CBeebies
TV channel|
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launch=
11 February 2002|
closed=|
share= 1.2% |
share as of= June '06 |
share source= [
1]| owner=
BBC | replaced names=CBBC on Choice (Programming strand on
BBC Choice)| sister names=
CBBC Channel| web=
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies| terr serv 1=
Freeview|
terr chan 1=Channel 71|
sat serv 1=
Sky Digital|
sat chan 1=Channel 617|
cable serv 1=
NTL|
cable chan 1= Channel 599/68|
cable serv 2=
Telewest|
cable chan 2= Channel 702|}}
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. [
2]
Examples of programmes on CBeebies include:
64 Zoo LaneBalamoryBecky and Barnaby BearBig Cook, Little CookBits and BobsBob the BuilderBobinogsBoo!Boogie BeebiesBrumCharlie and LolaCharlie ChalkClifford the Big Red DogCome OutsideDoodle DoFab LabFimblesFireman SamGordon the Garden GnomeHiggledy HouseLazyTownLittle BearLittle Red TractorLunar JimMuffin the MulePablo the Little Red FoxPinguPostman PatRazzleDazzleThe Roly Mo ShowRubbadubbersThe Shiny ShowSMarteeniesSomething SpecialStep InsideThe Story MakersTeletubbiesTikkabillaToddworldTots TVTweeniesUnderground ErnieYoho AhoyBetween 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Time Has Come to Say Goodnight" lullaby.Due to a change of presenters (see below), the recordings of these songs became out of date and since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.
The core continuity presenters of CBeebies are:
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Pui Fan Lee*
Chris Jarvis*
Sidney Sloane*
Eva AlexanderLess regular continuity presenters include:
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Justin Fletcher*
Sarah-Jane HoneywellEva replaced previous presenter
Nicole Davies in February 2006.
Sue Monroe was a core presenter until March 2006.
Almost all the CBeebies presenters have appeared in children's programmes prior to presenting CBeebies â€" for instance, Pui Fan Lee originally played the
Teletubbies character
Po, and Sue Monroe voiced
Tiggs in
The Shiny Show.
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bbc.co.uk - CBeebies*
CBeebies information*
CBeebies magazine
