The Cool Stuff Collective

*The Cool Stuff Collective*
The Cool Stuff Collective
Genre	Children's
Starring	Sy Thomas; Vicky Letch; The Blowfish
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	30mins
Production company	Archie Productions
Original release
Network	ITV (CITV)
Release	13 September 2010 –; 24 December 2011

The Cool Stuff Collective is a British children's television programme, which was produced for three series that aired on ITV and CITV respectively from 13 September 2010 to 24 December 2011. The show featured reviews of the latest and forthcoming video games, gadgets, films and music. CITV also broadcast a similar format programme called "Play The Game" in 2004. Sy Thomas presented the programme for the majority of its run, with Vicky Letch and The Blowfish later taking over for the final series. Each episode primary school aged children, known as the cool stuff committee, would review a range of pop culture items.

Presenters

Sy Thomas (2010–11)
Vicky Letch (2011)
Tom "The Blowfish" Hird (2011)^[1]

Controversy

In 2011, the programme was found to have breached Ofcom's rules on product placement.^[2] Ofcom stated that many of the items featured on the show ended with "overt encouragements" to consider purchase of the product.^{[citation needed]}

Series Guide

Series	Premiere	Last in series	Episodes
1	13 September 2010	13 December 2010	14
2	29 January 2011	30 April 2011	14
3	15 October 2011	24 December 2011	11

References

^ "The Blowfish".
^ Sweney, Mark (7 June 2011). "ITV kids' show rapped for plugging games". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[1] "The Blowfish".

[2] Sweney, Mark (7 June 2011). "ITV kids' show rapped for plugging games". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

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