Former cast and crew have joined fans in paying tribute and saying goodbye to the iconic children's channel CITV.

ITV's iconic children's TV channel CITV will be shutting down in weeks after more than 40 years on air, the broadcaster has confirmed - this is why.

CITV has been axed after 17 years on air, and 30 years as an existing brand. It is now confirmed that it will stop broadcasting on September 1. But why has ITV dropped it? And what is its replacement?

ONE of CITV’s best-known former stars has spoken out about the channel’s closure. CITV will be taken off air forty years after it was first launched in 1983 and will make way for new ch… ...

On Friday (10 March), the broadcaster announced that the CITV channel is set to close in the early autumn, after the launch of a new “dedicated destination for kids” on its streaming service ITVX.