The Children's Channel

The Children’s Channel was a British Satellite channel owned by Flextech that was launched on 1 September 1984 and active until 3 April 1998. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was moved to this channel in 1987 shortly after it had finished its premiere run on Children's ITV. It is currently unknown when Thomas finished airing on this channel and with which season.

The channel featured original programming such as Roustabout and Jack-In-The-Box. It later expanded its library to include programmes originally broadcast on BBC and ITV.