CBBC TV Guide
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Runtime:
1 hr 30 min
Shaun the Sheep
Fossils
Animated series set on a remote rural farm. Bitzer unearths more than he can chew when he searches for hidden treasure.
Runtime:
10 min
Danger Mouse
Grand Stressed Auto
Animated series. Danger Mouse inherits the ancient but sprightly MK3 car after the beloved MK4 gets jammed-up. But Penfold is suspicious.
Runtime:
10 min
Super Happy Magic Forest
The Very Important Unicorn
While questing to keep her hero safe on her long journey, superfan Blossom fusses and frets too much, making things awkward.
Runtime:
15 min
Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese
A Couple of Dummies
Dad takes up ventriloquism as a hobby. The kids must find a way to stop Dad from embarrassing himself as he tries to showcase his new talent around town.
Runtime:
10 min
Grizzy and the Lemmings
Grizzy Academy
Grizzy decides to teach the Lemmings how to behave in his presence.
Runtime:
10 min
Odd Squad
Flatastrophe
The Odd Squad investigate strange events. Olive and Otto must stop Fladam, a villain with a vendetta against cubes.
Runtime:
15 min
The Strange Chores
Return the Spell Book
A quest to return an overdue spell book takes the gang deep inside the local library (Charlie’s least favourite place), but the book does not want to be returned.
Danny and Mick
Dress to Impress
Danny gets stuck inside Joy’s favourite dress - and somehow, so does Mick!
Runtime:
15 min
Bitesize Daily: 7-9 Year Olds
English - Spoken Language
Learn about listening carefully, standard English and reviewing a performance.
Runtime:
20 min
One Zoo Three
The Health Check
It's health check day for all the animals at the zoo, while Luna the reindeer needs an urgent operation.
Horrible Histories
A special episode looking at explorers, from the Vikings' first small steps on American soil to humankind's first giant leaps on the moon.
Runtime:
30 min
Art Ninja
Day of the Aliens
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Ricky is inspired by extraterrestrials to make alien gloop. He also makes a venus flytrap.
Runtime:
30 min
Planet Defenders
Malaika and the Elephants
Elephant fanatic Malaika is on a mission to uncover why these beautiful animals are in danger and goes undercover to find out more about elephants in India's tourist trade.
Shark Bites
Tiger Shark
Steve Backshall meets the most ravenous shark in the sea, the tiger shark. Known for eating tin cans and even car number plates, these sharks are in fact perfectly honed hunters.
Operation Ouch!
Superhero Ribs
The doctors turn into superheroes to reveal why your ribcage is the perfect design. In the emergency department, one patient has a rock in their ear and another has swallowed a coin!
Runtime:
30 min
Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
Bazalgette
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the man who invented London's giant sewer system.
Bro's in Control
Little Bro Controls Your Day
Adam and Joe go head-to-head when Little Bro Callum controls their day! Cold mud baths, gross smoothies and edible insects – who'll take the win and avoid an awful forfeit?
Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Steel!
Nitro and Sabre prank Steel at a fake Halloween photoshoot with a huge spider costume, bats and a surprising ghost! The other Gladiators have fun behind the scenes at Sheffield Arena.
Octonauts
Humpback Whales
Animated deep sea adventures with Captain Barnacles and his explorers. When a sardine swallows an important key, a humpback whale helps Kwazii track it down.
Runtime:
10 min
Big Lizard
Dad's Discovery
Whilst searching for new discoveries, a rockfall traps Dad, Cosima and Big Lizard in a cave. Just when all is lost, Dad finally discovers a new species!
Piripenguins
The Piri Fitness Craze
Nugget’s new fitness device sparks a craze on the berg. Running, skating and jumping, the Piris battle it out to score the most points, with a surprise winner.
Runtime:
10 min
Danger Mouse
The Other Day the Earth Stood Still
Animated series. Only Danger Mouse can save the world from chaos when the Baron stops the world spinning with a plague of traffic lights.
Danger Mouse
Welcome to Danger World!
Animated series. Danger Mouse must fight his own urge to be awesome to stop the world turning into a gigantic intergalactic tourist attraction.
Super Happy Magic Forest
Precious Treasure
Blossom insists on saving her bath bomb treasure for later and takes it with her on a quest to save Merhaven from an angry seaweed.
Super Happy Magic Forest
Neville the Liar
The heroes go on a quest to get Hoofius’s Toby Jug back from the depths of the Riddling Ruins and are faced with a series of puzzles and traps to solve.
Ninja Express
A Carriage
After breaking a carriage belonging to his beloved Princess, a besotted Prince orders another one from the Ninjas - but the Princess only has eyes for the Ninja Van.
Runtime:
10 min
Stage Stars
Showtime
It’s opening night for the sold-out senior show! After weeks of rehearsals and complicated set builds, tickets are sold out - but will the set hold up and the cast be ready in time?
The Football Academy
The Final Whistle
Meet the generation ready to join the academy next season. Nathan Redmond takes on the Rocco from the academy in Skill Showdown.
Shaun the Sheep
3DTV
Animated series. The farmer is very excited by his new purchase of a 3D TV, and he calls on Bitzer to set it up.
Runtime:
10 min
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
The Abominable Showman
Torn between practising Blamjitsu with the yeti and helping the Dinmakers write a new school song, JJ tries to combine the two by bringing the yeti along to band practice.
Runtime:
10 min
Super Happy Magic Forest
New Broom
The witch casts a spell of squeaky voices on the heroes. It will be lifted once they have completed a quest to the Super Creepy Haunted Forest.
Runtime:
15 min
Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese
Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese: Series 2
Girl and Cheese choose Cat to DJ the family's upcoming party. However, Boy, Dog and Mouse think Cat will become the focus of the party that's supposed to be for all of them.
Runtime:
10 min
Grizzy and the Lemmings
The Ten Plagues of Grizzy
The Lemmings discover an ancestral tree that casts maledictions.
Runtime:
10 min
What's New Scooby-Doo?
It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine
The Mystery Machine is haunted and begins to act menacingly towards the gang.
Runtime:
20 min
Little Lunch
The Joke Competition
Atticus holds a joke-telling competition, and Melanie is overcome by shyness.
Odd Squad
The Perfect Score
The Odd Squad investigates strange events. It's villain report card day at Odd Squad.
Runtime:
15 min
Total Dramarama
Sharing Is Caring
When Courtney refuses to share her valuable rare toy, friends join forces to question her.
Runtime:
10 min
Blue Peter
Gladiators Takeover
Blue Peter goes behind the scenes on the new series of Gladiators, and there’s a wheelchair tennis masterclass from Paralympic champion Alfie Hewett!
Runtime:
25 min
Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Nitro, Legend and Freddie Fraser fool Apollo, Athena, Fury and Giant with a hilarious farm prank – prepare for jigs, turnip tosses, owl chases and a panto cow reveal!
Runtime:
15 min
Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Bionic Birdwatching!
Nitro and wildlife presenter Megan McCubbin confuse Bionic with a fake birdwatching club as he dresses in feathers, makes bizarre bird calls and joins a bird-loving conga.
Runtime:
20 min
Grizzy and the Lemmings
The Lemmings discover a box filled with fortune cookies close to the Great Wall of China.
Runtime:
5 min
Horrible Science
Dragon’s Blood, Rude Flowers and Wibbly Wobbly Gravity
Big Brain has a chemical catastrophe, Sir Isaac Newton rides a coaster again, with shocking results, Loofah is after a murderer, and Dr Henry VIII on call!
The Next Step
Make a Plan to Love Me
Reality-style drama following the lives of a group of dancers. James suggests that Riley gives him a list of tasks to complete to prove his dedication.
Runtime:
23 min
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Runtime:
10 hr 32 min
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