Goodnight Hour

## Premise

This block is designed to get children ready to go to sleep.

Activities and games generally revolve around a theme, and take place between theme-appropriate episodes of NBeebies shows. These themes include issues of interest to pre-school children and their parents, such as imaginary friends, teddy bears, pirates, space, trains, or watermelons.

In 2007, the setting for the block was changed to the NBeebies bedroom presented by Cole and Paula (when they left in 2009 were replaced by Mason and Kayla). In 2011 this is no longer the case, with the strand being presented near the house's bed.

## Criticism and Controversy

In 2008, In the Nocturnal Park was removed from the Nighttime schedule, which gave an angry response, as parents said it was part of their children’s bedtime routine. Luckily, the argument calmed down, and it returned later in the year, and it has been here ever since.
In 2019, Soccermoms fussed about this block keeping their kids awake.

## Format

The format of The Goodnight Hour has largely stayed the same over the course of its history.

The block starts with the presenters telling viewers to stay tuned for the Goodnight Hour during the end of Super Awesome Time. The Super Awesome Time ident plays and a promo is shown. Then the Goodbye Sun song plays and the Goodnight Hour ident is shown, then followed by the strand's first link.

After In the Nocturnal Park ends at 6:50, there is a lullaby playing and then the final link of the day, where the presenters introduce the Bedtime Story and what it's going to be about.

After the Bedtime Story, the Time to Go to Sleep song (sung by Cole from 2007 to 2009 and Kayla as of 2011) plays with show characters sleeping, ending with a circle fading to black and a bedtime bumper, signing off the channel for the night. At 6:00am ET and 3:00am EST the channel would start up again with Ready Steady Go.

### List of Characters sleeping to Time to Go to Sleep

#### 2007

* Up'N Adam (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Tom, Tip, and Tea (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* The Season 7 Zingers (Zing)
* Elaine (74 Safari Street)
* Exercise Emily (Balado)
* Pongu, Ponga, and Daddy (Pongu)
* Daisy (Tillytombers)
* Jimmo (Carly and Jimmo)
* Jenna and Joey (The Story Factory)
* Bernadette (Welcome to the City)
* Bloomgirl (Bloomgirl Land)

#### 2009

* Muck, Darla, and Jo (Grandmother Maya's Movie Theater)
* Tara (Banana TV)
* Miko Piko (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Tom (Time for Tom)
* Elaine (74 Safari Street)

#### 2011

* Bloomy and Gingo (Bloomy)
* The Jajoos (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Honk-Honk and Friends (Honk-Honk the Noisy Elephant)
* Robert the Rabbit (Jaiden's House)
* Neville (The Adventures of Neville and Tess)
* Elaine (74 Safari Street)
* Captain Awesome (Gigglesmith)
* Stappy (Show Us)
* Dr. Penny (Dr Penny: Pet Vet)
* Up'N Adam (In the Nocturnal Park...)

#### 2015

* Bloomy and Gingo (Bloomy)
* The Jajoos (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Robert the Rabbit (Jaiden's House)
* Crazy Daisy (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Miko Piko (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Jimmo (Carly and Jimmo)
* Steve and Betsy (Come On and Play)
* Kate (Smoochy and Kate)
* Elaine (74 Safari Street)
* The Skykids
* Bob and Gabe (Postman Bob)

#### 2019

* Gumby the Cat (Gumby's Club)
* Curtis (Kung Fu Pups)
* Mishap (Mishap Goes to Artsytown)
* Mini (Bangers)
* Crazy Daisy (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Miko Piko (In the Nocturnal Park...)
* Seth (Orange Tree House)
* Jimmo (Carly and Jimmo)
* Tobias and Gianna (The Baby Group)
* Shera and Goose
* Tessie (Tessie and Tom)
* Little Lambert (Me and My Dream Friends)
* Paxlo
* Aaron (Aaron's Secret Hideout)
* Bong
* Aaron, Emme, Brian, Owen, Betsy, and Sophia (Gumby's Club)

## Bedtime Shows

* Bangers
* Tillytombers
* 74 Safari Street
* Balado
* The Fumbles
* The Dizzy Stan Show
* Come Inside
* The Story Factory
* Go Outside
* The Bluebell Bunnies
* Postman Bob
* Johnny Ponny
* My Planet
* Welcome to the City
* Carly and Jimmo
* Grandmother Maya's Movie Theater
* In the Nocturnal Park
* Swaybadoo
* Tiny and Tall
* Skykids
* Bloomy
* Old Joe's Train
* Harmony
* Shera and Goose