Under the new title Mimi & Co, the CBBC series will see influencer Mimi Missfit try a host of exciting new activities with her family and friends that push her further out of her comfort zone, from trapezing with her sister Erika to ballet dancing with her friend Koladet.
The platform will include a wide range of both entertaining and educational series and films from the CBBC and CBeebies, as well as other suitable BBC programming.
To access the site, users simply have to select the monster shaped ‘children’ button when asked who’s watching.
The categories have also been simplified to make it easier for child viewers, who will find their favourite series divided into Trending, Drama, Funny and Cartoons. Live broadcasts of the CBBC and CBeebies channels can also be easily accessed.
The BBC has announced an array of new multi-platform commissions developed by BBC Children’s In-House Productions, introducing a strong line-up of children’s drama for CBBC and BBC iPlayer.
Blue Peter will mark its 60th anniversary with Blue Peter’s Big Birthday. The celebrations started last October with a Strictly Come Dancing Special for Children in Need, a Royal visit and the introduction of guest editors to the show.
"Slime is officially dead,” declares Emma Scott, CEO of Beano Studios. As the custodian of one of Britain’s most beloved brands, she is responsible for bringing the Beano brand into the 21st century.
The Beano comic is still profitable, she points out, although the 35,000 copies it sells each week are a far cry from the 2 million copies it sold during its heyday in the 1950s.
CBBC’s Horrible Histories was the subject of RTS London’s latest production focus in early November – with a team of creatives from producers Lion Television explaining how they put together the award-winning show.
Veteran diversity campaigner Baroness Benjamin shows that campaigning and creativity go hand-in-hand
The original show ran for eight years, finishing in 2010.
Aisha Toussaint (River City) has been cast as Raven, taking over from the original Raven James Mackenzie, who will make an appearance during a quest to find an Ultimate Warrior.
The new series expands and develops the format of the original to make it appeal to a whole new audience, with action-filled challenges and interesting stories.
An RTS North West event at the Lowry Theatre, Salford at the end of October – “Children’s drama: from concept to screen” – looked at how the best shows are put together.
On the panel assembled for the event were the executive producer of The Worst Witch, Marcus Wilson; senior drama producer, CBBC Independents, Amy Buscombe; Lime Pictures drama chief Rebecca Hodgson; and Hank Zipzer producer Jim Poyser. The panel was chaired by head of CBBC production Helen Bullough.
