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  1. Up on the roof: summer filming with Cat and Rebecca

    Producer Bev explains how we make the links you see between the programmes on CBeebies.

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  2. Visiting a museum with your child

    Visit your local museum with your little one for a fun family adventure

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  3. New Series of Alphablocks

    Hi, I'm Joe Elliot, the creator of Alphablocks. I'm delighted to tell you about series two, which has (we think) turned out rather nicely. It's bigger and better - and it goes back to basics. We were thrilled when the BBC asked us to make two more series - it meant all those extra stories in...

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  4. Q Pootle 5: Making Music on Okidoki

    We chat to Q Pootle 5 producer, Ben Butterworth, about making the music for the series, and why music is important in children's TV. 

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  5. Q Pootle 5 lands on CBeebies

    Q Pootle 5, the friendly little alien who first appeared in the books by the hugely popular children’s author and illustrator Nick Butterworth, has made the leap from page to screen with a brand new series on CBeebies. Nick tells us more about the programme in this blog.

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  6. Safer Internet Day - by Dr Tanya Byron

    During the last five years I have conducted a report and a subsequent review looking at the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games. It's given me a fascinating insight in the emerging world we are now living in, where o...

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  7. Baby Jake

    Hello - Maddy here - creator and producer of Baby Jake for production company Darrall Macqueen and juggler of all things family! Although I don't have 10 children like the windmill family in Baby Jake, I have a one year old and a three year old that require regular chasing! Neither of them fe...

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  8. LENNY HENRY ON BIG AND SMALL

    Hi, Lenny Henry, here, and I've been the voice of Big and Small on CBeebies from episode one right up to seventy-eight. That's a lot of voices! Big and Small are great characters and a joy to play. There are so many episodes where I've laughed a lot; the moments that are sublimely funny. They ar...

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  9. Here and There: A blog by Mr Bloom

    Mr Bloom is out filming a new series called ‘Here and There’. He’s travelling to locations all over the country to encourage children to explore and take pride in their local surroundings. He’s written a little diary of his first week out on the road to give us a taste of what to expect.

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  10. Mr Bloom's Nursery Behind the Scenes

    Mr Bloom's Nursery series 2 has begun! Phew! For the production team (who have worked so brilliantly and so hard), most of 2011 was spent coming up with the storylines, planning for the filming and crafting the finished product you now see! We all hope you and your tiddlers enjoy them! And ...

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