▁Children ' s ▁Channel ' s ▁unexpected ▁closed own ▁of ▁British ▁and ▁Irish ▁operations ▁on ▁ 3 ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁full ▁replacement ▁by ▁then - times h ared ▁channel ▁Tr ouble ▁the ▁next ▁day , ▁the ▁str and ▁was ▁finally ▁with dra wn ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁mas cot ▁for ▁the ▁channel ▁was ▁a ▁huge ▁c ud d ly ▁W ig as aur us ▁called ▁T iny . ▁He ▁had ▁his ▁own ▁show ▁called ▁T iny ▁and ▁C rew ! ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁learned ▁new ▁things ▁about ▁life . ▁T iny ▁had ▁a ▁fixed ▁age ▁of ▁just ▁ 5 ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁show . ▁He ▁could ▁speak ▁no ▁English ▁and ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁Dog , ▁who ▁loved ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁b ones ▁and ▁playing ▁hide ▁and ▁seek ▁and ▁Arab ella , ▁a ▁f rog ▁who ▁would ▁sometimes ▁come ▁across ▁a ▁little ▁b oss y ▁but ▁loved ▁to ▁try ▁new ▁things . ▁The ▁bud d ets ▁were ▁flowers ▁who ▁were ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁singing . ▁T iny ▁was ▁later ▁joined ▁by ▁present ers ▁Sarah ▁Dav ison ▁and ▁Soph ie ▁Ald red , ▁then - in ▁ 1 9 9 9 - a ▁lif eli ke ▁doll ▁named ▁Tam my ▁( T am ). ▁The ▁last ▁series ▁was ▁created ▁two ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁Program mes ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁day , ▁T CC ▁created ▁some ▁original ▁programming . ▁Connect ▁ 4 ▁and ▁The ▁Super ▁Mario ▁Challenge ▁were ▁popular ▁tea - time ▁qu iz ▁shows . ▁Some