UP2U

UP2U is a British summer Saturday morning children's magazine television programme that was produced and screened by the BBC in 1988 and 1989. It aired during the late summer of each year, the early summer having been taken up by On The Waterfront. These two shows taken together formed the annual summer break replacement for Going Live! over those two years. The show was broadcast live from Manchester; the first series from a dedicated studio (at BBC North West in central Manchester) and the second from the programme's own production office.

On the Waterfront
GenreChildren's entertainment
Presented byTony Dortie
Jenny Powell
Anthea Turner
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series2
No. of episodes19
Production
Running time115 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC1
Picture format4:3
Original release16 July 1988 (1988-07-16) –
16 September 1989 (1989-09-16)

The programme featured a mix of entertainment features, location reports, guest interviews and 'things-to-do' guides, with the title "UP2U" referring to the fact that, like in Blue Peter, viewers could write in to suggest subject matter for features and articles, and also vote by telephone during the live show for features, inserts and music videos to be shown.

Each week, two of the presenters would be in the studio/office presenting the bulk of the show, with the third on location providing reports linked into the show at various points.

During one of the location reports, from the Royal Tournament, Anthea Turner was injured when a pyrotechnic display exploded in her face whilst she was giving a piece to camera during a motorcycle stunt. The incident was broadcast live on-air and has more recently been uploaded onto video-sharing sites such as YouTube by those who had been recording the programme. The incident was later blamed on a miscommunication between programme staff and stunt organisers, coupled with an unplanned last-minute change in the location from which Turner gave her report.

UP2U did not return in 1990, although BBC Manchester did produce the follow-up summer Saturday show for 1990–1991, The 8:15 from Manchester.

Transmissions
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
116 July 1988[1]10 September 1988[2]9
215 July 1989[3]16 September 1989[4]10

References
  1. "UP2U - BBC One London - 16 July 1988". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. "UP2U - BBC One London - 23 April 1988". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. "UP2U - BBC One London - 15 July 1989". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. "UP2U - BBC One London - 16 September 1989". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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