Tag: CBBC

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.

The long-running children's TV show Blue Peter has revealed Richie Driss as its new presenter.

Boat Rocker Studios has signed a deal with children’s publisher Sweet Cherry to produce a range of books for classic children’s show Rainbow and CBBC reality-style teen drama The Next Step.

Boat Rocker Studios has partnered with dance studio Pineapple to bring CBBC teen drama The Next Step themed workshops to the company’s London studio.

The BBC is reviving the children’s cult classic Crackerjack 35 years after it last aired in the U.K.

Zodiak Kids Studios has been commissioned to produce additional content for the live-action series Secret Life of Boys and Millie Inbetween.

A panel at MIPJunior this weekend saw Nickelodeon’s Jules Borkent, Cartoon Network’s Adina Pitt and BBC’s Jackie Edwards weighing in on the future of the children’s media business and discussing their content remits.