CBBC TV Guide & Listings (Ireland Timezone)

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CBBC Schedule — Thu 18 Dec

This is CBBC! — 05:30

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

Shaun the Sheep — 07:00

Foxy Laddie
Children's animation. A fox arrives at the farm disguised as a handsome ram, but Shaun becomes suspicious when the fox's disguise fails.
Runtime: 10 min

Danger Mouse — 07:10

The Admirable Penfold
Animated series. The Baron and Penfold are stranded on a desert island. In the skies above, there is a race to snatch Brunel's All Encompassing Remote Control.
Runtime: 10 min

Super Happy Magic Forest — 07:20

Herbert's New Hat
Herbert takes his failed cooling hat invention along on a quest, using it to save the day after being faced with the Riddlemaster’s jibes.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese — 07:35

The Incredible Boy Pretzel
When Ripped Ab-Man asks Boy to help him win a game show, his siblings worry that he is being taken advantage of and decide to investigate.
Runtime: 10 min

Newsround — 07:45

Topical news magazine for children.
Runtime: 10 min

Grizzy and the Lemmings — 07:55

Mask Time!
The Lemmings find a mask that terrifies anyone who looks at it.
Runtime: 10 min

Grizzy and the Lemmings — 08:05

Drawer Puzzles
Grizzy and the Lemmings crack the codex system of a mysterious box and are sucked into it.
Runtime: 5 min

SpongeBob SquarePants — 08:10

Krusty Kleaners
SpongeBob vows to clean an entire building.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Odd Squad — 08:25

How to Interrogate a Unicorn
The Odd Squad investigate strange events. When characters escape their books in the library, Olive and Otto must find out how and why it's happening.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

The Strange Chores — 08:35

Guard the Magic Wand
Charlie uses a magic wand to make his life easier by becoming a ghost! However, ghost life is harder than Que makes it look.
Runtime: 15 min

Danny and Mick — 08:50

Break a Leg
Danny and Mick have to play Romeo and Juliet after a theatre company leaves them in the lurch.
Runtime: 10 min

Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Year Olds — 09:00

Well-being - Sleep and Exercise
Learn why bedtime is important, how exercise helps your mood and how to improve well-being with sleep and exercise.
Runtime: 20 min

Operation Ouch! Do Try This at Home — 09:20

Eye Popping
With the kitchen lab upside down, the doctors reveal the incredible job of the optic nerve and show how to make your own eye-popping game.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Gym Stars — 09:35

New Friends
Masha joins the rhythmic squad after escaping the war in Ukraine.
Runtime: 25 min i Available on iPlayer

What's Cooking Omari? — 10:00

Chef Omari shows off his culinary skills!
Chef Omari creates three new popcorn seasonings for the family movie night - ginger zinger, spicy lime and coconut go-go.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

Deadly 60 — 10:10

Weapons
Looking back at some of Steve Backshall's favourite creatures, whose jaws, claws, venom and speed prove to be very useful weapons in the battle of the wild.
Runtime: 30 min

The Dengineers — 10:40

Ballroom dancer Harry from Dudley is a huge fan of Strictly and wants a den full of glitz and glamour to help him practise his dancing and store his trophies!
Runtime: 25 min

Operation Ouch! — 11:05

Episode 7
The doctors make an unusual type of cheese with Xand's body bacteria and find out what to do if someone breaks their leg.
Runtime: 30 min

Horrible Histories — 11:35

Episode 4
Historical sketch show. HHTV's war reporter Mike Peabody regrets his decision to cover the Norman Siege of Palermo, and the Pilgrim Fathers rap about Jamestown in America.
Runtime: 30 min

Danny and Mick — 12:05

Team Charity
Danny and Mick try to raise money for a good cause, but succeed in raising laughs, eyebrows and hair instead.
Runtime: 15 min

Andy and the Band — 12:20

Rio's Rockin' School Trip
Determined to prove the band wrong, Rio takes charge and leads his class out on a field trip. However, with Rio not knowing where he is going, the trip has potentially disastrous results.
Runtime: 15 min

Bro's in Control — 12:35

Queasy Spa
Max and Harvey host the Queasy Spa quiz, where the bros face some nauseating treatments! And can they pilot their own water jet packs in the Ultimate Memory Test?
Runtime: 15 min

Octonauts: Above & Beyond — 12:50

Caterpillar Caravan
The Octonauts search for a new habitat for some sleeping caterpillars.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Big Lizard — 13:05

Happy Proximas!
When it unexpectedly snows, Cosima decides it must be Christmas! Rex disrupts her festive preparations, but it doesn't stop the family having a perfect 'Proximas'.
Runtime: 5 min

Danger Mouse — 13:10

Agent 58
Animated series. A new shape-shifting agent tests DM and Penfold's partnership to the limit at the criminal world's annual convention.
Runtime: 15 min

Danger Mouse — 13:25

Thanks a Minion!
Animated series. Penfold's chances of winning a Sidekickie award are in peril when Stiletto tries to snatch the prize. Greenback plots to destroy the world.
Runtime: 10 min

Super Happy Magic Forest — 13:35

The Mushroom King
Whilst on a quest to return the Icicle of Destiny, Trevor topples into a cavern of tiny mushrooms who treat him like a king.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Ninja Express — 13:50

Mega Hero Feline
Felix asks the Ninjas for a superpower so that he can meet Mega Powerful Man.
Runtime: 10 min i Available on iPlayer

Winx Club - The Magic Is Back — 14:00

A New Enemy
When Vexius launches a devastating attack on Red Fountain, Winx and Specialists must unite to protect the school. Meanwhile, Bloom uncovers a shocking connection between Vexius and her Dragon Flame.
Runtime: 25 min i Available on iPlayer

Bro's in Control — 14:25

A Christmas Cracker!
Brosmas is here! Callum's Christmas challenges await Adam and Joe in a festive showdown! Gingerbread houses, gift wrapping, tree decorating - Christmas needs a little competition!
Runtime: 15 min

Go Get Arty — 14:40

The Kwapongs go full festive mode as they craft cosy snowglobe sweaters and DIY Christmas crackers, while illustrator Rob Biddulph draws a jolly Christmas pud full of festive joy!
Runtime: 15 min

Secret Life of Boys — 14:55

Day Nine
With the help of his brothers, Robbie tries something new to get over his fear of flying. Ginger tries her best to make up with Ethan.
Runtime: 5 min

Shaun the Sheep — 15:00

An Ill Wind
Children's animation. The Farmer receives a huge electricity bill and decides to build a wind turbine to power the farmhouse. But Shaun has other ideas for its use.
Runtime: 10 min

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! — 15:10

Finding Scruffbutt
It’s Pieface’s turn to look after the class hamster, Space Captain Harrison McScruff-Butt.
Runtime: 10 min

Super Happy Magic Forest — 15:20

Gnome Improvements
To avoid Herbert’s surprise visits via his tunnels in the Big Birch, the other heroes take any quest and must deal with an angry plant!
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese — 15:35

X Marks the Spot
The kids find a treasure map, causing treasure-hunting fever to descend on the family. It doesn't help that Cheese is livestreaming the whole thing, broadcasting every move.
Runtime: 10 min

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese — 15:45

Lights! Camera! Action!
The kids audition for a movie that's shooting in town, and a reluctant Cat lands the role as lead alien. However, Cat would rather just go to the circus.
Runtime: 15 min

Grizzy and the Lemmings — 16:00

Iced Grizzy
The Lemmings try to destroy the statues of Grizzy, but he will not let them ruin his art.
Runtime: 5 min

SpongeBob SquarePants — 16:05

Mustard O' Mine
The Krusty Krab runs out of mustard.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Little Lunch — 16:20

The Cake Stall
Melanie decides to have a cake stall to raise money for homeless puppies.
Runtime: 15 min i Available on iPlayer

Odd Squad — 16:35

Good Egg Bad Egg
The Odd Squad investigates strange events. The agents try to determine what kind of creature will hatch from an egg.
Runtime: 10 min

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir — 16:45

Miraculous World: New York, United Heroez
Marinette’s class is headed to New York, the city of superheroes!
Runtime: 1 hr 5 min

Total Dramarama — 17:50

Total Dramarama: A Very Special Special That’s Quite Special
When Duncan destroys the school, Chef ends up with a big cash settlement. However, rather than rebuilding the school, he takes the kids on a road trip to Splashville Waterpark.
Runtime: 45 min

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury — 18:35

Festive animated short featuring characters from How to Train Your Dragon. Hiccup helps Toothless when the other dragons leave Berk ahead of the Viking winter holiday.
Runtime: 20 min

High Hoops — 18:55

Trailer: High Hoops
Aoife is tall and gangly and wants to be cool and popular. If she can turn her new school’s hopeless basketball team into winners, can she reinvent herself at the same time?

This is CBBC! — 18:58

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