CBeebies

CBeebies is a British free children's television channel. It is aimed at children under seven. It started on 11 February 2002 and is owned by the BBC. The channel broadcast from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. It shares time with BBC Four, which is on between 7:00 pm and 4:00 am. The sister channel is CBBC for older children.

Get Set Go  
Get Set Go is the first block of the day. It starts at 6:00 am and ends at 9:00 am. It is presented by Andy Day. Sidney Sloane used to co-present with Day on weekends, until he left in 2013.

Discover & Do  
Get Set Go is followed by Discover & Do. It is broadcast from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. The same three-hour loop of programmes are shown between 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Big Fun Time  
Discover & Do is followed by Big Fun Time. It begins at 3:00 pm and finishes at 6:00 pm. Recently changed in 2019 to start at 5:45 pm with Moon & Me.

Bedtime Hour  
Bedtime Hour is broadcast from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. In, 2019, it started earlier at 5:45 pm. It includes calm-natured programmes such as: In the Night Garden..., The Adventures of Abney and Teal, Clangers, Charlie & Lola and Moon & Me in order to enable children to wind down for the day.

This section of CBeebies starts with the song called "Goodbye Sun, Hello Moon". At the end of the section, a lullaby called "The Time Has Come to Say Goodnight", written by Chris Jarvis and originally performed by him, along with Pui Fan Lee is played. After the song, the station closes down for the night.

Presenters  
In the UK, currently presenting CBeebies are:
Andy Day
Ben Cajee
Cat Sandion
Katy Ashworth
Rebecca Keatley
Dodge T. Dog

Previous Presenters  
The following people used to present CBeebies: 
Sue Monroe (February 2002 until March 2006)
Nicole Davis (2003 until February 2006)
Eva Alexander (February to October 2006)
Pui Fan Lee (February 2002 until January 2009)
Chris Jarvis (February 2002 until January 2009)
Sidney Sloane (February 2002 until 2013)
Cerrie Burnell (2009 until 2017)

Awards 

Children's Channel of the Year awarded at the 2007 BAFTA Children's Awards (25 November 2007)
Best Music Original Score John Greswell & David Schweitzer for Charlie and Lola at the Royal Television Society Awards (29 November 2007)
Best Pre-school Animation Series awarded to Charlie & Lola at the 2007 BAFTA Children's Awards
Best Writer awarded to Anna Starkey for Charlie & Lola at the 2007 BAFTA Children's Awards
Best Children's Live-Action Series awarded to In the Night Garden at the 2007 BAFTA Children's Awards
Best Children's Programme awarded to Nina & the Neurons at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2007
Best Children's Programme awarded for Charlie & Lola at the Broadcast Awards 2007
Best TV Series for Children and Adults awarded to Charlie & Lola at the Bradford Animation Festival 2006 
CBeebies was Highly Commended in the Best Children's Channel category at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2006
Best Pre-school Live Action Series awarded to CBeebies AutumnWatch at the BAFTA Children's Awards 2006
Best Pre-school Live Action Series awarded to Boogie Beebies at the BAFTA Children's Awards 2005

References

Other website

 
2002 establishments in the United Kingdom