{"id":17395,"date":"2019-10-11T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:32:17","slug":"biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biff and Chip Series Headed for CBeebies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Children\u2019s In-House Productions has been commissioned to adapt the well-known <em>Biff, Chip &amp; Kipper<\/em> books by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta for CBeebies.<\/p>\n<p>The series will follow the fun and creative adventures of three young siblings\u2014twin brother and sister Biff and Chip and their little brother Kipper\u2014and dog Floppy on their friendly street. When things go awry, as they often do, family and friends come together to help put everything right again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Biff and Chip<\/em> joins a number of returning and new drama commissions on the Children\u2019s In-House Productions slate, including <em>Princess Mirror-Belle<\/em>, adapted from the popular Julia Donaldson books. The In-House team has also just produced a new adaptation of Gillian Cross&#8217;s <em>The Demon Headmaster<\/em> for CBBC, as well as new seasons of <em>4 O\u2019Clock Club<\/em>, <em>Hetty Feather<\/em> and <em>The Worst Witch<\/em>. CBeebies drama <em>Molly and Mack<\/em> has been renewed for two more seasons, as has the CBBC show <em>The Dumping Ground<\/em>. Two seasons of the new teen drama for BBC iPlayer <em>Get Even<\/em>, developed by In-House Productions from the Gretchen McNeill novels, are in production. Holly Phillips adapted the novels for the series, which is co-produced with Boatrocker Studios for BBC and Netflix.<\/p>\n<p><em>Britain\u2019s Best Young Artist<\/em>, a new factual-entertainment commission for the unit, follows kids from across the U.K. as they battle through rounds in pursuit of the chance to have their artwork displayed in iconic galleries nationwide and the title.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Taylor, BBC Children\u2019s head of content, said: \u201cThe <em>Biff and Chip<\/em> books have done a brilliant job of encouraging children to develop a love of reading for many years. We\u2019re delighted that they are bursting out of the classroom and onto the small screen for the first time. We know our audience will love to see their stories played out in exciting live-action adventures, produced by our experts in the In-House Drama team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helen Bullough, head of BBC Children\u2019s In-House Productions, said: \u201cArt is for everyone and we know our audience love getting creative. We\u2019ve already witnessed extraordinary talents while we have been researching the show. The format will showcase that amazing range of artistic skills young folks already have and we\u2019re testing our contestants&#8217; mettle too, as they\u2019re challenged to come up with new masterpieces each time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Children\u2019s In-House Productions has been commissioned to adapt the well-known Biff, Chip &amp; Kipper books by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta for CBeebies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1351,3816,494],"class_list":["post-17395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-childrens","tag-bbc-childrens-in-house-productions","tag-cbeebies","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Biff and Chip Series Headed for CBeebies - 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\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biff and Chip Series Headed for CBeebies - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Children\u2019s In-House Productions has been commissioned to adapt the well-known Biff, Chip &amp; Kipper books by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta for CBeebies.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-11T07:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-11T15:32:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/CBeebies-1019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/\",\"name\":\"Biff and Chip Series Headed for CBeebies - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-11T07:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-11T15:32:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/biff-and-chip-series-headed-for-cbeebies\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Biff and Chip Series Headed for CBeebies\"}]},{\"@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\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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