BBC Live Lessons: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream For Kids
BBC Live Lessons are interactive programmes to light up learning, support teachers and students in their classrooms and at home and get creative with the curriculum.
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Series 8 · 500 Words 2026
Interactive programme to support teachers and students in their classrooms.
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Wed 30 Sep · 10:00
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Wed 30 Sep · 10:00
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Channel
Upcoming Release
Episode
Series 8 · 500 Words 2026
Series 8
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500 Words 2026
Interactive programme to support teachers and students in their classrooms.
Time
Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 10:00
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 10:00
Available for Streaming
Series 7
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Anti-Bullying Week 2025
Anti-Bullying Week 2025
Abby Cook and De-Graft Mensah discover how to use the power for good and be empowered to speak up, support others and build a world where kindness wins and bullying stops.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 10 Nov 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Mar 2029)
Series 7
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1. 500 Words
1. 500 Words
Join Sir Lenny Henry and Naomi Wilkinson live as they collect the ingredients for a brilliant 500 Words story and inspire children to get writing!
Duration: 30 mins
First broadcast: 24 Sep 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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Moodboosters
Moodboosters
Evie, Rhys and BBC Children in Need’s Pudsey discover mood-boosting ways to support mental well-being. Meanwhile, Evie faces an epic challenge!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 9 May 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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Earth Day 2025 – Live Lesson
Earth Day 2025 – Live Lesson
Join Naomi Wilkinson and Lizzie Daly for an Earth Day expedition deep into the rainforest biome at the Eden Project, and learn all about the water cycle.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 22 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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British Science Week 2025 – Space Live Lesson
British Science Week 2025 – Space Live Lesson
Train like an astronaut with real-life spaceman Tim Peake as Grace Webb and Greg Foot discover how to stay healthy on board the International Space Station.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 10 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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World Book Day 2025
World Book Day 2025
Join Joe Tasker and Naomi Wilkinson live from Bradford on World Book Day as they make Live Lessons history with ‘The Big Live Read’.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 6 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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Safer Internet Day 2025
Safer Internet Day 2025
Joel Mawhinney and Maddie Moate dive into the virtual world of Scam Smashers, an online game where you must outsmart the scammers and keep your personal information safe!
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 11 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures
Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures
Learn how to be illustrators in this lesson inspired by Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures. Vivian Truong and Dapo Adeola join hosts Rhys Stephenson and Laura Hopkinson.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 16 Dec 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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Anti-Bullying Week 2024
Anti-Bullying Week 2024
Rhys Stephenson and Shanequa Paris help Hacker T Dog put on the ultimate respectful sports day in a Live Lesson for primary schools to mark Anti-Bullying Week 2024.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 12 Nov 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 6
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1. 500 Words 2024
1. 500 Words 2024
Joe Tasker and Shereen Cutkelvin team up with famous authors to prove anyone can write a story in 500 Words or less by taking inspiration from everyday objects.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 25 Sep 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 24 Mar 2029)
Series 5
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
In a special Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 Live Lesson, England captain Harry Kane joins Shini Muthukrishnan and Ade Adepitan to explore how movement affects mood.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 11am 13 May 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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Behind the Scenes at the BBC – Literacy Live Lesson
Behind the Scenes at the BBC – Literacy Live Lesson
Live Lessons goes behind the scenes at the BBC with Newsround’s De-Graft Mensah, Saturday Mash-Up's Shereen Cutkelvin and Hacker T Dog to celebrate 100 years of BBC Education.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 11am 22 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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8. British Science Week 2024
8. British Science Week 2024
Mwaksy Mudenda and Yussef Rafik must beat the clock in a special British Science Week Live Lesson escape room challenge, by learning about invertebrates and their life cycles.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 11 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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World Book Day 2024
World Book Day 2024
Joe Tasker and Maddie Moate are live from Southend for an inspiring Live Lesson to celebrate this year’s World Book Day.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 7 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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Safer Internet Day 2024
Safer Internet Day 2024
Georgie Barrat and Rhys Stephenson are joined by a team of digital detectives as they explore the fascinating world of AI technology in the Safer Internet Day 2024 Live Lesson.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 6 Feb 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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Deadly Mission Shark - Science Live Lesson
Deadly Mission Shark - Science Live Lesson
We team up with Steve Backshall and Naomi Wilkinson, for a special Deadly Mission Shark Science Live Lesson, learning about sharks, their adaptations and how we can protect them.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 31 Jan 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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The Romans - History Live Lesson
The Romans - History Live Lesson
From Vindolanda in Northumberland, Ben Shires and Raksha Dave find out about the unexpected people who lived at this Roman fort along Hadrian’s Wall.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 27 Nov 2023
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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Anti-Bullying Week 2023
Anti-Bullying Week 2023
Katie Thistleton and Talisha ‘Tee Cee’ Johnson present a special Anti-Bullying Week Live Lesson, with the help of some budding performers and advice from Dr Ronx.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11am 13 Nov 2023
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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Remembrance
Remembrance
From Imperial War Museum North, Shanequa Paris and Tomfoolery are challenged by Joseph Coelho to write a poem about why we still remember for this literacy Live Lesson.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 11am 8 Nov 2023
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
Series 5
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500 Words 2023
500 Words 2023
Mwaksy Mudenda, Joe Tasker and the 500 Words judges are live at the Story Museum in Oxford to get top tips on story writing for this year's 500 Words competition.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 27 Sep 2023
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 31 Dec 2099)
BBC Live Lessons FAQs
When is BBC Live Lessons next on?
The next broadcast of BBC Live Lessons airs at Wed 30 Sep · 10:00(UK: Wed 30 Sep · 10:00) on CBBC.
Which channel is BBC Live Lessons next on?
BBC Live Lessons returns on CBBC next. Check the listings above for every upcoming airing.
When will BBC Live Lessons be available on iPlayer?
Episodes land on BBC iPlayer just after the show finishes airing. Use the streaming section above to jump in as soon as it drops.