Cbeebies wins Channel of the year

Is this the first time a kids channel has won it?

🙌 @CBeebiesHQ wins Channel of the Year at the #RTSAwards pic.twitter.com/t76uRzojqM

— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) March 19, 2019

I was 10 when CBeebies first launched in February 2002. My 5 year old sister loved it and it was always on in our house. I'm now 27 and haven't watched it for years and can't believe it still has the same logo.

Well done to them!

Which is part of the reason it doesn't feel the need to refresh itself every few years - it's audience moves on. That and there's too much to change, both on screen and off screen


I was 20 something when it launched and 40 something before I started to watch it. Soon there'll be kids who grew up with it who are watching it with their own kids. Probably are some already

And In the Night Garden will still be on the air in 20 years time. Teletubbies (which itself dates from the 1990s) is still on air today IIRC though I know they made some new years a few years ago. The original series dates from 1997 so I presume at least the first batch was just old enough not to be made in widescreen?

I think they're only showing the new teletubbies, not the original 90s ones.

I wonder why the tweenies doesn't ger a repeat. That the one show that never ending and even had pop songs.

Well there is the unrepeatable episode these days

How's about that, then?

I was approaching two years old when CBeebies launched, so its been part of my life for 17 years now. My youngest nephew still watches it, so I'm never going to get away from it!

Good for CBeebies - it gets many things right.

What does it say about the main channels though?

It was until a few years ago, programmes do have a shelf life though, and they get replaced with better and/or more modern ones.

I noticed that the Cbeebies social media people posted a clip of the Tweenies recently with the hashtag #Cbeebiesnostalgia so I don't think it'll be back

I bet there turn up on Nick JR noggin slot at some point!