I suppose now the country is all going digital (we've gone over in our area), most households will now have CBeebies, CBBC and CITV available.

The BBC have sort of admitted that they'll be filling up the schedules with "some new drama" and a lot of repeats though!!

I recently spent a few days away with Mr Widow and some of his friends and their children - one age nearly 5, one age nearly 11 and one age 16.

The 5 year old spent the whole time watching cartoons via her dad's iPad - even at mealtimes!

The 11 year old had no interest in TV and spent as much time as he was allowed to on the X-box, otherwise he had to do homework or pratise the guitar (different parents from the 5 year old!)  At his age, I would no doubt have been begging to be allowed to watch TV, preferably the A Team 

The 16 year old preferred just to be on her smart phone - the only thing she watched was Downton Abbey with her mum.  She also spent a LOT of time doing AS level course work.

I suppose this is a sign of the times!

We were allowed to move our chairs to the end of the dining table so we could just about see the television if there was something really special on (because of course there was no video).  The only thing I can remember was the Batman movie - the Adam West / Burt Ward one.  Once we got a video, that stopped.