CBeebies is a television channel produced by the BBC aimed at children 6 years and under. First launched on 11 February 2002, it is broadcast as both a free-to-air domestic British television channel, and as international variants supported by advertising, subscription or both.
The channel has been nominated for, and won, many awards. At the BAFTA Children's Awards it has won awards in every year from 2002–2009 (apart from 2003), including Best Pre-school Live Action Series awards in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2008. It has also won Best Schools Programme – 0–5 years awards (or equivalent) from the Royal Television Society from 2004–2007. It was also included in the United States on Dish Network to the present, but in a Spanish version, CBeebies en español.
In-vision continuity for CBeebies is pre-recorded from Studio 4 of Teddington Studios, a small, widescreen equipped studio.
The international CBeebies channel is commercial-free and wholly-owned by BBC Worldwide. The first international launch for the CBeebies channel was in India in May 2007. The channel is available in the Republic of Ireland on UPC Ireland, Magnet Networks and other digital television services. The channel is available on the Tata Sky digital satellite platform in addition to India online Broadband Pvt Ltd. The channel launched in Singapore on the mio TV in July 2007 (until June 9, CBeebies transfers to Starhub Cable Vision effective 1 August 2009) , on NOW TV in Hong Kong in October 2007, in Poland on the Cyfrowy Polsat digital satellite platform in December 2007, in Indonesia on Indovision in April 2008 in Mexico on the Sky Latin America digital satellite platform in August 2008, and in Africa on DStv in September 2008. It was launched in Australia on Foxtel and Optus Television on 1 November 2008, and launched on AUSTAR in the third quarter of 2009.
There are also websites created for CBeebies in Asia, Australia, Poland, South Africa and USA.
(Correct as of 24 June 2010, based on information on BBC's Cbeebies website)
Cbeebies parts of the day. NB This section refers to the strands used on the UK channel. Early Morning Broadcast from the start of CBeebies every morning at 06:00 until 09:00, hosted by Andy Day and Sidney Sloane.
The strand begins at 18:00 with a song ("Goodbye Sun, Hello Moon") and concludes with a pre-recorded clip of continuity presenters Alex Winters & Cerrie Burnell singing a lullaby ("The Time Has Come to Say Goodnight"). Following the song, the station closes down for the night.
Almost all the CBeebies presenters have appeared in children's programmes prior to presenting CBeebies — Pui Fan Lee originally played the Teletubbies character Po, and Sue Monroe voiced and puppeteered Tigs in The Shiny Show. She also operated and voiced Poppy in Playdays and Webster for CBeebies.
Prior to 2006, links between programmes on weekend mornings were presented out-of-vision and featured a pair of animated characters called Bear And Butterfly (voiced by Chris Jarvis, Pui Fan Lee and Sue Monroe.) Chris Jarvis presented the story show 'Step inside'. Cerrie Burnell is the only presenter with a disability (one arm).
* Also nominated:
* Also nominated:
* Best Children's Channel: Highly Commended at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2006
* Best Schools Programme – 0–5 Years awarded to Numberjacks: Nine Lives at the Educational Television Awards 2006 by the Royal Television Society
* Also nominated:
* Best Pre-school Animation Series awarded to Charlie & Lola
* Best Music Original Score John Greswell & David Schweitzer for Charlie and Lola at the Craft and Design Awards 2006 – 2007 by the Royal Television Society
* Best Children's Programme awarded for Charlie & Lola at the Broadcast Awards 2007
* Also nominated:
* Best Pre-school Animation Series awarded to Charlie and Lola
* Also nominated:
* Best Children's Programme awarded to Big and Small: Blame it on the Drain at the Royal Television Society's Educational Television Awards for 2009 ("A well constructed programme with great warmth, charm and child appeal.")
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| Name | Evelyn Glennie |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie |
| Born | July 19, 1965 Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Instrument | Percussion |
| Occupation | Percussionist |
| Years active | }} |
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, DBE (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She was the first full-time solo percussionist in 20th-century western society.
She also plays the Great Highland Bagpipes and has her own registered tartan known as "The Rhythms of Evelyn Glennie". Glennie is in the process of producing her own range of handmade jewelry and works as a motivational speaker.
Glennie contends that deafness is largely misunderstood by the public. She claims to have taught herself to hear with parts of her body other than her ears. In response to criticism from the media, Glennie published Hearing Essay in which she personally discusses her condition.
On 21 November 2007, the UK government announced an infusion of £332 million for music education. This resulted from a successful lobbying spearheaded by Glennie, Sir James Galway, Julian Lloyd Webber, and Michael Kamen, who also (in 2002/2003) together formed the Music in Education Consortium.
She has been awarded 15 honorary doctorates from universities in the United Kingdom, was awarded the OBE in 1993, and was promoted to DBE in the New Year's Honours of 2007. She owns over 1800 percussion instruments from all over the world and is continually adding to her collection. She was also a VIP of the music industry.
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Category:Deaf musicians Category:Grammy Award winners Category:People from Ellon, Aberdeenshire Category:Scottish classical musicians Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Marimbists Category:Scottish percussionists
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