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20/08/2009

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The BBC's multiplatform offering bringing the very best programmes to 6-12 year olds.

CBBC is the BBC's multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.

Newsround; Eliot Kid

Eliot Kid

Children's animation featuring Eliot, the little kid with the mind-boggling imagination

Eliot Kid: Eliot Kid

Eliot Kid: Eliot Kid: Episode 29: The Pirate Ghost

Episode 29

Episode 29: The Pirate Ghost

The Pirate Ghost

CBBC - Eliot Kid, Eliot Kid, The Pirate Ghost

Eliot encounters a terrible pirate ghost wandering through Max's house.

Children's animation featuring the little kid with the mind-boggling imagination. Eliot encounters a terrible pirate ghost wandering through Max's house.

Children's animation featuring Eliot, the little kid with the mind-boggling imagination that turns the most commonplace situations into Hollywood action-adventure blockbusters.

When Isabelle goes to visit Max's mother, Eliot falls into his archenemy's trap: Max invites him to spend the night, hoping that Eliot will have the worst night of his entire life. Eliot soon discovers that a terrible pirate ghost wanders through the house.

Children's animation featuring Eliot, the little kid with the mind-boggling imagination that turns the most commonplace situations into Hollywood action-adventure blockbusters

ChuckleVision

BBC One

Children's entertainment with the Chuckle Brothers

ChuckleVision: Series 14

ChuckleVision: Series 14: Episode 2: Trouble at the Mill

Episode 2

Episode 2: Trouble at the Mill

Series 14

Trouble at the Mill

BBC One - ChuckleVision, Series 14, Trouble at the Mill

When a ruby goes missing, Paul and Barry visit a 19th-century mill to find the thief.

More hilarious antics with the silly siblings. When a ruby goes missing, Paul and Barry visit a 19th-century mill to track down the thief.

More hilarious antics with the silly siblings. When a ruby goes missing, Paul and Barry visit a 19th-century mill to track down the thief. While Paul investigates, Barry causes unrest among the workers whose 19th-century traditions are thrown into question by his 21st-century revelations.

Comedy. The Chuckle Brothers get up to more hijinks while trying to make an honest wage

Children's comedy in which the Chuckle Brothers get up to more hijinks while trying to make an honest wage

Arthur

Animation following the adventures of the world's most famous aardvark.

Follow the adventures of the world's most famous aardvark, eight-year-old Arthur Read, and his family and friends.

Arthur: Series 3

Arthur: Series 3: Episode 7: Arthur's TV-Free Week/Night Fright

Episode 7

Episode 7: Arthur's TV-Free Week/Night Fright

Arthur - CBBC - BBC

Arthur tries to not watch TV for a week. School tough guy Binky sleeps with a night light.

Animated adventures of a young aardvark. Arthur pledges to not watch TV for a week. School tough guy Binky Barnes sleeps with a night light on.

It's TV Free Week in Elwood City and Arthur and his friends have pledged to try to not watch TV for a whole week. As the days go by, the challenge becomes harder and harder. When they learn Bionic Bunny vs the Techno Turtles is on TV Sunday night, Arthur and Buster are ready to give in. Will they earn their TV Free Week badges after all? 

School tough guy Binky Barnes sleeps with a night light to keep the scary nightmares away. But what's even scarier is that someone might find out! When Arthur learns Binky's secret after spending the night, Binky will do anything to stop Arthur from telling all the other kids at school. The pressure is too much for Binky! He confesses in class and gets a surprise reaction from the other kids.

Arthur's TV-Free Week/Night Fright

Series 3

Fun with the young aardvark and his friends

M.I. High

Children's drama series about undercover agents in an inner-city high school

M.I. High: Series 3

M.I. High: Series 3: Episode 9: Family Tree

Episode 9

Episode 9: Family Tree

M.I. High - CBBC - BBC

N80, a top-secret real-life neanderthal, is stolen and then escapes onto London's streets.

Children's spy drama. N80, a top-secret real-life neanderthal, has been stolen. The spies rush to recapture him, and Carrie befriends him, until he vanishes again.

Katrina Houseman has arrived at MI High. She has been working on a top-secret project: N80, a real-life neanderthal! She needs the spies' help. N80 has been broken out of his cage. Katrina thinks that the Uzhmanis stole him. They plan to take N80 and clone him to create an army of fighting neanderthals. The possibility doesn't bear thinking about. 

The spies set to work. They must find N80. MI9 get intelligence that N80 has been sighted running along a busy street in London. Carrie and Oscar rush to retrieve him, while Rose goes to Katrina's lab to investigate further. The spies don't trust Katrina, and wonder whether she has something to do with N80's disappearance.
 
Carrie and Oscar manage to bring N80 back to HQ. Carrie and N80 immediately bond. Carrie makes him laugh and she names him Andy. 

At the lab, Rose has discovered an isotope. Andy is being tracked, but by whom? Suddenly, Andy breaks out of HQ and makes a run for it. The spies chase after him, but they're not the only ones in pursuit. The Uzhmanis are at St Hope's and they've come for Andy.

Family Tree

MI High

Basil Brush

Children's comedy series featuring the irrepressible Basil Brush and friends

Basil Brush: Series 2

Basil Brush: Series 2: Episode 6: Bend It Like Basil

Episode 6

Episode 6: Bend It Like Basil

Series 2

Bend It Like Basil

CBBC - Basil Brush, Series 2, Bend It Like Basil

Dave is roped into playing for the school football team against rival school St Nigel’s.

Children's comedy series featuring the irrepressible Basil Brush and friends. Dave is roped into playing for the school football team.

Bear Behaving Badly

Comedy series starring CBBC's Barney Harwood and Nev the Bear

Bear Behaving Badly: Series 2

Bear Behaving Badly: Series 2: Episode 3: It's Cow or Never

Episode 3

Episode 3: It's Cow or Never

It's Cow or Never

CBBC - Bear Behaving Badly, Series 2, It's Cow or Never

Mr Prank buys a cow to give him the freshest milk for his ice cream.

Comedy series starring Barney Harwood and Nev the bear. Mr Prank buys a cow to give him the freshest milk for his ice cream, but it eats everything in its path.

In a bid to save his secret ice-cream business, Mr Prank buys a cow called Mildred to give him the freshest milk possible to improve his recipes. But when it seems like Aunt Barbara is about to discover the animal and in turn his secret little business, Prank smuggles Mildred into Barney's flat and ropes Nev into cowsitting.

Unfortunately for Nev, Mildred has an enormous appetite and before long the cow gobbles everything in its path including Keith's beloved girlfriend Doris! Will Doris be rescued? Will Mr Prank get the sack? Who will save the day?

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OOglies

When the humans are away the OOglies play! Adventures with the household pranksters.

When the humans are away the OOglies play! The household pranksters sprout eyes and embark on a series of adventures that will find them slip, sliding and splatting onto television screens.

OOglies: Series 1: Episode 8

Episode 8

OOglies - CBBC - BBC

Bouncy Ball's excessive cheeriness makes Grumpy Ball lose his marbles.

When the humans are away the OOglies play! Bouncy Ball's cheeriness makes Grumpy Ball lose his marbles and Alarming Clock is on the receiving end of Pizza Cutter's sharp tongue.

Bouncy Ball's excessive cheeriness makes Grumpy Ball lose his marbles, Alarming Clock ends up on the receiving end of Pizza Cutter's sharp tongue and on reflection, Lonely Sprout may have finally found his best friend.

OOglies: Series 1

Series 1

Quick-blast stop-frame animated sketch show starring the boggle-eyed OOglies.

When the humans are away the OOglies play! The household pranksters sprout eyes and embark on a series of adventures that will find them slipping, sliding and splatting onto television screens.

Da Dick and Dom Dairies

Da Dick and Dom Dairies: Episode 14

Episode 14

CBBC - Da Dick and Dom Dairies, Episode 14

With classic Bogies and a dancing Melvin O'Doom.

Relive the madness of Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow, with classic Bogies and a dancing Melvin O'Doom.

Relive the madness of Dick & Dom in Da Bungalow.

Dick and Dom

Prank Patrol

Show in which children get the opportunity to pull pranks on their friends or relatives

Prank Patrol: Series 1

Prank Patrol: Series 1: Episode 15: Magic Show

Episode 15

Episode 15: Magic Show

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Prankster Jasmine plans a magic moment when she casts a spell over her friend Chloe.

Children's entertainment. Prankster Jasmine plans a magic moment when she casts a spell over her friend Chloe. Is Chloe taken in by the tricks of the trade?

Children's entertainment in which friends play pranks on each other. Prankster Jasmine plans a magic moment when she casts a spell over her friend Chloe. Is Chloe taken in by the tricks of the trade?

Magic Show

Show in which children get the opportunity to pull pranks on their friends or relatives. Presented by Barney Harwood

Raven

Fantasy game show set on a mystical island

Raven: The Secret Temple

Raven: The Secret Temple: Episode 14

Raven - CBBC - BBC

Game show. The ten remaining warriors continue their quest in the heat and dust of India.

The remaining warriors continue their quest in the heat and dust of India. Raven and Princess Satyarani set the penultimate virtue task to find out who may enter the Secret Temple.

The ten remaining warriors continue their quest in the heat and dust of India. Raven and Princess Satyarani set the penultimate virtue task to find those fit to enter the Secret Temple. The Eagles, Panthers, Wolves and Tigers each tackle another difficult and dangerous challenge. Nevar and his demons seem quiet - are there plans afoot to end the quest?

The Secret Temple

Four teams of warriors undertake tasks set in a colourful Indian landscape

Horrible Histories

Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.

Horrible Histories: Series 1: Episode 6

Horrible Histories - CBBC - BBC

An evil Greek god guests on a chat show, and a Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant.

Historical sketch show. An evil Greek god guests on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and some weird medieval monsters make an appearance.

Historical sketch show based on the successful books. 

An evil Greek god guests on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and some weird medieval monsters make an appearance.

Horrible Histories: Series 1

Sketches, cartoons and quizzes liberally splattered with blood and gore.

Sketches, cartoons and quizzes liberally splattered with blood and gore, based on the successful books.

Sorry I've Got No Head

A sketch show jam packed with big, silly characters and catchphrases to make you laugh!

A sketch show jam packed with big, silly characters and fun repeatable catchphrases to make you laugh.

A sketch show jam packed with big, silly characters and fun repeatable catchphrases to make you laugh. From vikings who scream when scared to a chef who farts too much, this is must watch comedy for all the family

Sorry I've Got No Head: Series One

Sorry I've Got No Head: Series 1: Episode 6

CBBC - Sorry I've Got No Head, Series 1, Episode 6

The Vikings take up photography and Jones the Sage offers advice.

The fearsome Vikings take up photography, Jones the Sage dispenses his unique advice, and the Bluebeards attend parents' evening.

Sorry I've Got No Head: Series 1

Sorry, I've Got No Head

ChuckleVision: Series 18

ChuckleVision: Series 18: Episode 11: Caterpillar Crisis

Episode 11

Episode 11: Caterpillar Crisis

Series 18

Caterpillar Crisis

BBC One - ChuckleVision, Series 18, Caterpillar Crisis

Paul and Barry encounter a rare man-eating caterpillar.

More jolly antics with the silly siblings. Paul and Barry encounter a rare man-eating caterpillar.

OOglies: Series 1: Episode 6

Slippy Nana tries Strictly Come Grating and the Scrambler tries a motorcycle stunt.

When the humans are away the OOglies play! An accident is waiting to happen when Slippy Nana tries his luck at Strictly Come Grating, and the Scrambler tries a motorcycle stunt.

There is more percussive parping from the Windy Waste gang, an accident is waiting to happen when Slippy Nana tries his luck at Strictly Come Grating, and the Scrambler tries another motorcycle stunt.

ChuckleVision: Series 18: Episode 12: Chuck Bodgers

Episode 12

Episode 12: Chuck Bodgers

Chuck Bodgers

BBC One - ChuckleVision, Series 18, Chuck Bodgers

Comedy series. Far in the future, Ping the Merciless threatens the planet Earth.

More jolly antics with the silly siblings. Far in the future, Ping the Merciless threatens the planet Earth. Time for a hero to emerge.

Shaun the Sheep

One of Aardman Animations' best-loved characters stars in his own series set on a farm

One of Aardman Animations' best-loved characters stars in his own series. Set on a remote rural farm, Shaun's flock live a peaceful life under the watchful eye of their sheepdog Bitzer

Shaun the Sheep: Series 1: Episode 29: Save the Tree

Episode 29: Save the Tree

Shaun the Sheep - CBBC - BBC

The farmer wants to turn the tree in Shaun's field into firewood. The flock must stop him.

Children's animation set on a rural farm. The farmer wants to make firewood of the tree in Shaun's field. The flock must stop their beloved tree getting the chop.

Children's animation. Set on a remote rural farm, Shaun's flock lives a peaceful life under the watchful eye of their sheepdog Bitzer. The farmer wants to turn the tree in Shaun's field into firewood. The flock must take desperate measures to stop their beloved tree getting the chop.

Save the Tree

Shaun the Sheep: Series 1

Angus and Cheryl

Angus and Cheryl: Episode 24: Cheryl's Birthday Party

Episode 24

Episode 24: Cheryl's Birthday Party

Cheryl's Birthday Party

CBBC - Angus and Cheryl, Cheryl's Birthday Party

Angus comes home and discovers it is Cheryl's birthday. It completely slipped his mind.

Animated slapstick comedy. When Angus comes home he discovers it is Cheryl's birthday. Everyone has brought a present but it had completely slipped his mind.

Animated slapstick comedy that follows the feuding between its two main characters - Angus and Cheryl. They cannot be together, nor can they be separated. When Angus comes home he discovers Cheryl is having a birthday party. Everyone has brought her a present but it had completely slipped his mind so he has to sort something out quickly.

Animated slapstick comedy that follows the feuding between its two main characters.

Animated slapstick comedy that follows the feuding between its two main characters - Angus and Cheryl. They cannot be together, nor can they be separated.

Pinky and Perky

Pinky and Perky: Episode 32: This Episode Has A Title But It's A Secret

Episode 32

Episode 32: This Episode Has A Title But It's A Secret

This Episode Has A Title But It's A Secret

CBBC - Pinky and Perky, This Episode Has A Title But It's A Secret

Pinky knows something Perky does not, and it is driving him mad!

3D animated comedy series. Pinky knows something Perky does not, and it is driving him mad! Perky tries everything to uncover the truth.

A 3D CGI animated comedy series for six- to 11-year-olds with two piggy brothers causing havoc in TV land. Pinky and Perky are a pair of piglets who have just been given their big break in showbiz: their own live children's television show full of crazy stunts, mad games, wild cartoons and top celebrity guests. 

Their show is loud, messy, funny and frequently out of control, which makes it very unpopular with the old guard of the TV station. One way or another, they're going to get those pesky pigs off the air!

Pinky knows something Perky doesn't and it's driving him mad! When Perky discovers that Pinky has a secret, he tries everything in his power to uncover the truth, but Pinky's not budging! As Perky gets more and more frustrated, he goes to ever longer lengths to discover what Pinky is hiding, but his attempts are thwarted at every turn. Until he borrows Wilberforce's latest invention, that is.

However, just as Perky seems to be on the verge of discovering Pinky's secret, his plan backfires and Wilberforce's Laser Fantasia goes out of control. By the time he finally works out what's going on, Perky realises that he might have been better off not knowing all along!

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