To think a lot of CBeebies is crap

It use to be brilliant. Big Cook Little Cook and Space Pirates were firm favourites.

Honestly someday you might just miss it 😂

My DS is 16 now but when we're being silly we still have the odd blast of Ra Ra the Noisy Lion and Show me your groovy moves amongst others.

DH and I still cackle with laughter remembering the day Maka Paka tripped over his stones!

We still have our spider from Wooly and Tig. His all time favourites were Big Cook Little Cook and I Can Cook. He's studying catering. Wash your hands with slippy dippy soap ...🤪

You know the whole thing is optional? Especially if you dislike it you can just not switch the tv on. Audiobooks are a good option if you still want some chill time and the kids to be occupied. Mine are older now so we have a yoto player, but Tonie boxes are made for little hands. Or just spotify, loads of free audio stories on there.

I've been exposed to some of these from younger DC in the family and the DC of a couple of friends. Definitely #teambluey here, it's very well done and hits lots of different levels. I was pre-warned on here that Bing characters are almost all dicks (and that Flop is probably on a huge dose of something) so going into it knowing that, I can deal with it and watch it that way- Bing is a little bugger though. Luckily he doesn't get much air time amongst the children I know.

I think I have a weird taste in kids tv though; I can stand Topsy and Tim. I just don't mind it - although Tim would get much blunter treatment from me for some of his whingier moments! The one that grates on me is Hey Duggee. I can appreciate the inclusivity of it but just can't stand the style / format and find Duggee creepy.

We love Sarah and Duck. It is part of our bedtime routine and it is watched faithfully every night, regardless of how late we are or what is going on.

DC are 12 and 13 and not watching it is inconceivable. It's lovely. They can recite word for word most of the episodes.

Loved Hey Duggee. I still hear the occasional Duggee episode or Numberblocks from the kid's iPads at breakfast (perfect length!).

Yeah CBeebies has steadily been going downhill for years.
I Remember the fimbles and Tweenies vividly
Anyone remember doodle do?
That was one of my favourites :)
Space pirates too!

My daughter is 3 and we don't watch CBeebies but we do watch shows on iplayer

JoJo & Gran Gran, Alphablocks, Numberblocks and Bing - I think all of these are brilliant

We're on holiday and I let her watch 20 minutes of CBeebies, I watched with her and the utter tripe that came on, so I'm inclined to agree

There was a show about a talking dog called Waffle and it was so terrible

DGD loved Sarah and Duck, but called it Sarah and Fuck. Which was bad enough, but always called my friend Sarah, Sarah and Fuck. Embarrassing when she saw her in the street and yelled to her 🤭

Biff and chil are amazing and love waffle. Moon and me is so boring but my dc loved it at 1. There's different shows for different ages. Ccbebbies grows with the child. Yabu.

I used to love Come Outside with Auntie Mable. My favourite episode was about 'useful holes' which always made me laugh. I loved Balamory and I Can Cook, with Katie and children cooking. It had a catchy song about washing your hands.

Oh Bing just needs a good slap as my nana would say!

My daughter adores Nick Cope!

She sings Ralph is a rusty robot often.

We went to see him live and he's really exceptional, had all the adults laughing and all the kids entranced.

We loved him so much we have booked to see him again!

The Blocks series are all amazing. My dd has learnt so much from them. She's just 4 and has known all her letters for over a year, has recently learnt her number bonds to ten and is forever moaning at me for calling a colour blue when it's indigo. I also love the humour, my favourite line being from the Alphablock Numberblock crossover, when two of the letters try to emulate the numbers' way of adding by jumping on top of each other which results in T moaning "Tut, that's no way to make a number. Be rational!" to P and I.

I'm still discovering new things about them too, despite having seen them all many times. I've only realised why 3 is so narcissistic (because he's the same shape as I who is likewise). There's meant to be a competely new series being made and I'm really excited (more so than my dd)!

Olga da Polga has ruined my love of guinea pigs and I have to turn over if Old Jack's Boat comes on, but I will gladly watch Sarah and Duck even without the DCs.

Husband has a music degree and raves about that theme tune 😂

CurlyhairedAssassin us too.... "add a little chilli if you like things hot!" 😂. The teens just cringe. Max and Ruby I remember, also Humf was a favourite. Gigglebiz was genius when it first started too....can't make a cake without say sponge like Dina Lady 🤗.

God they bring back memories! DH and I still break out into song now and again from some of the old shows. Every time I cut a mango I have to start singing "Mango! Go, go, Mango! Mango, shake your coconuts!......watermelon, honeydew and canteLOUPE!" The kids, now 18 and 20, look at me blankly. They can't even remember nursery rhymes, which strikes me as wierd because I'm sure my generation could recite most nursery rhyme from their own childhood with little difficulty.

Nick Jr was a favourite in our house too. Wonder Pets "a baby penguin, stuck on an iceberg! We have to help him!" blah blah😆 - that's another one I break out into if I see any random animal sometimes. Then there was Little Einsteins, Max and Ruby, Backyardigans etc. They were US shows but dubbed with English accents to not too annoying. Their very favourite was Thomas the Tank Engine - both totally obsessed between 18 months - age 4 ish.

None of us ever quite got the very very wacky Yo Gabba Gabba. I'm sure the producers must have been on drugs.

I don't know any of the new ones, although I've heard of some of them.

Omg I loved Abney and Teal. DS not so much but I used to make him watch it

You need to go see Andy and the band live!

Ah yes we love JoJo and Gran Gran, and what a good theme song too.

My eldest is 10 now but remember him loving Topsy and Tim that made me want to jump out the window. He also loved Mr Bloom and later ‘Do You Know’ and Graces Amazing Machines.

My toddler goes mad for Twirly Woos, Mr Tumble and for some reason Nick Cope Popcast?

Andy Day, Bing, Waffle Doggy, Vida the Vet and Olga da Polga can get in the bin.

@cbeebiescrap As far as I know Yakka Dee was created with language development in mind and they work with a speech and language advisor.