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| Name | CBBC |
|---|---|
| Logofile | CBBCLogo2007.svg |
| Logosize | 200px |
| Logocaption | The current CBBC logo. |
| Launch | 9 September 1985 |
| Network | BBC |
| Country | United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, South Africa, France, Russia |
| Language | English, Dutch, Gaelic, Afrikaans, French, Russian |
| Broadcast area | London, Moscow & Minsk, Canberra & Perth, Paris & Cannes, Congo & Sharm-El-Sheikh |
| Former names | Children's BBC (1985-1997) |
| Sister names | CBeebies |
CBBC currently broadcasts as a 12-hour-a-day digital channel (the CBBC Channel) available on most UK digital platforms. The brand is also used for the broadcast of children's programmes on BBC One (weekday afternoons) and BBC Two (mornings, daily). CBBC programmes are also broadcast in high definition alongside other BBC content on the BBC HD channel, generally from 4pm to 6pm on weekdays unless the channel is covering other events. BBC-produced children's programming in native languages of Scotland and Wales also airs, on BBC Alba and S4C respectively.
CBBC is operated by the "BBC Children's" division of the BBC's production arm BBC Vision. The division is managed in the East Tower of BBC Television Centre in London; since 2008, CBBC continuity links have also been broadcast from here. BBC Children's is set to move to Salford Quays MediaCityUK development as part of the relocation of several BBC departments to the North of England in the coming years. The BBC Children's division also operates CBeebies and BBC Switch. The management structure of the division is that ultimate oversight of the wider Children's division is in the hands of the Controller of Children's, Joe Godwin (since late 2009) with creative and editorial decisions being made by a Creative Director of each of the three units; the current creative director of CBBC is Damian Kavanagh.
Some CBBC programmes are produced in London, with others coming from studio bases or other locations around the UK.
The first children-specific strand on BBC television was For The Children, first broadcast on what was then the single 'BBC Television Service' on Saturday 24 April 1937; it was only ten minutes long. It lasted for two years, taken off air when television was closed due to the Second World War in 1939. Following the war, For The Children recommenced on Sunday 7 July 1946, with a twenty minute slot every Sunday afternoon, with the addition of programmes for pre-school children under the banner For The Very Young.
In 1952, the "For The Children" / "For The Very Young" branding was dropped; older children's programmes (such as Blue Peter) would now be introduced by regular announcers, whilst younger children's programming was broadcast as Watch With Mother. The 1964 launch of BBC Two allowed additional room for children's programming, with an edition of Play School technically being the first televised programme to air on BBC Two due to a power cut blacking out the previous night's planned channel launch event programming. On 1 October 1980, "Watch With Mother" was replaced by See-Saw.
Meanwhile, weekday afternoon children's programmes on BBC One were introduced by the usual off-screen continuity announcer, though often specially-designed menus and captions would be used. This ended on Monday 9 September 1985, when Children's BBC, a new format with in-vision continuity announcers, was launched. This initially encompassed programming on BBC One between 15:55 and 17:35.
By the mid/late 1980s a pattern was established whereby BBC1, following the introduction of its daytime schedules and the move of schools' programmes to BBC2, would broadcast a 25-minute block at circa 10am usually including the 'main' preschooler show (Play School, then from 1988 Playbus/Playdays) and children's birthday cards; BBC2 would show a 5-10 minute programme or programmes at circa 1pm (again aimed at preschoolers, and for a time introduced with a white-background variant of the Children's BBC logo), and then BBC1 would run the afternoon block aimed at older children. Weekend programmes consisted chiefly of Saturday morning programmes on BBC1, such as Going Live! and similar shows. Children's BBC would also broadcast on weekday mornings during school holidays on either BBC1 or 2.
Further changes to the schedule were rolled out during the 1990s and 2000s, including the introduction of Sunday morning programmes on BBC Two, initially in the Open University's summer break and then subsequently year-round; the introduction of a regular weekday morning 'breakfast show' format, also on Two; the relocation of the 10am preschooler show to BBC Two and the relocation of the 1pm preschooler show to run on BBC One before the older children's block.
The launch of digital channel BBC Choice in 1998 saw the channel broadcasting children's programming in a Saturday afternoon slot; subsequently this was replaced by the daily 6am-7pm service CBBC On Choice, which was itself the precursor of the current CBBC Channel and CBeebies services.
The current general schedule for children's shows on BBC terrestrial TV (as of 2009) is as follows:
These schedules are subject to change, particularly around holiday times; the current holiday-time arrangement sees CBeebies content on BBC Two run 6am-8am followed by CBBC content 8am-11am.
In 2009, a report published by the BBC Trust found that scheduling changes which took place in February 2008, where programming ended at 17:15, had led to a decrease in viewers. This was especially noticeable for Blue Peter and Newsround, two of CBBC's flagship programmes; Blue Peter is now recording its lowest viewing numbers since it started in 1958, and Newsround now receives fewer than 100,000 viewers compared to 225,000 in 2007. The changes were made following the BBC's loss of the rights to soap opera Neighbours, which had for many years been broadcast between the end of CBBC and the start of the 6pm news; when the decision to move daytime editions of The Weakest Link from BBC Two to One to fill the gap, CBBC had to move to an earlier slot, as Weakest Link" is longer than Neighbours was.
CBBC produces a wide range of programme types, including drama, news, entertainment, and documentary and factual programming. CBBC therefore is often seen as offering a similar mix of formats to the wider BBC, albeit tailored to suit a young audience. Byker Grove was one of the very few shows on CBBC that was not aimed at young children, rather a more teenage/young adult audience as it dealt with some controversial themes.
The longest-running CBBC programme is the magazine show Blue Peter. Other notable current and former CBBC programmes include Grange Hill, (1978–2008) Newsround, Live and Kicking and recent hit The Story of Tracy Beaker.
Here is a list of just some of the current programming on CBBC.
The booth became known as 'the Broom Cupboard' due to its small size (the term was first used to refer to a smaller temporary booth, but was later retroactively applied to the main booth). The plain booth wall behind the presenter would be livened up with elements of set dressing, VT monitors and pictures sent in by viewers. Occasionally, when Children's BBC was going out on BBC2 rather than 1 due to events coverage, the presenter would be located in the BBC2 continuity booth, which was not set dressed for Children's BBC, for transmission purposes.
There were two presentation studios - larger than the Broom Cupboards but smaller than full programme studios - known as Pres A and Pres B. It was not initially thought economically viable to use these for daily Children's BBC links, hence the use of the Broom Cupboard. However, by 1987 these studios were being used for the mid-morning 'birthday card' slots and weekend and holiday morning strands such as 'But First This". The main afternoon strand remained in the Broom Cupboard.
In 1994, Pres A was refurbished and became the regular home for all Children's BBC presentation including the weekday afternoon block; the presenters no longer had to self-op the broadcast equipment (although a broom cupboard-style area in the corner of Pres A contained its own mixer was used for the birthday slot and weekend mornings to save on crew), and the larger set allowed for more dynamic presentation, with more presenters, characters, features, games and guests. A new 3D version of the then logo of Children's BBC was commissioned to mark the move.
In 1997, Children's BBC moved again when 'Studio A' was decommissioned and CBBC moved to the purpose-built Studio 9 (officially 'TC9'), adjacent to the Blue Peter Garden at BBC Television Centre. The first broadcasts from Studio 9 were in June 1997; this was followed in October by the launch of the new-look CBBC branding. TC9 continued to be the regular home of CBBC broadcasts on BBC One and Two until 2005 and was also used to record CBBC On Choice links between 2000 and 2002.
In 2002, TC2 became the home of CBBC Channel links, plus the channel's XChange and UK Top 40 programmes, whilst CBeebies operated from the smaller TC0. (CBeebies remained in TC0 until moving to Teddington in 2008).
In Autumn 2004 the studio arrangements for CBBC were changed again. The CBBC Channel moved from TC2 to TC9, with BBC One / Two links and the UK Top 40 show moving to TC10 - formerly news studio N1 - located on the sixth floor of TV Centre. BBC One and Two links then moved back into TC9 alongside CBBC Channel in March 2006 as the number of studios available to CBBC was reduced.
In December 2006, there was a further reduction in CBBC facilities. A colour separation overlay set was assembled in TC12, and this became the home of all CBBC links on BBC One, BBC Two and CBBC Channel until September 2007. There was also a reduction in the number of on air presenters, with hosts including Angellica Bell and Simon Grant leaving and not being replaced. The last live CBBC links from TC9 were broadcast on Friday 1 December 2006; the studio was then mothballed but has since been brought back into use for individual programmes including TMi and SMart.
CBBC's presenters during the CSO era were Gemma Hunt (BBC One weekdays) Anne Foy (CBBC Channel) and Ayesha Asantwaa (weekends). Hunt and Foy switched slots in February 2007. Ted Robbins appeared (in character as The Governor from The Slammer) during holiday periods.
On 3 September 2007 the CSO studio was dropped in a relaunch which saw a small real set built in TC12. As part of the relaunch, new logos and presenters were introduced. The design of the new 'office' set has been compared to the original 'broom cupboard', though unlike the 'broom cupboard' the 'office' is not a functioning continuity suite.
Ed Petrie became the chief continuity presenter, accompanied by puppet sidekick Oucho T. Cactus (operated and voiced by Warrick Brownlow-Pike). The duo presented live, weekday afternoon links on the CBBC Channel with Petrie voicing pre-recorded, out-of-vision announcements during the weekday strand on BBC One and BBC Two. Aside from taking two extended breaks to work on programming, the duo continue to present continuity for the CBBC Channel throughout the week.
Anne Foy presented pre-recorded in-vision links at the weekend alongside her dog, Elliot, until her departure in March 2008. Foy was replaced by two new presenters, Ben Hanson and Ciaran Joyce, who previously appeared in CBBC show The Story of Tracy Beaker. The duo previously presented in-vision links at the weekend, until December 2008 when they were replaced by Dan and Jeff (Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner). Holly Walsh also presented weekend and holiday cover for a time during 2008, with a sidekick (either a talking brain - Dunceton - or 'Juan the cleaner'). Iain Stirling joined the presentation staff in May 2009 alongside Scoop character, Hacker T. Dog.
On 9 September 2010, CBBC presentation celebrated its 25th birthday with an afternoon of special continuity links, including a compilation of the different presenters and sets over the years; Iain and Dodge being superimposed in the 1993 broom cupboard set and special guest appearances from Zoe Ball, Toby Anstis and Gordon the Gopher. Gordon was briely reunied with Phillip Schofield on ITV1's This Morning on Monday 13 September, and the same day a new BBC Archive website was launched featuring related clips to mark the anniversary.
CBBC Extra offers horoscopes, games, the UK Top 40, jokes sent in by viewers and information about how to apply for a CBBC show.
Former presenters of CBBC Extra include Matt Edmondson, Rani Price, Sophie McDonnell, Mohini Sule and Anne Foy. CBBC Extra is now presented by Chris Johnson
There are also Switch accessible games available for children that cannot use a keyboard or mouse.
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![The Manchester Eye ITV franchisee Granada Television has its headquarters in Quay Street, in the Castle field area of the city.[149] Granada produces the world's oldest and most watched television soap opera, Coronation Street,[150] which is screened five times a week on ITV1.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110828004135im_/http://cdn5.wn.com/pd/7b/54/0f324ee8db3afa532efc8d9406ce_thumb.jpg "The Manchester Eye ITV franchisee Granada Television has its headquarters in Quay Street, in the Castle field area of the city.[149] Granada produces the world's oldest and most watched television soap opera, Coronation Street,[150] which is screened five times a week on ITV1.")