Wednesday 3 April 2013, 15:25
He’s been with us since the very beginning of the CBeebies channel, but Sid is saying goodbye to life as a presenter in the CBeebies House this week. We caught up with Sid for a quick trip down memory lane…
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Tuesday 21 May 2013, 17:57
Wednesday 8 May 2013, 16:25
The Octonauts meet a Lionfish.
Very exciting news from the animations team at CBeebies: we’ve got five brand new Octonauts episodes starting on Monday 13th May, with Captain Barnacles and the crew encountering manatees, lionfish and the leafy sea dragon, amongst others!
We know it's felt like a long wait, and that many of your little ones (and you!) get very frustrated waiting for new episodes of favourite shows like the Octonauts and Tree Fu Tom, and can be disappointed when we only release a handful of new episodes at a time.
It’s frustrating for us too – we want to bring you exciting new episodes as soon as we possibly can. Unfortunately, animation takes a very long time to produce, with each episode going through a process that can take up to 8 months from an idea for a story to delivery of a finished episode. We thought you might be interested in learning a bit more about this process so you can explain to the fans in your home why we all have to wait so long for a new adventure with Tom or Captain Barnacles & co!
Animation is basically a sequence of minutely different still images or ‘frames’ that when played together give an illusion of movement. There are many...
Read more about Octonauts: New episodes - explaining the animation process
Thursday 2 May 2013, 15:01
My name’s Alex and I’m Assistant Producer on CBeebies Radio. My job involves writing, recording and editing some of the fabulous radio shows we make here in Salford and putting them online for your little ones to enjoy.
CBeebies Radio, for any of you who haven’t heard it yet, is available to listen to on the CBeebies website or to download and take away. We’re passionate about keeping listening skills alive - and CBeebies Radio can help children improve their listening and concentration skills; two things they’ll need as they move towards big school! We can also help grown-ups keep little ones entertained on long journeys…
If you’re heading out on a road trip over the bank holiday weekend, why not check out some of the great stories and shows...
Thursday 11 April 2013, 18:04
Magic Hands is a ground-breaking new show featuring poetry for children translated into British Sign Language. Ashley Kendall, one of the show’s new presenters dropped in to blog about his experiences making the show…
Ashley Kendall, second to right, is one of the presenters on the new CBeebies show, ‘Magic Hands’
What was the inspiration for Making Magic Hands?
The inspiration to make such an ambitious project had several angles. Firstly, it was impossible to pass up the opportunity to work on a mainstream television project with the BBC - it was a first for Remark - the production...
Thursday 11 April 2013, 18:04
We’ve just had some very exciting news in, especially exciting if you have little ones who love Andy’s Wild Adventures or Dinosaurs!
CBeebies has just commissioned a new series called ‘Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures’ where he’ll be swapping the natural world for a prehistoric adventure searching for the dinosaurs that once roamed the planet.
In the new series, Andy works in a dinosaur museum. Despite being an enthusiastic employee, his haplessness often threatens the ‘grand opening’ of their latest exhibits so he must travel back in time to come face to face with real dinosaurs and make...
Wednesday 3 April 2013, 15:25
Sid
He’s been with us since the very beginning of the CBeebies channel, but Sid is saying goodbye to life as a presenter in the CBeebies House this week (don’t worry, you can still see him in Let’s Play!). We caught up with Sid for a quick trip down memory lane…
You’ve been on CBeebies for more than a decade, but can you remember how you felt on your very first day?
Well, it was a long time ago, but I can remember that there were a lot of nerves about! But there was so much to think about, there was no point getting too worried. I was quite lucky, though, because I was sort of led...
Wednesday 27 March 2013, 16:11
Alex
It may still feel like Winter outside but inside CBeebies, we’re dusting off our Easter bonnets and hopping around with excitement about all the Easter and Spring-themed treats we’ve got lined up starting this weekend!
All over the bank holiday weekend, CBeebies will be celebrating Spring and Easter with a nature and baby animals theme. This will culminate in a one-off, special show, ‘CBeebies Ugly Duckling’ on Easter Monday at 11am and 5pm, when Mr Bloom and the Northern Ballet take the audience on a journey through dance with a new baby bird from the moment it hatches to its...
Monday 18 March 2013, 12:44
Justin Fletcher & Tiny Tumble
‘Tiny Tumble’ was an idea that was brought to CBeebies by animator Mark Mason. The idea was inspired by the popularity of Mr Tumble and in this series we meet Tiny a ‘mini Tumble’ character who has a great sense of fun and is a bit of a scamp but ultimately, he really just wants to help (a bit like a child).
The programme features Justin Fletcher and his alter-ego Mr Tumble as well as an animated section where Tiny jumps into a child’s art work and goes off on an adventure. The premise of the show is that Tiny tries to solve a problem through drawing...
Thursday 7 March 2013, 10:28
Shirley Hughes, author of one of the 2013 World Book Day stories 'Alfie's Shop'.
We asked Shirley Hughes, author of one of the World Book Day 2013 stories 'Alfie's Shop', about what inspires her illustrations, what has made her characters appeal to generations of children, and how she has juggled her work with motherhood and grandmotherhood...
What were your favourite books when you were a child?
My favourite books were ‘Josephine and her Dolls’ by Mrs H.C. Cradock, which was illustrated by Honor C. Appleton, ‘Winnie the Pooh’ by AA Milne, illustrated by Ernest Shepard, ‘The Wind...
Wednesday 6 March 2013, 15:23
