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Room 785

British children's television programming block

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Room 785 is a children's television programme broadcast on the BFBS 1 channel, part of the British Forces Broadcasting Service. It had a similar format to CBBC in that the presenters were situated in a small studio and introduced the programmes from there. There was more emphasis on emailing and texting in to the show, as it was broadcast wherever BFBS was received and allowed children to send messages to their parents who may have been on operations.

The show, which took its name from the British Forces Post Office number used as its address, was previously known as Children's SSVC. In 1985, it already included a birthday section.

Similar to the output of the BFBS channels in general, the show's broadcasts were taken directly from those shown on CBeebies CBBC, CITV and Channel 5. Historically, it aired on BFBS Forces Television, which was renamed BFBS 1 in 2001, but, with the introduction of BFBS 3 Kids in 2009, the show moved there.

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