The BBC has announced the two presenters for The Toddler Club, which airs from Monday 4th April on CBeebies. Nigel Clarke, who already presents The Baby Club, will present on alternate days with Gemma Atkinson, most known for her roles in various soaps including Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and Casualty. Each 14-minute […]
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The BBC’s annual plan for 2022/23 has been published, including its ongoing commitment to children’s programming in the year ahead. The Corporation’s ‘strategic and creative plans’ include: creating more British animation, with the commission of three broadcast-quality pilots in the Ignite initiative, as well as acquiring more existing animated content […]
Fans of the CBeebies Christmas show / pantomime will be pleased to know that, following a socially-distanced 2020 “Christmas in Storyland”, this year’s show will be filmed this month in front of a live theatre audience. An adaptation of “The Night Before Christmas” story will unfold this autumn in front […]
Love them or not, there’s no doubt Biff and Chip—together with their childhood pals—will be familiar twins to generations of British school children and their parents. Launched in 1986, Oxford Reading Tree published 24 stories featuring this mischievous duo, with the aim of encouraging and improving children’s reading. Created at […]
Driver Dan’s Story Train, the CBeebies storytelling animated adventure, is a big hit with kids on the preschool channel every week, and now Ravensburger has launched two new puzzles for eager fans. The puzzles feature all the main characters from the show including Driver Dan, the story telling lion, Loopy […]
A series of 5-minute animated adventure stories will be coming to CBeebies very soon. Numbats features 10 furry critters, each of which will teach preschoolers about the numbers 1 to 10. Each Numbat (which we haven’t seen yet; we don’t know if they’ll look the same as the endangered banded […]
Taking a look at the most popular topics here at Family Relationships Magazine it’s plain to see there are a lot of Justin Fletcher fans out there. Preschoolers who already love Gigglebiz will love to see Justin return in his very own house. Naturally, being Justin’s house, the whole experience […]
We’re all familiar with the age rating systems used on films, with similar systems existing for video games and television, but a US survey suggests parents don’t feel that adequately meets their needs. The fact is, children develop at different rates and parents have varying standards for the upbringing of […]
We’ve just had word that Gory Games and Horrible Histories are about to launch on CBBC. Celebrating with a first week run of five episodes, running Monday to Friday, series three of Horrible Histories returns with its usual irreverent and disgusting facts, songs and gags. It may be toe-curling in […]
Sunny day, Sweepin’ the clouds away, On my way to where the air is sweet Can you tell me how to get, How to get to Sesame Street Ahh… Sesame Street. Living in Britain today, it’s always a bit hit and miss exactly where you’ll be able to catch the […]
Bringing Up Britain sees BBC Three exploring the complex and varied lives of youngsters parenting in Britain today. The season, airing from Tuesday 12th April, features a wide range of new and original factual programming, including the emotional stories of Jono (What If My Baby Is Born Like Me?) and […]
There are two types of evening: winter and summer. The winter ones go on for ever and the summer ones tend to be fraught with tension. Previously my weekday evenings were relaxed, docile affairs. I’d come home from a day at work, cook, eat, shower, read, complete any small jobs, […]