The Children's Channel

The Children's Channel was a British Satellite channel owned by Flextech that was launched on 1 September 1984 and active until 3 April 1998. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was moved to this channel in 1987 shortly after the first and second series had finished their premiere run on Children's ITV.

The channel featured original programming such as Roustabout and Jack-In-The-Box. It later expanded its library to include programmes originally broadcast on BBC and ITV including Towser, Rub a Dub Dub and Wil Cwac Cwac.