Children's television programmes will
be broadcast on BBC One for the last time on Friday.
Shows including Blue Peter and Horrible Histories will now only go out on the CBBC digital channel.
The Cbeebies strand on BBC Two in the mornings will finish on 4 January, with pre-school programming then only available on the Cbeebies channel.
The changes are part of BBC-wide cost cutting but investment in children's programming will remain the same.
The final strand of CBBC on BBC One will go out on Friday afternoon, featuring a Blue Peter Christmas special and the CBeebies panto.
'Absolutely fundamental'
The decision to end children's programming on terrestrial channels was agreed by the BBC Trust in March, as the BBC looked ahead to the digital switchover.
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