Mister Maker is a pre-school children's arts and crafts programme commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The programme launched in 2007 and also airs on BBC One and BBC Two. In the United States and Latin America the show airs on the Discovery Familia network, dubbed in Spanish. To date three series have been commissioned from The Foundation. It also airs in Australia on ABC2. The programme comprises a mixture of animation and real time content, and a spin-off programme Mister Maker Comes to Town began in 2010. Mister Maker is played by Phil Gallagher.
Higgledy House is a UK children's television programme shown on the CBeebies channel. Stars Justin Fletcher and Sarah-Jane Honeywell play cohabiting friends whose eccentric exploits at home are the subject of the show; though aimed at young children, the comedy is at times Laurel and Hardy-esque.
Normally shown as part of Tikkabilla, at weekends it is shown as a standalone show.
Boo! is a children's television series shown in the United Kingdom on the CBeebies channel, and originally on BBC Two. It features several cartoon characters who play a game similar to hide and seek in a variety of settings. The commentary is performed by an adult narrator and a chorus of children. The series was produced by the independent production company Tell-Tale Productions, which was also responsible for Tweenies. From 2011 to 2012, reruns of the show were broadcast in the USA on Qubo.
The series ran for a total of 104 episodes and one Christmas special and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2002-03.
At the end of the programme a song is sung, usually about matching characters or objects to their shapes or colours.
The visual style of Boo! is very distinctive, using 3D CGI with rounded shapes and cel-shading. The music and songs are generally in an early-70s funk/R&B idiom.
Big Cook, Little Cook is a t.v. series for nursery school-aged children broadcast on BBC television channels. The programme is set in the kitchen of a café, with two main characters, Big Cook Ben and Little Cook Small. Ben is a full-sized adult, but Small is only a few inches tall and flies on a wooden spoon. The format of a programme generally includes a visit to the café by a nursery rhyme or fairy tale character. Little Cook tells a story about the visitor in which he’s the real hero, and then they decide to cook the visitor a meal from Big Cook's recipe book. Little Cook will then fly away on his magic spoon to see where one of the ingredients is made. Activities within the kitchen, such as washing up and tidying up, are accompanied by catchy song and dance routines. Both cooks act in a way to encourage children to take an interest in cooking. Big Cook does most of the cooking and tells the viewers how to make the recipes; Little Cook does some preparation or sets the timer.
Small Potatoes is a British animated entertainment short series aimed at pre-school children. It features a group of four potatoes who sing songs together about different subjects. The series is written and directed by Josh Selig, creator of Wonder Pets and 3rd & Bird. The "Small Potatoes" is currently airing on CBeebies in the UK, ABC 4 Kids in Australia and on the Disney Junior channel in the USA.
Andy works at a museum and has the use of a time machine to go back to prehistoric times to collect feathers, bones or whatever else is needed in prehistoric displays for his museum.
The everyday tasks and problems encountered when raising your first pet. Chloe, an energetic seven-year-old, looks after her troublesome pet triceratops, Topsy.
The Numtums is a children's television show about a group of ten small creatures called Numtums. It first aired in 2012 on the BBC's children's channel CBeebies, and is designed as an interactive programme to help a young audience learn about numbers.
Kerwhizz was a British children's television game show commissioned by Michael Carrington and aired on BBC One. The series uses a mix of CGI and live-action, and is targeted towards four to six-year-olds. Kerwhizz originally ran from 3 November 2008 to 11 May 2009. A new series began on CBeebies on 7 March 2011, running on weekdays until 25 March. Re-runs of the new episodes continued except on bank holidays until 6 May.
5 ½ year old Pablo uses his magic crayons to turn his life challenges into fantastic adventures and his feelings into colorful characters with a voice in order to face the Real World with confidence. Pablo is on the autism spectrum.
Katy Ashworth enjoys cooking up some scrumptious snacks in the new CBeebies series I Can Cook - On the Go. The series focuses on creating healthy sweet and savoury snacks, all of which help give us the energy to enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities. Katy travels around the country in Horace, her kitchen campervan, helping children create and prepare healthy food. With songs to sing, actions to join in with and mouth-watering recipes to try at home, I Can Cook - On The Go will make healthy eating and outdoor activities fun and accessible for families to enjoy together.