CD:UK (an abbreviation of Count Down:United Kingdom) was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme was first aired on ITV (now ITV1) on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine years.
In contrast to its predecessor, which only showed promo videos, the new show was broadcast live with a studio au...
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CD:UK (an abbreviation of Count Down:United Kingdom) was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme was first aired on ITV (now ITV1) on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine years.
In contrast to its predecessor, which only showed promo videos, the new show was broadcast live with a studio audience and featured live performances, as well as star interviews and competitions. It also featured the Saturday Chart, which although was unofficial, usually reflected the new chart positions a day before the official chart was announced on BBC Radio 1. This made the BBC's long-running Top of the Pops, which aired only the night before, seem very out-of-date broadcasting the previous week's chart. CD:UK later utilised an interactive chart based on viewers' votes, called the MiTracks Countdown.
In 2002, the programmes was criticised for...
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