‘You never really know if it’s the real thing’: Bel Powley on love and Stoppard
From The Diary of a Teenage Girl to her latest stage role, the actor is drawn to projects about the tangle of sex and the messy parts of relationships
May 2023
The Demon Headmaster actor Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86
Hardiman played the chilling title role in CBBC series and also appeared in The Crown and Doctor Who
April 2023
‘There’s no part we can’t do. That’s so empowering’: the CBBC drama revolutionising onscreen autism
Groundbreaking kids’ series A Kind of Spark is staffed by neurodivergent talent and treats its lead character like almost no other on TV. It’s cool, fun and powerful
December 2022
How we made
‘We got so many things wrong!’ – How we made cult kids show Hey Duggee
The creator of the fabulously silly show reveals how it was almost called Chop Chop – while its busiest voice artist recalls playing an antelope golfer in the style of Katharine Hepburn
June 2022
Flashback
Dick and Dom look back: ‘We had a game called Make Dick Sick. That didn’t go down well’
The TV personalities recreate an old photo and recall Da Bungalow, bogies and Baftas
May 2022
Only the BBC would take on teaching our kids in a crisis. That’s its point
Jane Martinson
The broadcaster’s ‘savings’, which include making CBBC online only, are a wrong turn. It isn’t Netflix and shouldn’t try to be
April 2022
Dodger: the Oliver Twist prequel that’s scary, starry and totally irresistible TV
‘Kids are interested in everything’: Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lizo Mzimba on Newsround at 50
March 2022
How we made
‘Some of our greatest fans were pub landlords’ – how we made Newsround
John Craven: ‘Middle-aged people still stop me in the street and say: “Thank you for being a voice of my childhood”’
January 2022
Jana Bennett obituary
‘Brian May has finally become an actor’: say hello to CBBC’s new star, the Godfather of Rock
October 2021
CBeebies star Maddie Moate: ‘Elephant poo is so magical!’
The chipper TV host, podcaster and YouTuber is now a children’s author. She tells Stuart Heritage about her hectic homeschooling routine, why she’s happy to be ‘too busy’ – and the joy of paper made from poo
September 2021
‘A brilliant role model’: CBeebies hires first presenter with Down’s syndrome
20-year-old actor George Webster says he is ‘so proud’ to be joining the BBC channel, having previously made a video on the misconceptions around the genetic condition
May 2021
Watched with mother
Angellica Bell: ‘My puppet sidekick became real to me’
The TV presenter and host of Leonardo: The Official Podcast on her love of Bullseye and Dallas – and what happened when Victoria Beckham came to CBBC
March 2021
Planet Defenders: CBBC to air children's show on nature and the climate crisis
Sesame Street to Bugbears: the kids' TV that challenges racism
BBC children’s TV overhaul will allow it to make shows for rivals
Watched with mother
Tracy Beaker’s Dani Harmer: ‘My daughter can’t understand why I’m in the TV’
January 2021
BBC to expand educational shows in response to UK Covid lockdown
CBBC broadcasts aim to ensure all children can access curriculum-based learning without the internet
October 2020
Nicholas Lyndhurst 'grief stricken' after son's death at age 19
Tributes paid to Archie Lyndhurst, ‘such a talented young actor’ best known for his role in CBBC’s So Awkward
