Hangar 17

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Hangar 17 is considered a remake of Crackerjack for the early 1990s. The show was a music and variety show for 9 to 13 year olds, that went out either on a Friday or on a Tuesday tea-time between the times of 16:35 and 17:00 hours on BBC 1. It ran between 1985 and 1986 and then again between 1992 and 1994. The show was presented by stand-up comedian Micky Hutton and featured a mixture of jugglers, mime artists and comedians along with the more usual musical guests. In the first series the show promoted unsigned musical guests, during a Battle of the Bands feature but this idea was dropped from the second series in favour of more established acts such as East 17. The show also featured Brit School pupil Paul Leyshon as the show's resident DJ and was produced by Peter Leslie.