CBBC TV Guide

CBBC entertains kids aged 6-12 with laugh-out-loud comedy, gripping drama, educational shows and trusted news from the UK and beyond. See what's on CBBC on Thursday 12 March 2026 with full listings and upcoming programmes.

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This is CBBC!

This is CBBC!
Tune every day from 7.00am.
Runtime: 1 hr 30 min

Shaun the Sheep

Karma Farmer
Animated series. The Farmer transforms the farm into a chilled environment where work and chores are abolished and the animals are encouraged to express themselves.
Runtime: 10 min

Danger Mouse

Sinister Mouse
Animated series. Has Danger Mouse finally met his match? An evil version of the hero escapes from a parallel dimension and joins forces with Baron Greenback.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

Super Happy Magic Forest

Magic Mess
The heroes quest to save the forest from a magical mess after Blossom decides she would rather be picnicking than recycling.
Runtime: 15 min

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese

Scientifically Impossible
Girl is failing science class, so Mouse offers to help her learn. However, Girl decides it will be easier to borrow one of his inventions and cheat instead.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

Newsround

Topical news magazine for children.
Runtime: 10 min

Grizzy and the Lemmings

Tough Cookie
Grizzy and the Lemmings discover a temple dedicated to an ancestral brioche.
Runtime: 10 min

SpongeBob SquarePants

Whale Watching
Mr Krabs hires Squidward to babysit Pearl.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

Odd Squad

Olive and Otto in Shmumberland, Part 1
The Odd Squad investigate strange events. When Olive and Otto get zapped into a comic book, Olive must use her knowledge of it to escape.
Runtime: 15 min

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!

Cat v Dog
Walter’s pampered cat Clawdia persuades her way into the gang, and only Gnasher can tell that she has a hidden agenda to oust him from Dennis’s life forever.
Runtime: 10 min

Danny and Mick

Toilet Trouble
Danny and Mick want to try out the posh new leisure centre toilets.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Hey You What If?

We Got Rid of Bugs
Bugs might be annoying, but we would soon regret it if we got rid of them - all our favourite foods would disappear, and there would be dung everywhere!
Runtime: 5 min

Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Year Olds

Light
Learn about shadows, how light travels and how we see things.
Runtime: 20 min

Blow Your Mind

Episode 4
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They find out all about the moon and how it affects our oceans and tides.
Runtime: 15 min

Out of This World

Living in Space
Dr Maggie explores living in space with star guest astronaut Jessica Meir, who spent 205 days on the ISS. Maggie’s top five charts people living in space.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

After Life: Rot Box Detectives

Spreading Bacteria
A team of young science detectives investigate rot and decay through a series of experiments and activities, assisted by Dr George McGavin.
Runtime: 13 min

Shark Bites

Sixgill Shark
Steve Backshall heads to Canada to learn about the sixgill shark, which has barely changed in 200 million years.

Operation Ouch!

Awesome Oxygen
The doctors reveal why a body cannot survive without oxygen for more than three minutes, and they find out what it is like to be 999 call handlers.
Runtime: 30 min

Horrible Science

The Force Force, Lever Man and the Goldilocks Zone
Meet superheroes the Force Force, and some of the 17th century’s greatest minds star in Friends parody Colleagues.
Runtime: 25 min i Available on iPlayer

Hey You What If?

You Walked Through Walls
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to walk through walls? From turning into a gas to quantum trickery, we discover why it wouldn't be quite as useful as you'd like.
Runtime: 5 min

Horrible Histories

The past is no longer a mystery ...
The watch! The mobile phone! The microwave! The vibrating poo platform! Thomas Edison stage diving! It’s all here as Horrible Histories takes a journey through the history of tech.
Runtime: 30 min i Available on iPlayer

Horrible Histories

A look at some of history's most ingenious inventors, as we take in everything from the invention of the wheel to the crisp.
Runtime: 28 min

Shark Bites

Whale Shark
Steve Backshall learns about sharks. Steve reveals the surprising diet of the largest fish in the world, the whale shark.

Andy and the Band

Can't Stop Dancing
When Odd Sock Tyler needs to replace his missing dance crew, Andy and the band put their best feet forward, with some help from Cousin Mac’s Super Sneakers.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

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.
Runtime: 20 min i Available on iPlayer

Octonauts

Bluefin Tuna
The Octonauts must find a way to help an injured tuna catch up with her school, before they speed out of reach.
Runtime: 10 min

Big Lizard

The Hoverboard Race
During a hoverboard race, Dad's new super-powered hoverboard malfunctions, so Cosima and Big Lizard throw the race to rescue him!
Runtime: 5 min

Piripenguins

The Fishy Treasure Hunt
The Piri gang enter a treasure hunt competition but discover they must pay Captain Krill with sprats for clues. Pancake is suspicious. Is there some fishy business going on?
Runtime: 15 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: 10 min

Super Happy Magic Forest

1,000th Quest
Hoofius’s next quest will be his 1,000th, so he decides to wait for a really heroic one and insists that his friends quest without him.
Runtime: 10 min

Ninja Express

Ninja v Ninja
The Ninjas realise that a spy has been following them to help a copycat.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

The Next Step

The Next Step: Series 5
Reality-style drama series. The Next Step holds auditions, welcoming prospective new dancers to the studio. The new studio head makes some surprising cuts.
Runtime: 25 min

Malory Towers

The Riding Mistress
Bill is shocked when Thunder is put up for sale, and she desperately tries to keep him. Meanwhile, the third formers prank Miss Vernon so they can get out of class to go for a swim.
Runtime: 25 min

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese

What's Your Game?
In order to get access to the test version of the sequel to their favourite video game, the siblings convince Boy to infiltrate a snobby clique of friends at school.
Runtime: 15 min

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese

Monkeying Around
After the kids crash Mom and Dad's anniversary trip, they try to make amends by finding Gramps' long-lost wedding rings.
Runtime: 10 min

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese

Cheese’s Big Breakout
After Cat and Cheese are mistaken for young kids at the hotel daycare, they are forced into the baby play area. Refusing to be stuck there, Cheese plots to escape!
Runtime: 10 min

Shaun the Sheep

Baa-d Hair Day
The flock don't recognise Shaun when he loses one of his most distinctive features. His old pal Bitzer helps him track down the lost thatch.
Runtime: 10 min

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!

The kids of Beanotown decide that they can run the town far better than the grown-ups. However, they discover it isn’t nearly as easy or fun as they had hoped.
Runtime: 10 min

Super Happy Magic Forest

Elf Help
The heroes must quest to get help from the wood elves, but Twinkle struggles to contain her irritation with their high-and-mighty ways.
Runtime: 15 min

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese

Boy is scared by a horror film that the others think is lame, until one by one the others disappear, leaving Boy to save them from the 'shadow realm'.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

Grizzy and the Lemmings

Bamboo Warfare
Grizzy dismantles the toboggan built by the Lemmings in the log cabin.
Runtime: 10 min

Duck and Frog

Christmas Tree
Frog wants an early peek at the present Duck has wrapped for him, so he follows Duck to his new job selling Christmas trees and disguises himself as a tree to try and get the present.
Runtime: 5 min

SpongeBob SquarePants

The Night Patty
SpongeBob helps out during the Krusty Krab's night shift.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

What's New Scooby-Doo?

The Fast and the Wormious
The gang are in Mexico trying to stop a giant sand worm from wreaking havoc at a race.
Runtime: 20 min

Odd Squad

Strictly Odd Dancing
In this musical episode, agents Ostin and Olyla tell the story of their face off against The Music Maestro, and how they learnt to sing and dance to solve cases.
Runtime: 15 min

Teen Titans Go!

Laundry Day
The gang bickers over whose turn it is to do chores.
Runtime: 10 min

Pokémon Horizons

Tinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!
Tinkatuff goes on a quest to find the perfect metal for completing its hammer.
Runtime: 25 min

Grizzy and the Lemmings

Termitator
The Lemmings adopt a cute insect that eats wood. And what's made of wood? The cabin!
Runtime: 10 min

The Football Academy

Decision Day
Eloise and Holly try to prove they should stay at the Football Academy, while Harry, Julian and Ace go all-out in Italy. Michael Dawson takes on Folo in Skill Showdown.
Runtime: 20 min

Girl Troop vs Aliens

The Ingenious Escape Badge
Everyone is trapped, the Brighthawks back at camp are defenceless, and any one of the girls Ruby is trapped with could be an alien!
Runtime: 30 min

The Next Step

On the Rocks
Reality-style drama series. Riley questions her place at the studio, Skylar tries to tip the balance of power, and Noah's injury brings him closer to Amanda.
Runtime: 20 min

Blue Peter

Karting Racing
Shini takes on racing driver Billy Monger in a subterranean go-karting challenge!
Runtime: 8 min

This is CBBC!

This is CBBC!
Tune every day from 7.00am.
Runtime: 10 hr 32 min

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