SMarteenies

SMarteenies
Starring	Kirsten O'Brien Mark Speight Jay Burridge Lizi Botham Marcus Clarke
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	50
Production
Producer(s)	Chris Tandy
Running time	15 minutes
Distributor	HIT Entertainment
Release
Original network	CBeebies
Original release	February 2002 – January 2008
Chronology
Related shows	SMart SMart on the Road
External links
Website

SMarteenies was a spin-off of the children's art programme SMart designed for pre-school viewers. It was shown on the CBeebies channel daily until its suspension in January 2008, following the death of presenter Mark Speight's fiancée Natasha Collins, and his subsequent suicide.

The programme started with the four presenters determining who was to do the first piece (with the rhyme: "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Smarteenies guess who'll have a go"). After each piece, the programme returned to this screen to select the next presenter.

The presenters were the same as those who presented the original show, SMart:

Until its suspension Speight and O'Brien were the only remaining presenters of the principal show SMart, as Burridge and Botham had left.

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