CD:UK (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.

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  • CD:UK (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 This made the BBC's long-running Top Of The Pops, which aired only the night before, seem very out-of-date broadcasting the previous week's chart.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 showing "raunchy" performances in a slot aimed at children, sparked by a performance of "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera. In response, a spin-off programme entitled ', featuring music videos which could be considered unsuitable for daytime viewing, was launched in January 2003 and broadcast overnight. In its first eight years, CD:UK had become one of the most important music programmes on British television. But by 2006, its future looked uncertain.
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  • The CD:UK logo since 2005.
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  • 29 august 1998
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  • 1 April 2006
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  • Anthony McPartlin

    Cat Deeley

    Holly Willoughby

    Lauren Laverne
    (September 2005 - April 2006)
    Johny Pitts
    (September 2005 - April 2006)
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  • Blaze Television
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  • 60 minutes
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  • CD:UK
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  • CD:UK (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.
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  • CD:UK
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