CBeebies
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CBeebies is a British television channel produced by the BBC and aimed at children under 6. Launched on 11 February 2002 it broadcasts from 0600 to 1900 on Freeview (where it shares bandwidth with BBC Four, broadcast after 1900), cable and digital satellite. The CBBC Channel is its sister channel for older children.
The schedule on CBeebies is the same every weekday, with a different schedule (often with different programs) at the weekends. Between 3pm and 6pm on Weekends, all programs are signed. The schedules change each month and last for the entire month.
Michael Carrington is the current Creative Director for CBeebies and is editorially responsible for all programming on the channel. [link]
CBeebies programming
Examples of programmes on CBeebies include:- 64 Zoo Lane
- Balamory
- Becky and Barnaby Bear
- Big Cook, Little Cook
- Bits and Bobs
- Bob the Builder
- Bobinogs
- Boo!
- Boogie Beebies
- Brum
- Charlie and Lola
- Charlie Chalk
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Come Outside
- Doodle Do
- Fab Lab
- Fimbles
- Fireman Sam
- Gordon the Garden Gnome
- Higgledy House
- LazyTown
- Little Bear
- Little Red Tractor
- Lunar Jim
- Muffin the Mule
- Pablo the Little Red Fox
- Pingu
- Postman Pat
- RazzleDazzle
- The Roly Mo Show
- Rubbadubbers
- The Shiny Show
- SMarteenies
- Something Special
- Step Inside
- The Story Makers
- Teletubbies
- Tikkabilla
- Toddworld
- Tots TV
- Tweenies
- Underground Ernie
- Yoho Ahoy
Bedtime hour
Between 6pm and 7pm, CBeebies has a bedtime hour to help prepare children for bed. The programs are calm, often involving stories, such as 64 Zoo Lane, Step Inside, The Story Makers and The Roly Mo Show. It also features a celebrity reading a bedtime story at the end.In early 2006, the bedtime hour opened with the five presenters singing the "'Bye 'bye Sun, Hello Moon" lullaby, and closes with them singing "The Time Has Come to Say Goodnight" lullaby. Due to a change of presenters (see below), the recordings of these songs became out of date and since April 2006 there is no song at the start of the bedtime hour and "The Time Has Come to Say Goodnight" lullaby is sung at 7pm by the current four presenters.
Presenters
The core continuity presenters of CBeebies are:- Pui Fan Lee
- Chris Jarvis
- Sidney Sloane
- Eva Alexander
- Justin Fletcher
- Sarah-Jane Honeywell
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 Tiggs in The Shiny Show.
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