Tag: CBBC

Jetpack Distribution has picked up the global rights for the CBBC live-action game series A Week to Beat the World.

The U.K.-based indie Screen Glue, founded by the multi-award-winning Jasper James (Walking with Dinosaurs), has confirmed its first commission for CBBC, Hey You! What If…, which is set to launch on the channel this spring.

The children’s television series Crackerjack! is set to return to CBBC with Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes serving as presenters.

The Snow Spider, a series produced by Leopard Pictures based on Jenny Nimmo’s best-selling book trilogy, is slated to premiere on CBBC and BBC Wales.

Jetpack Distribution has secured the international rights for CBBC’s live-action drama Katy and Li Critter Workshop’s non-dialogue series Buck + Buddy.

Boat Rocker Studios’ tween drama The Next Step is set to return for a seventh season, which will include the series’ first holiday special.

Nicholas Gleaves (Bodyguard, Coronation Street) has been tapped to play the iconic role of the Demon Headmaster in the reboot that is headed to CBBC later this year.

Zodiak Kids is set to produce Flatmates, a brand-new comedy-drama for BBC iPlayer, as well as a further season of Secret Life of Boys for CBBC and ABC ME.

Production is underway on Frank van Keeken’s (The Next Step, Lost & Found Music Studios) tween live-action series Springboard, from DHX Television’s Family Channel, CBBC and Beachwood Canyon Productions.

Malory Towers, a new live-action series from King Bert Productions and DHX Media, has been greenlit by the BBC’s CBBC channel in the U.K. and DHX Television’s Family Channel in Canada.