Get Fresh

Did You Know?

• Get Fresh Sunday was a pre-recorded Sunday morning edition presented by Gaz, Charlotte and Gilbert, featuring The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin and Gummi Bears.
• Gilbert later featured in two further series for Tyne Tees Television: Gilbert's Fridge (1988) and Gilbert's Late (1990).
• Gian Sammarco was replaced for the second and third series by a puppet named Gilbert the Alien, voiced by Phil Cornwell.

Format

Get Fresh was a Saturday morning children's show on ITV, hosted by Gareth Jones, Charlotte Hindle, and initially Gian Sammarco, who was replaced in later series by a puppet named Gilbert the Alien. Each episode aired from a different UK location, with the presenters traveling in a fictional spaceship called the Millennium Dustbin. A live audience gave opinions, showcased local community projects, and joined in games and challenges, while pop stars performed. The music segment, hosted by Nino Firetto and David "Kid" Jensen, featured interviews and gossip. A phone-in challenge used the Atari ST game Xenon, where viewers shouted directions to a blindfolded player. The show also included the animated series The Centurions and The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.

Production notes

Get Fresh was a programme overseen by Tyne Tees Television, whose central unit operated out of their London office. However, each episode was made in partnership with whichever ITV station was airing it that week. The Sunday edition, Get Fresh Sunday, was handled entirely by Border Television. Its theme tune came from Mick Jones, a musician known for his work with The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite. The show travelled to a wide range of locations across the UK. Among the early stops were The Glebe in Boness-on-Windermere, Coney Beach Pleasure Park in Porthcawl, the Tuxedo Princess in Newcastle, Glasgow Mayfest, Carmunnock Highland Games, Portrush, Cardiff Castle, Colchester Zoo, Bath Festival of Steam, Weymouth Beach, Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Swaffham, Whitehaven Harbour, Scone Palace in Perth, Ashton Court Park in Bristol, Tyne Tees Studios in Newcastle, Carlisle Castle, Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham, and Plymouth Hoe. Later episodes visited Sheepmount Athletics track in Carlisle, Yeovil, Duxford Air Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Lakeland Forum in Enniskillen, Ulster Folk Museum, New Lanark Old Mill Town, Cardiff Ice Rink, Plymouth, Newquay, Kelso Agricultural Fair, Clydebank, Northumberland Scout and Guide Camp in Gosforth Park, Border TV in Carlisle, Norwich, Bristol, Newcastle in County Down, Giant's Causeway, Maritime Museum in Exeter, Lord Montagu's Transport Museum in Beaulieu, St Austell, Great Yarmouth, Galloway Games in Stranraer, Ferry Meadows Country Park in Peterborough, a Roman fort in South Shields, Dundee, Killington Lake services, Glasgow Show in Bellahouston Park, Summerlee Heritage Trust in Coatbridge, and Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. Two studio-based episodes, called Get Ready for Get Fresh, were produced by Border Television.