[Category:British English-language television shows]]