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BBC Studios and CBeebies have commissioned a fourth series of multi-award-winning hit animation Hey Duggee from Studio AKA. Duggee and The Squirrels will return for 40 brand new episodes of the much-loved show. Hey Duggee is a fun, inclusive and educational series devised by Grant Orchard, senior director of Studio …
Read More »Pokémon is heading to the BBC as iPlayer catches series and movies for the first time
The British broadcaster has acquired two complete story arcs from the Pokémon the Series collection to be housed on the BBC iPlayer, along with the story arcs’ accompanying feature-length Pokémon the Movie for both linear broadcast and the iPlayer. This will mark the first time that Pokémon has been broadcast …
Read More »Moonbug Entertainment partners with BBC to bring CoComelon, Little Baby Bum, Go Buster and more to BBC iPlayer
Moonbug Entertainment has landed a new partnership with the BBC that will see its portfolio of popular children’s shows, including CoComelon, Digley and Dazey, Little Baby Bum, Go Buster, and Playtime with Twinkle be made available across the UK on the BBC iPlayer. The deal marks the first partnership that …
Read More »Waitrose bans kids’ magazines with ‘pointless plastic’ free toys in fight against pollution
Waitrose has confirmed that it will no longer sell children’s magazines with plastic disposable toys in a move to help combat the issue of pollution and plastic waste. The retailer’s decision was inspired by a campaign launched by the ten year old Skye from Gwynedd, who has made it a …
Read More »Passionate about vintage toys? The BBC is looking for collectors and experts for a new TV series
The BBC has put a call out to toy collectors as its nation-wide search for experts and specialists within the vintage toys and memorabilia sector continues. Issuing a journo request via ToyNews, BBC Studios is on the lookout for top specialists to act as on-screen guides for a new series …
Read More »BBC One embraces Zog, The Gruffalo, and the animated worlds of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler this Christmas
The Oscar-nominated production company, Magic Light Pictures is bringing the animated worlds of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler to BBC One in a series of exclusive idents this Christmas. The festive collaboration will feature idents of Zog, Princess Pearl, and Sir Gadabout, as well as The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s …
Read More »Giraffe Insights appoints Lucy Irving as its new Insights Manager
The kids, youth and family specialist research agency, Giraffe Insights, has bolstered its team of experts with the appointment of Lucy Irving as its new Insight Manager. Irving brings with her a wealth of research experience in media content development and kids’ research, having worked with brands such as the …
Read More »Ahead of Euro 2020 My Greatest Football Team Ever will teach kids to think like a football manager
The BBC’s chief sports writer, Tom Fordyce has penned a new children’s activity journal that aims to tap into the impending football fever as Euro 2020 gets underway this May. Called My Greatest Football Team Ever, the new activity journal – published by Wren & Rock – will teach readers …
Read More »LEGO teams with BBC Studios for Top Gear LEGO Technic
The LEGO Group has veered into a new partnership with BBC Studios to launch its first official LEGO Technic Top Gear set. The new launch is aimed at kids aged nine years old an upwards – and presumably their parents, too – and will launch globally in early 2020. Eloise …
Read More »Stephen Davies named MD of BBC Studios Consumer Products and Licensing
Stephen Davies has been appointed managing director of BBC Studios Consumer Products and Licensing in a move which brings together all of the BBC commercial subsidiary’s UK publishing and licensing businesses together for the first time. Davies is currently the director for live entertainment, music and motion gallery at BBC …
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