Below the Frame

Today was awesome! Plus, whatcha think of Vicki Genfan today? Yesternight, Mr. Tumble read our Bedtime Story, called Susan Laughs (which Justin previously read) in makaton. 

Thanks, Justin, for reading our 2nd Makaton bedtime story! (Bitz and Bob's Rob Delaney read 10 in the Bed first)

Hi, my name is Andrew Ben Day. You might've seen me exploring dinosaurs or presenting the links in between shows. A Month ago was the 17th anniversary of the launch of CBeebies (yesterday was NBeebies' sixteenth and a half), only one presenter was here for that.

Sid

You might've seen the Rad new trailer for the Channel 5 crossover with CBeebies, you all know what I'm talkin' about! The one where Sid beamed us all into the Channel 5 set because he was barfing. 

Now, I'm gonna interview Sid about how he became a presenter (he was one of the founders).

I was one of the producers of the early days of Broom Cupboard (I was 18 when it started). In 1994, I met with one of the Broom Cupboard presenters, Chris Jarvis (Fully Booked, Step Inside). We talked about there being a Children's BBC spin-off network for pre-school children. Sue Monroe (Playdays, The Shiny Show) and Nicole Davis (School of Secrets, Topsy and Tim) were there as well. Later in 1999, we went to the University of Manchester and studied early childhood education. We took the Children's Television class. There, we were looking for a new presenter and after looking for many but most of them said No, the first to say Yes was Pui Fan Lee (Teletubbies). There, we also met Liam Dolan from CBBC. As teachers, we wanted a network that would both educate and entertain children while featuring CBBC pre-school programmes such as Teletubbies and Tweenies, so we signed a deal with Ragdoll Productions (Teletubbies, In the Night Garden, Twirlywoos) and Tell-Tale Productions (Tweenies, Boo!, Fun Song Factory). After both companies said so, we launched the network on February 11th, 2002 with help from small loans of family and friends. We became so successful that we quit teaching. 

We're asking Sid what it was like to work with Chris, Pui, Sue, and Nicole. All he said was "Fuhgetaboutit"!

Meanwhile, Warrick is showing us how to operate Oucho and Dodge.

The Presenter and Crew Lounge Band is closing with a performance of the Something Special Hello song.

Pilot (P1)

Hello, I'm Catherine Anna Sandion! And Welcome to MediaCityUK Salford, Manchester.

This is the Filming location. The Set is actually through this door!

The Lobby. The receptionist is out, he's currently playing dress up through the magic curtain and presenting in the CBeebies House right now!

This is where we record our songs. Sorry, we'll come back when the receptionist is in!

This is the makeup room, where they make us presenters look great!
You'll really want to see this!

Alex. He's one of the presenters on CBeebies! Since he's welsh, we can't understand what he's saying!

Today, we were given lollipops. When we're not on set and the Idents, promos and shows are on, we eat candy!

On right now? Songtime episode Greetings. First Sierra and Aspen (our sister presenters) appeared, Trevor Bonfire narrated story time, Damon rode his banana, Andrew colored, Delaney played Pointy, and the Megamix played.

Also, we have CBeebies T-shirts and Hats. Sorry kids, these are for the Presenters and crew only!

These are the first four CBeebies presenters. Sue, Chris, Pui, and Sid. And of course...

An Old VHS we have of Baby Mozart. We keep it here because we love Baby Einstein (Aspen and Sierra's mom made the show).

Baby Einstein is an educational entertainment and toy company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Baby Einstein designs, develops, and markets learning toys and related content for the education of babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers. The company was founded by Julie Aigner-Clark II in 1996. Baby Einstein is owned by Kids II in the US, Disney in Canada, BBC in the UK, and independent in AU.

We have scripts of continuity segments from 2002 to 2005 and a prop Andy designed for Sue's Make and Do Hour.

That's Evan, he's one of the CBeebies presenters!~

Evan just told me "You're never too old to love CBeebies!" Attention everyone, CBeebies is now hipster approved!
Andy had to film some continuity, so he left me his lollipop. Evan A. and Isaac had to go too to film their personal in-between segment.

Now for a lesser known fact, I was on Hi5 UK from 2008 to 2011. I'm the girl in the blue tank top with the black hair. I have a T-shirt explaining "I was on Hi-5"

That's Andy's hoodie! But now I have to go to the studio! Bye!