Video Game Heroes

For a channel built around gaming culture, Video Game Heroes makes a curious programming choice: it rarely shows anyone actually playing a game. Instead, you'll find animated adventures of classic gaming icons, think Mario, Sonic, and lesser-known retro mascots, all strung together in block-length loops. The production values are middling, but the channel's real charm is its laser focus on the 6-10 demographic who'd rather watch their favorite characters than do homework. Scheduling is erratic; the same episode might pop up three times in a Tuesday afternoon. That's oddly kids who dip in and out. No live-action segments, no eSports, no tutorials, just pure, uncut cartoon nostalgia. It's a niche that works precisely because it refuses to be anything else. If your kid wants to see Crash Bandicoot run through the same temple for the fiftieth time, this is the only place in the UK that'll deliver.