CBeebies is a British television channel produced by the BBC and aimed at children six years and under. Launched on 11 February 2002 it broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Freeview (where it shares bandwidth with BBC Four, broadcast after 7 p.m.), cable and digital satellite. The CBBC Channel is its sister channel for older children. ^[2] Image File history File links CBeebies. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... BBC Choice was a TV station from the BBC which launched on September 23, 1998. ... The CBBC Channel is a British television service aimed at 6 to 13 year olds produced by the BBC. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. ... This article is about the United Kingdom digital terrestrial television service. ... For a wider corporate history and profile, see British Sky Broadcasting. ... Tata Sky is a DTH satellite television provider in India. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... UPC Ireland N.V. is Liberty Global Europes operation in Ireland. ... This article is about internet protocol television. ... Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide. ... mio TV is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by SingTel. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article is about the United Kingdom digital terrestrial television service. ... Bandwidth is the difference between the upper and lower cutoff frequencies of, for example, a filter, a communication channel, or a signal spectrum, and is typically measured in hertz. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... The CBBC Channel is a British television service aimed at 6 to 13 year olds produced by the BBC. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. ...

CBeebies offers a mix of education and entertainment programming. Content is developed and produced using pre-school specialists and the Website and Interactive television offers educative and entertaining content beyond the TV programmes.

The schedule on CBeebies is the same every weekday, with a different schedule (often with different programmes) at the weekends. Between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on weekends, all programmes are signed. Two sign language Intepreters working as a team for a school. ...

Michael Carrington is the current Creative Director for CBeebies, responsible for commissioning all content across BBC Television, On-line, Interactive TV, and Radio. ^[3]. Michael Carrington is Executive Creative Director, CBeebies (the BBCs brand for children 6 years and under). ... A creative director is a position usually found within the advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well. ...

An audio counterpart, CBeebies Radio, broadcasts for 3 hours everyday on BBC 7 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. BBC Radio 7 is a digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and childrens programming 24 hours a day. ...

CBeebies programming

Main article: List of BBC children's television programmes

This is a list of television programmes that are either currently being broadcast or have previously been broadcast on the childrens television strand of the BBC in the United Kingdom, which includes both CBBC and CBeebies. ...

Get Set Go

CBeebies' first block of the day is Get Set Go, presented by Andy. It runs up until 9a.m. And on a weekend Get Set Go is presented by Sid & Andy.

Discover & Do

Get Set Go is followed by Discover & Do, hosted by Chris and Pui. Programming is new from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and repeated from 12 Noon to 3 p.m.

Big Fun Time

Big Fun Time, hosted by Sid, is seen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Bedtime Hour

Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., CBeebies has a Bedtime Hour to help prepare young children for bed. The programmes are calm, often involving stories, such as 64 Zoo Lane, The Fimbles, Step Inside, The Story Makers and The Roly Mo Show. In March 2007, a new programme In the Night Garden debuted in The Bedtime Hour. 64 Zoo Lane is a childrens television programme created by An Vrombaut. ... Fimbles is a British television programme designed for pre-school children. ... Step Inside is a programme showing on the Cbeebies channel. ... The Story Makers is a childrens television programme broadcast on the BBCs small childrens digital television network, CBeebies. ... The Roly Mo Show is a CBeebies childrens television series featuring a cast of puppets; it is a spin-off from the Fimbles show and was created by the same people, Novel Entertainment. ... In the Night Garden is a BBC childrens television series, particularly aimed at babies and preschool children, produced from 2005 by Ragdoll Productions. ...

The strand also features a celebrity reading a bedtime story at the end, in the tradition of Jackanory. ^{[citation needed]} Recent celebrities have included most of the cast of Life on Mars. Jackanory is a long-running BBC childrens television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. ... Life on Mars is a BAFTA and International Emmy award-winning British television drama series, which was first shown on BBC One in January and February 2006. ...

A song clip is used to start the bedtime hour ("Bye Bye Sun, Hello Moon"). The bedtime hour ends with a pre-recorded film clip of the presenters singing a lullaby ("The Time has Come to Say Goodnight"). Following the song, the station closes down for the night and handsover to BBC Four with BBC World´s World News Today. World News bulletins form the main part of the channels daily schedule. ... World News Today launched in July 2006. ...

Presenters

The core continuity presenters of CBeebies are:

• Pui Fan Lee ^[4]
• Chris Jarvis ^[4]
• Sidney Sloane ^[4]
• Andy Day ^[4]

Tikkabilla and Something Special presenter Justin Fletcher also occasionally provides links, and appeared in the presenters' Christmas song segment along with the four regulars. Also Sarah Jane Honeywell makes occasional appearances. ^[5] Pui Fan Lee is an actress best known for portraying Po the red teletubby in the childrens television programme Teletubbies and was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis, to host the BBC Digital Channel Cbeebies. ... Chris Jarvis (born Martin Jarvis on April 20, 1969 in Romford, Essex) is a childrens TV personality. ... Tikkabilla is a UK childrens television programme, shown on BBC1, BBC2 and on the CBeebies channel. ... Something Special is a childrens television programme produced and broadcast by the BBC. It is designed to teach children signing supported by Makaton gestures, and is specifically aimed at children with speech disabilities. ... Justin Fletcher is a childrens TV personality in the UK. Justin Fletcher is a very popular presenter and actor who appears on the BBC preschool television channel CBeebies and performs a number of roles, both speaking and performing. ... Sarah Jane Honeywell was born in 1974 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. ...

Previous presenters include:

• Sue Monroe (until March 2006) ^[6]
• Nicole Davis (until February 2006) ^[7]
• Eva Alexander (February to October 2006) ^[4]

Almost all the CBeebies presenters have appeared in children's programmes prior to presenting CBeebies — for instance, Pui Fan Lee originally played the Teletubbies character Po, and Sue Monroe voiced Tigs in The Shiny Show. ^[8] Sue Monroe is a childrens TV personality and television presenter. ... Eva Alexander is a British actress and a childrens TV presenter. ... Teletubbies is a BBC childrens television series, particularly aimed at young children, produced from 1997 to 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. ... The Shiny Show is a British childrens television programme shown on CBeebies and BBC2. ...

Prior to 2006, the links between programmes on weekend mornings featured not the regular presenters but rather a pair of animated characters called Bear And Butterfly (voiced by Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee respectively). ^{[citation needed]}

Songs

CBeebies presentation throughout the day is accompanied by songs sung by the presenters.

Regular songs

• What's the Day?: Originally each weekday was divided into five segments, each presented by one of the original five "core presenters" namely Chris, Nicole, Pui, Sid and Sue. The start of each segment was accompanied by the What's the Day? song. Each segment was themed (for instance Sid's segment included "building and making" programmes such as "Bob the Builder", Nicole's included animal programmes and so on). Latterly the segmentation was dispensed with, except for the Bedtime Hour discussed below.^{[citation needed]}
• The Birthday Song: sung before presenters show cards sent in on behalf of their young viewers who are celebrating a birthday that day. CBeebies does not use Happy Birthday to You which despite wide public performance is purportedly a copyrighted work. ^{[9] [10] [11]}
• It's time for Lunch: Broadcast at 12 noon includes Eva, Chris, Sid and Pui buying fruit and vegetables from market stalls, preparing food such as sandwiches and eating them. ^[11]
• Goodbye Sun, Hello Moon: Broadcast until February 2006 at 6 p.m. to mark the beginning of the Bedtime Hour.
• Goodnight: Lullaby broadcast at 7pm to mark the end of the day's CBeebies broadcast. ^[11]

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Occasional songs

• Sid Says: a rap-style presentation by Sid, who tells the audience to perform simple actions (such as "Sid says, Sid says, Sid says, Sid says, Sid says 'wave your hands'"). ^[11]
• Number Debut: This song was only ever sung 4 times in history by Sid & Sarah-Jane. It was a rap sung just before the Numberjacks about Sid getting his numbers in the wrong order.

Rap redirects here. ... Numberjacks is a childrens television series for 4-5 year olds and is shown regularly on BBC2 and CBeebies in the UK. [1] It is produced by Open Mind Productions for the BBC and features a mixture of computer-generated animation and live action. ...

Seasonal songs

• Happy Christmas: during the Christmas 2006 season, a segment was recorded featuring Chris, Sid, Pui, Justin and Sarah-Jane singing the 'Happy Christmas from CBeebies to you' song. ^[5]

Awards

• Charlie & Lola won the award for Best Children's Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2007 ^[12] and Best TV Series for Children and Adults at the Bradford Animation Festival 2006 ^[13]

• CBeebies the Digital Channel was Highly Commended in the Best Children's Channel category at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2006 ^[14]

• SpringWatch 2006 won Best Pre-school Live Action award at the BAFTA Children's Awards 2006 ^[15]

References

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External links

• CBeebies at bbc.co.uk
• CBeebies Magazine
• CBeebies to move (Broadcast)
• CBeebies to quit BBC TV Centre (The Guardian)