Hangar 17

Hangar 17
GenreChildren's variety show
Presented byMickey Hutton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes32
Production
Production locationBBC Elstree Centre[1]
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release10 January 1992 (1992-01-10) –
29 March 1994 (1994-03-29)
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Hangar 17 is a children's variety show for 9 to 13 year olds that aired on BBC1 from 10 January 1992 to 29 March 1994. The show was presented by stand-up comedian Mickey Hutton and featured a mixture of jugglers, mime artists and comedians along with the more usual musical guests. In the first series the show promoted unsigned musical guests during a Battle of the Bands feature, but this idea was dropped from the second series in favour of more established acts such as Take That and East 17. The show also featured Brit School pupil Paul Leyshon as the show's resident DJ who joined in the second series and was produced by Peter Leslie. Both Hutton and Leyshon were joined by actress Colette Brown for the final series.

The show was filmed in a hangar that used to store planes.[2] It was produced by Chris Pilkington and lasted for three series.[3][4] Despite previously having not been a television writer, Daniel Peacock jointly wrote the second and third series with Hutton.[5]

  1. ^ "Elstree – ATV & BBC". TV Studio History. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Blast off — 'Hangar 17'". Loughborough Echo. 10 January 1992. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "BBC call to Hangar out". The Stage and Television Today. No. 5776. 26 December 1991. p. 15. ProQuest 962509632.
  4. ^ "Out with the old in with the new". The Stage and Television Today. No. 5925. 3 November 1994. p. 23. ProQuest 1040622237.
  5. ^ Leavy, Suzan (17 February 1994). "Mud, mud, glorious Mud! There's nothing quite like it – especially when you've got a children's-adventure series set in an outdoor activity centre". The Stage and Television Today. No. 5888. p. 21. ProQuest 962552200.