Anyone else getting that 1970’s child Jackanory feeling from Bernard Cribbins new series on CBeebies? The boys are completely absorbed by it. Nice to see them prefer some old skool story telling over over a load of CGI stuff.
And the girl in the tea shop is a bit tasty too. Ahem.
I caught an episode or two of Old Jacks Boat, i liked it , i watched it with my 2 yr old lad…..obviously 😉
He prefers Peppa Pig , Fireman Sam (producing mock welsh accents out of everybody in the room) and the programme with the little Elves/Pixies/Fairies thing???
My 9 yr old though introduced me to the delights of Regular Show and Gravity Falls both i found a little bit too amusing.
Russell T Davies has written Friday’s episode so watch out for Jack sharing an on-screen kiss with the harbour master’s son and a gender reassignment sub plot.
My lad quite likes it. I’ve not really given it any attention to be honest, I’ll sit down and watch it properly next time though.
Tree-Foo Tom is still Top Dog though, with the bairns.
With me I reckon the Octonauts is the best series cbeebies have produced in recent years.
Tree Fu Tom can **** off, dreadful bollocks only surpassed in the awfulness stakes by Mike The **** Knight. But you’re right about Octonauts, that’s almost completely ace.
Octonauts is superb, but dont forget there’s the website with some great games and the animal fact sheets are good fro printing out and colouring in. You can let you child play it too.
How irritating is that kid on grandpa in my pocket? Smarmy little brat.
Yes. The entire cast of Grandpa In My Pocket should be taken out to sea and chucked overboard in concrete wellies, apart from Mr Liker-Biker cos he’s really just Mister Maker moonlighting, and I think he’s probably just doing it for the money or something, poor chap.
I think I may have watched too much CBeebies in the past four years…
How irritating is that kid on grandpa in my pocket? Smarmy little brat.
I detest the show. Basically, every episode consists of Grandpa using his powers to manipulate a situation to his own ends, regardless of merits or justice.
Octanauts,Mike the Knight and Treefu are all terrible IMHO.
This is without doubt the best TV show for kids and adults!
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Octanauts,Mike the Knight and Treefu are all terrible IMHO.
I’m with you on Mike the Knight (set a task, cock it up, have an epiphany, ‘do it right’) and Treefu Tom (that caste-bound world!), but the Octonauts? The Octonauts rock!
it is Jackanory revisited – Bernard was one of the mainstays of jackanory when we were kids, him and Kenneth Williams… cbeebies is great, the lack of adverts is such a relief
I haven’t watched much cbeebies recently as my child now prefers CBBC, but the fit one armed bird was always a favourite.
Does anyone know if she’s still going?
True fact, the split second of the guy in his fishing boat going across Staithes harbour in the opening is my dad. His boat (blue white, yellow and red called true love is also in the opening a second time.
I only found this out last week despite watching the show with my 2 year old!
Love Staithes, beautiful part of the country (with pubs that never, ever shut!)
Baby Jake should be launched into outer space, to be fair, the annoying wee bstard.
The presenters are a mixed bag ISTM – talent spread a bit thin. Andy and Katy are good.
We live in Manchester and my 4 yo son’s school went to a filming of Justin’s House. Excitement off the scale.
Justin was apparently having a bit of an off day with the kids (who could blame him), but Robert the Robot was brilliant with them.
That Justin must be on a canny contract with BBC now – he is mr cbeebies. No idea how he manages to stay so exciteable and interested over stuff like he does.
I can’t help myself but somene has mentioned Justin….aaaarrgghh!
Apparently he is the hardest working man in children’s televsion ,so why’s he so fat then? He is awful.A dreadful combination of plagiarism with unoriginal panto/slapstick,crap impersonations and even crappier characters.
I have visions of him sat in his dressing room a bitter cynical curmudgeon who absolutely hates the kids who give him his living,downing whisky after whisy to steel himself before he goes on set.
The cynic in me thinks the only reason he does sign language and works with disbaled kids is because he saw a lucrative PC “gap in the market”.This probably says more about me than him 🙂
My two love him 😈