What tv does your family watch together?

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Lots of caveats about only watching telly in moderation and doing lots of other enriching activities as a family

We're trying to broaden 5yo DD's telly.watching repertoire. She doesn't like most films (e.g. Disney / Pixar) as she tends to find them scary. She watches kids stuff on Netflix or cbeebies (and YouTube crap if we lose the negotiation) but DH and I can't keep watching that stuff.

We've started trying to find other stuff. So.far, Inside the Factory has been a success (We all love Maddie more but have watched all.of the "Do you Knows" too many times). And she watched a bit of strictly with me before Xmas.

What do you watch with your kids?

Go Jetters 😭 but we've had some success with Ninja Warrior/Total Wipeout type programmes too (she's 4)

Bake Off? If you have access to Catch Up you might get Junior Bake Off box sets. Junior Master Chef is good. The American one with Gordon Ramsay is great. He's a totally different to his usual self and very encouraging.
Britain's Got Talent will start Easter-ish.

We like Pointless and The One Show.

Total Wipeout
Ninja Warrior
Tashekis Castle
Hole in the Wall

Any dancing programme. Any animal programme. Some sport programmes. Some quizzes.

Horrid histories
Classic Disney
Classic musicals
Harry Potter (too old for your 5 year old, but soon!)
Miyazaki films, particularly Totoro, Ponyo, and Kiki's Delivery Service

MOTD
Hunted
GBBO
The Undateables

And... unexpectedly for 2 teenage boys

First Dates
Say Yes to the Dress!

We are currently watching Merlin which is on Netflix.

Lego Masters is also fun and both series are on All4.

Any nature programme - my 5 year old loved the one on iplayer called 'spy in the snow'

Lots of documentaries.
2 year old DS who is scared by even stuff on CBeebies (he likes some) happily watched snow wolf with me the other night.
He didn’t seem fussed by me explaining the wolves wanted the sheep, and enjoyed the pups gnawing on a bone. He was more annoyed when the babies snatched the bone off each other.

Some studio ghibli - Kikis delivery service especially.

Flog it with His grandad. Mainly so he can shout flog it!

Casualty. We do a running critique of it every Saturday.

Animal programmes (Deadly 60?)
Horrible Histories
Peabody and Mr Sherman (or is it Sherman and Mr Peabody)
Andy's Dinosaur adventures

Strictly
Dancing on ice
Ninja warrior
Pointless

Robot Wars
Blue Planet
Spy in the snow

I was going to say 'Taskmaster' but I do have an older teen! At 5 whatever she wanted on CBeebies/CBBC and not much else

Mine liked Time Team at that age, also sport (especially Swimming- I got bored long before DS2!).