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The main presenters were [[Noel Edmonds]], [[Keith Chegwin]], [[John Craven]] and [[Maggie Philbin]].

The content of the programme included music, competitions, interviews, children's news and issues. The cornerstone however was the "Swaporama" element where an outside-broadcast unit would travel to different locations throughout the country where children could swap their belongings with others. This proved to be one of the most popular aspects of the show, often achieving gatherings of more than two thousand2,000 children.

In many ways, nothing like ''Swap Shop'' had been seen prior in children's television and the BBC continued to use the successful format in many programmes, such as ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'' and ''[[Going Live!]]''.