{"id":10290,"date":"2016-06-17T09:58:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:18:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:18:28","slug":"cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/","title":{"rendered":"CBeebies Commissions New Preschool Science Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: CBeebies has ordered the new comedy adventure <em>Bitz &amp; Bob<\/em>, which seeks to teach preschoolers key principles about science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).<\/p>\n<p>The 44&#215;11-minute series is developed by CBeebies Productions and FremantleMedia Kids &amp; Family as part of a five-year co-production partnership. It follows the animated antics of inventor and creator Bitz and her younger brother Bob, and is designed to encourage little ones to get creative and involved in crafting, engineering, experiments and exploration. The show is due out next year.<\/p>\n<p>To complement the series, a short-form live-action companion show titled <em>Bitz &amp; Bob Let\u2019s Make It <\/em>will provide children with step-by-step ways to create objects shown in the main series.<\/p>\n<p>Kay Benbow, the controller of CBeebies, said: \u201cWe always aim to inspire on CBeebies and I hope that <em>Bitz &amp; Bob<\/em> will encourage a new generation of engineers. Bitz is a wonderful female role model, she is full of creative ideas and energy that will take our viewers on adventures that we know will fire their imaginations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rick Glankler, the president and general manager of FremantleMedia Kids &amp; Family, added: \u201cThe compelling stories we are creating in <em>Bitz &amp; Bob<\/em> seamlessly integrate key aspects of STEAM into the series\u2019 narrative to create artful solutions to engineering challenges. Whether they know it or not, kids are applying engineering principles on a daily basis, from creating paper planes to learning to ride a bike. This new show truly redefines what engineering means and our funny and \u2018<em>girlstrous<\/em>\u2019 lead character Bitz provides multiple fun and persuasive reasons to break down barriers and encourage young girls to get more involved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: CBeebies has ordered the new comedy adventure Bitz &amp; Bob, which seeks to teach preschoolers key principles about science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":10291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1391,494,378],"class_list":["post-10290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bitz-bob","tag-cbeebies","tag-fremantlemedia-kids-family","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBeebies Commissions New Preschool Science Show - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBeebies Commissions New Preschool Science Show - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: CBeebies has ordered the new comedy adventure Bitz &amp; Bob, which seeks to teach preschoolers key principles about science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-17T13:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-17T16:18:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/09\/Bitz-and-Bob-0616.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Marino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joel Marino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/\",\"name\":\"CBeebies Commissions New Preschool Science Show - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-17T13:58:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-17T16:18:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/b3ccbe08162f6677585ed46386169b48\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-commissions-new-preschool-science-show\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CBeebies Commissions New Preschool Science Show\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/b3ccbe08162f6677585ed46386169b48\",\"name\":\"Joel Marino\",\"description\":\"Joel Marino is associate editor for World Screen and TV Latina. 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