to find the recent uproar about waybaloo funny

[maddening]

apparently children were devastated and cowering behind sofas !

If children were devastated, how is that funny?

I can understand if you're amused by the adults causing the uproar about it, though as a family which sometimes watches it, I was one of those who thought the new version was awful. Am quite glad the beeb changed it back so quick.

Huh? I don't know what you're talking about. Do I need to watch more children's TV? Didn't think it was possible to watch more...

Eh? What happened?

What happened?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16524981

can't imagine dave lamb on a child tv show

some people need to get out more.

"One parent raged: ?What is this nonsense? Come Dine With Waybaloo. The changes are actually upsetting for my children.?"

It's a tv show. It's not scary, so no reason for children to be "devastated" or hiding behind sofas, and in truth children are fickle creatures - they would have got over it, no really, they would.

so op - no yanbu. I think it's hillarious the fact that people get so outraged by tv programmes that are not obviously offensive to the extent they make official complaints and get quite so outraged.

things change in life, children tv presenters remember the uproar when the bbc hired Cerrie Burnell

The new format was truly awful, though, in a kind of toe-curling, embarrassing way. It was like You've Been Framed. I'm glad everyone complained and the old version is back (not that I like it much anyway but it was quite grating).

The Cbeebies message board is absolutely full of ranting parents who's kids must watch way, way too much TV. Any tiny little change provokes uproar with posters claiming their kids were distraught and couldn't sleep because somebody different sang the good night song or something. It's madness.

Doesn't Dave lamb also narrate big barn farm?

Dd2 muttered something the other day about waybuloo being different, but can't say she was traumaatised by it - she seemed to pay more attention, tbh.

Possibly if toddlers were upset, their parents might think about turning the tv off? An odd notion, I know, but if an 18 month old cannot understand why there is suddenly narration (whilst not actually being able to understand what was being said anyway) then maybe they are a little young to be watching?

no would never find children actually being devastated funny of course - personally think it was the parents being a tad dramatic which is what I found amusement in

Are you serious that a voice over devestated children? Those kids and their parents need to get a fucking grip.

I doubt my dd would even notice!
Ds would but he loves come dine with me so would recognise his voice, but he is 10 and doesnt watch it.

I noticed there was narration the other day, my little one didn't seem bothered. I don't see how that programme could get more irritating anway, that bit where they all sit cross legged and go ahahahaha makes me want to scream. As for trauma, the only thing that casues my 19 month old trauma is not being allowed eat from the cat's bowl.

Will they have narration then but just with someone else?

Is waybuloo the floaty trippy one?

Personally, I think Dave Lamb should do all voice overs everywhere.

I am personally grateful that we have moved beyond cbeebies (ds is nine now) but it sounds like the sort of programme that would have been banned in my house anyway on account of being utter shite (teletubbies and in the night garden were banned for that reason - ds didn't notice - I just didn't have them on. at all.)

yes funky - a child had to watch from behind a chair from a distance, another had to leave the room and a 9 month old was upset, lots of parents had cause to write in - I think they may have overreacted :-)

I thought it was some kind of comic relief special episode when I heard Dave Lamb.

It's a weird show anyway that makes me firmly believe children's television writers must be stonners.

DD used to hate it but now loves it. Sigh.

DH said that the piplings looked like they were on speed. I doubt that DD noticed.

fgs they should have very possibly just turned off the tv

DS is happy with either version of Waybuloos. He is 9 months. I was bothered by the narration and so was DP.

It was come-dine-with-me-esque. And considering waybuloos is the only program I regularly get a chance to watch, this was a major issue for me.

Waybuloo is so bloody awful, it's hard to imagine how the BBC could make it worse.

Waybuloo is horrendous shite and I am so glad that DS doesn't watch it any more - when it was first on he reacted with horror, then seemed to take a moderate fancy to it (perhaps purely as a wind-up-Mummy game). But now he is 7 we hardly ever watch CBeebies. Only I am now tempted to hunt down the new version and laugh at it.