Presenters and
Cat Deeley.
CD:UK was originally fronted by the same presenting team for
SMTV Live –
Ant & Dec and
Cat Deeley. It directly aired after its sister show, usually at around 11:30am, and like its predecessor
The Chart Show, it was also repeated in a late night slot. Ant & Dec left both programmes on 1 December 2001 ahead of presenting the
Pop Idol live shows. This left Deeley to present
CD:UK solo. As time went on, due to her popularity with viewers, Deeley was offered more and more television work and went on to present
Stars in Their Eyes and
Fame Academy. This meant that she was absent from the show more and more and was frequently replaced by either a celebrity guest or
Holly Willoughby from
SMTV's successor
Ministry of Mayhem. Deeley chose to leave the programme for good in March 2005.
TRL presenter
Dave Berry presented the programme for several weeks before Holly Willoughby became the new regular host presenting each fortnight with guest presenters such as
Kelly Osbourne,
Rachel Stevens,
Brittany Murphy,
Girls Aloud, Natalie Brown and
Jayne Middlemiss filling in for the weeks when Willoughby was absent.
MiTracks relaunch In August 2005,
Myleene Klass was hired as main presenter alongside
XFM DJ
Lauren Laverne and
Trouble TV presenter
Johny Pitts as part of a major revamp of the programme, which was duly unveiled on 17 September 2005 with new titles, a redesigned studio and a new chart, the
MiTracks Countdown, which allowed viewers to vote for their favourite and least favourite songs on the
CD:UK website. Although it was initially reported that the relaunch had helped double viewing figures, audiences soon dropped below 1 million.
Cancellation On 28 December 2005, it was announced that
CD:UK was to cease production due to budget issues within the broadcaster. The final regular edition of the show was aired on Saturday 18 March 2006, followed by two compilation programmes on 25 March and 1 April, respectively.
Aborted revival On 20 April 2006, it was announced that production company
Blaze Television had reached a deal with
Five to revive the programme. However, Five announced on 2 June that Klass, Laverne and Pitts would not return to present the show, and that Berry would instead host the show alongside a yet to be decided female presenter, later announced as
Caroline Flack. It was also announced that
CD:UK would air at 17:30 on Saturday afternoons, and that the show should be back on air, initially by Autumn 2006, later pushed back to some time in 2007. However, nothing on the subject had been heard in several months and it seemed uncertain as to whether the show would return at all. It was officially announced on 17 April 2007 that
CD:UK would not be returning. ==Music==