Studio Disney UK

Infobox Television
show_name = Studio Disney


caption = The final logo while Studio Disney was on air. The show was on the Disney Channel Network.
genre = Children's Television
creator =
starring = Nigel Mitchell
Emma Lee
Jean Anderson
James McCourt
Ollie of Freefaller
Jemma Forte
Mark Rumble
Amy Garcia
theme_music_composer =
opentheme =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
num_episodes =
executive_producer =
location = Chiswick,London
camera = Multiple-camera setup
runtime = Usual: 4 Hours
network = Disney Channel UK
picture_format = 576i (SDTV)
first_aired = April 1, 1996
last_aired = July 1, 2005
website = http://www.disneychannel.co.uk
imdb_id = 0913274
tv_com_id =

"Studio Disney" was a live TV show, broadcast on Disney Channel UK. It launched in September 1997 as "Disney Channel UK Live", and relaunched as "Studio Disney" on 23 April 2001. Presenters included: Nigel Mitchell, Emma Lee, Jean Anderson, Mark Rumble, Amy Garcia, Ollie from Freefaller, James McCourt, Jemma James, now - Jemma Forte. Studio Disney ran on weekdays, usually from 4pm to 7pm, in direct competition with similar services offered by CBBC, CITV and Nickelodeon UK. The show featured a team of between two and six presenters who came on air between programmes, giving viewers the opportunity to call in, interact and win prizes. Studio Disney also produced many of its own short programmes, including "Wish Upon a Star" and "Junior Journo", which were aired during the block itself and between programmes at other times. Studio Disney bowed out on 1 July 2005, in line with the disappearance of afternoon in-vision presentation on CITV and Nickelodeon the previous year and leaving the channel with a format similar to that of its American counterpart.

The live presentation of the show, would also run competitions in which viewers could win holidays, and other prizes.Special holiday competitions would be run, New Year, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, etc.

(i.e Mother's Day - Competition of 2003 involved Emma Lee surprising four entrants and their mothers to a special get-away.(i.e Father's Day - Competition of 2004 involved James McCourt and Nigel Mitchell treating one lucky dad to a day at Silverstone Grand Prix track.

At other times of day, pre-recorded presentation was used, typically recorded in such a manner that viewers would believe that it was live. An example of this was breakfast segment "Up" (and later called "Zoom!"), which was hosted out-of-vision by Capital Disney presenter, and managing director Will Chambers. Another example originated from the "Monster March" event that ran throughout March 2002, during which the schedule featured many monster-themed shows and movies. Pre-recorded sketches featuring a Mexican dinosaur puppet named "Raoul" were inserted between programmes, and as this proved popularFact|date=February 2007, Raoul was given a number of his own segments on the channel over the next few years, including "The Raoul Show", "Good Morning Raoul" and "The Raoul Summer". The best sketches from The Raoul Show were made into a series of short programmes entitled "The Best of Raoul". Raoul was even the subject of a question on the 20th Anniversary edition of Trivial Pursuit [http://www.dandytv.com/] .