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25+ Best CBBC Shows

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Here's a list of CBBC shows, alphabetized and featuring photos when available. Each show includes its premiere date and starring actors. This comprehensive list covers the network's entire history, from current hits to cancelled series. You'll find popular shows like Scooby-Doo and Arthur. Despite varying channels, CBBC fans worldwide grew up with many of the same programs. Below, you'll find a list of CBBC TV series, including cast, creator, and premiere date when available. Only CBBC network shows are included, even if they're no longer on the air.

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  • 1
    Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars

    Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars is a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom. Mark Haddon wrote the book it is based on. Six episodes followed Ben Simpson, played by Duncan Barton, and his friends Barney, played by Andrew McKay, and Jenks, played by Reggie Yates. They formed the "Crane Grove Gang," named after their street. This group played clever practical jokes under the "Agent Z" initiative.

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    Arthur

    A young aardvark and his friends have adventures.

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    Best of Friends

    Best of Friends was a children's game show. It aired on CBBC from 2004 to 2010.

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    Brum

    Brum was a British children's superhero rescue series. It followed a radio-controlled car named Brum. Ragdoll Productions made it for HIT Entertainment. It first aired in 1991. Anne Wood directed, wrote, and produced it initially. Vic Finch, Paul Leather, Emma Lindley, Morgan Hall, Brian Simmons, Nigel P Harris, and others directed and wrote it later. Toyah Willcox narrated it first, then Tom Wright did. Children's BBC aired it on BBC One and Discovery Kids aired it in the United States.

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    Dinosapien

    Dinosapien is a British/Canadian children's TV program. BBC Worldwide and Cambium Catalyst International produced it with SEVEN24 Films. They made 15 episodes, each 21 and a half minutes long. Filming happened in Bragg Creek, Alberta. The series debuted March 24, 2007, on Discovery Kids and CBBC. It ended June 30, 2007. CGI made up about six minutes of each program. Brittney Wilson played Lauren Slayton. Suzanna Hamilton played Dr. Slayton. James Coombes played the villain, Dr. Aikens. The Native Americans role in the series caused issues.

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    Also ranks #14 on Best Discovery Family Shows

  • 6

    Greenclaws was a children's TV series. The BBC aired it between 1988 and 1989.

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    Hollywood Seven

    Hollywood 7 was the third series of the BBC show starring S Club 7. This series filmed in California. CBBC aired the program weekly from September 27, 2001, to December 20, 2001. All seven band members starred as themselves. Barry Williams, a former Brady Bunch actor, played Dean Strickland, S Club 7's manager. The show renamed itself S Club 7 in Hollywood for American viewers. It aired on the ABC Family network from September 29, 2001, to January 26.

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    I Dream

    I Dream aired in 2004. This British children's musical comedy targeted teenagers. The show set at a performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain. Thirteen teenagers enroll at Avalon Heights over the summer. Eight members of the pop group S Club 8 star. Five other young actors and actresses join them. Hollywood actor Christopher Lloyd stars too. The members of S Club 8 play exaggerated versions of themselves. They keep their real names.

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    L.A. 7

    L.A. 7 was the second series of the BBC TV series starring S Club 7. CBBC showed the program weekly from April 6, 2000, to July 6, 2000. All seven members of the band played themselves. Linda Blair, the star of The Exorcist, played Joni, their landlord. The show became S Club 7 in L.A. and aired on Fox Family in the USA from June 3, 2000, to September 30, 2000. UK re-runs aired sometimes on Play UK, a defunct cable channel.

  • 10
    LazyTown

    An 8-year-old girl faces a superhero and his lazy rival.

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    Maddigan's Quest

    Maddigan's Quest is a New Zealand fantasy series set in a post-apocalyptic future. Margaret Mahy created the original concept. Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang developed the television series. The show first aired on TV3 in New Zealand, CBBC in the UK, Family Room HD from Voom Networks HD in the US, and the Nine Network in Australia in early 2006.

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    Miami 7

    Miami 7 starred the British pop group S Club 7. Thirteen episodes aired on CBBC from April 8, 1999, to July 1, 1999. Each episode featured the members performing a song from their S Club album. All seven band members played themselves. Kim Fuller created and partially wrote the show; he also wrote the Spice Girls' film Spiceworld: The Movie. Renamed S Club 7 in Miami, the show aired on Fox Family—later ABC Family—in America from November 6, 1999, to February 5, 2000.

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    Also ranks #144 on Best BBC One Shows, Ranked

  • 13
    My Almost Famous Family

    My Almost Famous Family is a BBC children's series. It aired from September 12 to November 21, 2009, on CBBC and BBC Two. The eleven-part series followed siblings and their parents. They performed together as the house band for a fake chat show. Gail Renard and Emma Reeves wrote the series. Richie Webb, composer and performer, was the musical director. His credits include the BBC Radio 4 series 15 Minute Musical. Richard Webb, Steve Young, and Tom wrote the theme song 'Almost Famous'.

  • 14
    Noah and Saskia

    Noah and Saskia is a 13-episode children's show. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation co-produced it. The show shows two teenagers meeting in an Internet chatroom using false identities. They become friends, yet both fear the other finding out their real selves.

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    Paradise Café

    Paradise Café began as a teen show. It premiered on January 6, 2009, on CBBC Channel and TV2. New Zealand's Gibson Group and UK company Initial, an Endemol division, co-produced it. The first series ran from January 6, 2009, to March 31, 2009. The second series launched in the UK and New Zealand on January 17, 2011. Its final episode aired on February 7, 2011. The cast announced no series three on Twitter.

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    Raven

    Raven is a 1977 British TV series made for ITV by ATV. Phil Daniels played the lead role. He was a former borstal inmate sent for rehabilitation. Daniels assisted an archaeology professor excavating a cave system. The professor's work uncovered a plan to build a nuclear plant. The cave system links to the legend of King Arthur. Pluto's sign symbolized Phil Daniels' quest. Michael Aldridge, Patsy Rowlands, James Kerry, Shirley Cheriton, and other cast members appeared in the series.

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    S Club Search is a CBBC reality show. It documented the audition and formation of the pop group S Club Juniors in 2001. The initial plan had the children perform at Wembley as a support act for S Club 7 at the Carnival 2002 tour. Their success led 19 Entertainment, which managed S Club 7 and auditioned S Club Juniors, to have them perform at all Carnival tour venues. After the tour, the eight children formed the band S Club J.

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  • 18
    Shaun the Sheep

    Shaun's flock lives a peaceful life under Bitzer's watch.

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    Skate Nation is a British children's show. Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes presented it on CBBC on BBC Two in 2009. The eleven-part series featured fourteen teams of roller skaters competing for a trip to the World Games in Taiwan. Each team had three children aged 7 to 13 and one adult. Teams competed in two heats to reach the top ten, who went to a skate camp. Eight teams advanced to studio shows, where one team was eliminated each week. A panel, including Kevin Adams and Camilla Dal, judged the stadium performances.

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    The Basil Brush Show

    The Basil Brush Show is a British children's TV sitcom. Basil Brush, the glove puppet fox, stars in the series. The Foundation produced six series. CBBC aired it from October 4, 2002, to December 21, 2007. This show spins off the 1960s/1970s BBC series, but it lacks the original cast.

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    Also ranks #10 on Best BBC One Shows, Ranked

  • 21
    The Owl

    The Owl, also called La Chouette, features short CGI episodes for kids. The series shows the owl, pink with blue feet that float below her body. Fifty-two minute-long episodes focus on the owl facing bad luck. Each episode ends with the owl dying, her body parts dispensed in funny, odd ways. The series also includes a surreal world with floating objects and exploding apples.

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    Also ranks #38 on Best Bird Cartoons

  • 22
    The Smoke House

    The Smoke House is a UK TV show. It uses drastic effects to help six British kids' parents quit smoking.

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    Tronji is a CG animated TV series and a multiplayer online game. The UK produced it for children aged six to eight. CBBC commissioned Tronji. Ragdoll Productions produced it. BBC Worldwide will distribute it globally. Anne Wood, executive producer, created the initial concept. In-house Creatives developed themes like children on a quest, a comic overseer, and magic gems. Andrew Davenport devised the TV format for Tronji, wrote the voiceovers, and created characters like TronjiI and Tronj.

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    Tweenies

    Tweenies is a British children's show. The BBC's CBBC block first aired the program. CBeebies has repeated episodes since 2002.

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    Also ranks #6 on Best Cartoonito TV Shows

  • 25
    Viva S Club

    The show follows the lives of a pop music group.

  • 26
    Young Dracula

    Vlad and Ingrid move to Britain with their father, Count Dracula, from Transylvania.

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