Gina's Laughing Gear was a special programming slot which was presented by Gina Yashere

Gina Yashere

Gina Obedapo Yashere is a British comedian of Nigerian descent.-Early life:Yashere was born in Bethnal Green, London, England. Her mother was an immigrant from Nigeria...

. It was shown on Friday afternoons on BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

 and repeated on Saturday on the CBBC Channel

CBBC Channel

CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...

. The purpose was to showcase new CBBC

CBBC

CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

 comedy at the time.

The running gag in the slot was that Gina "hacks" the CBBC transmission in her claim to try to be a CBBC presenter. She often made desperate attempts to win over the audience, none of which were very effective.

Programmes featured

• Harry Batt
  Harry Batt
  Harry Batt is a television programme starring Ian Kirkby as the fictional "Geordie copper" DI Harry Batt. The article is about both the character and the show itself.-Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow:...
  
   - Pilot episode. Based on one the characters from Dick and Dom in da Bugalow.
• SPOOF! - Sketch show from the producers of Dead Ringers
  Dead Ringers (comedy)
  Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and later BBC Two. The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry...
  
  , it included an appearance from Spitting Image
  Spitting Image
  Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show that aired on the ITV network from 1984 to 1996. It was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Television. The series was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, winning one for editing in 1989....
  
   puppeteer Louise Gold
  Louise Gold
  Louise Gold is an English singer, actress and puppeteer whose career has spanned almost four decades.From 1977, Gold was a puppeteer and voice actress for The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, and she has performed voice and puppet work on various other Muppet films and specials...
  
   as The Queen.
• Driving Me Mad - Sketch show in which 3 children's imaginations are portrayed though a series of sketches.
• Lil Sisters - Comedy drama about 3 sisters who try to get on with their widowed dad.
• Astronuts - Comedy slapstick running in similar veins to Basil Brush
  Basil Brush
  Basil Brush is a fictional anthropomorphic fox raconteur, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet, but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips...
  
   about a family in 5050, who, after their father's stupidity in moving planet, find themselves lost in space.
• Trevor Island - Sea-faring comedy drama about a group of pirates, led by the charismatic Captain Trevor Mullet, who are left shipwrecked on a desert island.
• Dollby City - Show set in an imaginary Toy Hospital, based on Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
   and Holby City
  Holby City
  Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
  
  , with a special appearance from Derek Thompson, from Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
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• Who's in the Shed?- Two young children host an internet chat show with one of the children's cousins bringing celebrities on "detours" from the BBC.
• Stairlift to heaven- An animated comedy, where a 9-year-old boy called George gets sent to an old folks home after a terrible mix-up about his age.
• Life in the Underpass- Kevin wants to be the next David Attenborough, but will his attempts get him anywhere?