u/Timely-Influence2026

For one thing they had their own news programme (Newsround), and the shows weren't just "lesson of the week" type things.

I used to find out some VERY juicy gossip on the cast on there!!

The thread on Phoenix Rise really got me thinking that CBBC doesn't show (or do) enough content for the 9–14 age group as they used to, and more widely the BBC.

CBBC now as a channel isn't quite as exciting as it used to be for a child older than about 8 (it's mostly American cartoons, and not even good ones), and all of the actually interesting shows are buried on the iPlayer, plus BBC Three isn't as strong as it used to be either. It's almost like a shadow of its former self, and there's definately more reality than there used to be (closer to ITV2).

I think CBBC (or the BBC) should commission more older skewing shows (for tweens/teens), or at least give older content more visiblity on the channel.

How would you all feel about a CBBC version of So You Think You Can Dance?, Pop Idol, Strictly or Search for a Star etc.?

It could maybe work across both CBBC and BBC Three.

They used to have "Got What It Takes?" which was very similar. But I think CBBC does need some kind of interactivity element, even if more people watch on iPlayer than the channel.

This franchise is full of them...

- Mike and Tracy herself spend most of TBR (and Tracy in MMTB) acting like Carly never turned up (and The Movie Of Me) didn't happen. To make this error worse, the second episode of Tracy Beaker Returns later retcons TMOM by revealing Mike and Cam intercepted a letter from Carly in 2004, which Tracy previously knew nothing about. [Mike wouldn't have been working at the DG in 2004!]

Act like it's 2009 in the comments and this 13-part series entitled 'Beaker's Back" (which goes on to be TBR) has just been announced by CBBC!

Last night we were doing a massive clear out of an office-cum-storage room we have at our hall, and we found stacks and stacks and stacks of old posters, flyers, etc. from the 2002–2018 "Be Prepared' branding.

We're in two minds about this. We think that to somebody who wants to volunteer with us, they are not going to mind (or care tbh) about what branding we use in the hall and distrubute, and on the other hand we think it might be slightly dated and there are probably newer materials we could use instead.

Thoughts?