Something Special (TV series) Something Special (TV series) Something Special is a children's television programme presented by Justin Fletcher (Tweenies). It was created and produced for 10 years by Allan Johnston. It is broadcast by the BBC. It is designed to introduce children to Makaton signing, and is specifically aimed at children with delayed learning and communication difficulties. It is aired on the CBeebies channel and in the past was also broadcast as part of the CBeebies programme strand on BBC One and BBC Two. The name of the programme derives from the idea that all children, irrespective of their position on the learning
Cathal O'Shannon (TV presenter) November 2011. It had originally aired in 2008 to mark his 80th birthday. Cathal O'Shannon (TV presenter) Cathal O'Shannon (23 August 1928 – 22 October 2011) was an Irish journalist and television presenter. He was a former journalist with "The Irish Times" newspaper and a former TV reporter and presenter for RTÉ. He was probably best known for presenting documentaries on Irish history, produced mainly for Irish television viewers and broadcast by RTÉ. On 12 January 2007, after producing his most recent documentary, he stated that he had fully retired. In a 2008 television documentary he "outed himself as a