The CBeebies bedtime hour is changing...

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please you cant get rid of waybuloo from the bedtime hour my son is 17 months and we are trying to get him into a sleep pattern when it starts he knows its time to settle down for bed

My family and I feel that changing the bedtime hour is completely unnecessary, as you mention yourself in your post the bedtime hour is an important part of the bedtime routine for many families including mine. Charlie and Lola is far too lively for bedtime and waybuloo does a fantastic job of creating a calm, gentle atmosphere before sleepy time. Surely if you have to recommend that parents record waybuloo and play it at 6 you must realise that the demand from license fee payers is for waybuloo to stay in it's current spot. If we are all recording waybuloo to watch instead of Charlie and Lola will this not affect your ratings?

Please reconsider this schedule alteration!!

Excellent, my 3 year old won't watch Waybuloo and this change in schedule might bring us back to CBeebies for the Bedtime hour and rescue me from my Peppa Pig overdose! I like Charlie & Lola personally, and don't find it too stimulating at all, last time it was in the bedtime hour we found it a firm favourite. 64 Zoo Lane is most appropriate for this time of day too!

You can't always rely on tv schedules for bedtime routines. Waybaloo is on during the day, can you not record it? We've been with CBeebies for nearly 7yrs now, and are well used to schedule changes! :)

My daughter has a lung condition and requires aggressive physiotherapy and nebulizers twice a day, This is currently scheduled around the time of Waybuloo & ITNG. They are the only programmes that stop her from screaming and crying.... Please do not remove Waybuloo, she is only 8 months old so too young to explain and it is such an important part of her routine. We do not have a recording function....

I'm glad to see you are changing the Bedtime Hour, but surely you can put in something a little less lively that 'Charlie and Lola'. While the show is excellent, it does not promote that 'calm down for bed vibe.'



Also, perhaps it is time to start thinking about a replacement for In the Night Garden? Two years I've been watching the bedtime hour and it's got to the point where even my daughter is bored of the same episodes over and over again.

I too am very disappointed to hear about the change to the bedtime hour. My 19mth old loves Waybuloo and the minute it is finished, he turns off the tv and heads to the stairs, that is his signal that it is bedtime. Not so convenient to do if we record it or spend ages loading the iplayer. If it's not broke, don't fix it! It's bad enough that you took Driver Dan off, you can't take away Waybuloo too.

I have to confess I get a little tired of all these complaints about schedule changes. Maybe I'm lucky because we have a hard disk recorder (which is getting past its sell-by date, but which still works most of the time) and access to the iPlayer on our TV via the Wii, so we never get stuck for something to watch. Plus my children have never made a TV programme a part of their routine. But it seems that half the threads on the discussion forum are along the lines of "How dare you cancel such and such, it was my child's favourite programme", [edited].



Variation is part of the joy of what the BBC does. For every child who likes Waybuloo there's another who doesn't. The circulation of different programmes and schedules is what keeps the channel fresh and innovative and working as well as it does, and while I sometimes lament the loss of a show we particularly enjoy, I know that there'll probably be something coming on to take its place. Like many parents we watch CBeebies at particular times of day and the schedule changes have thus enabled us to encounter newer programmes we thought we'd like but haven't thus far experienced, and rediscover forgotten gems.



I'd also dispute the fact that Charlie and Lola is unsuitable for the Bedtime Hour - I've always found its quirky, sedate pace relatively gentle and calming, and that's the effect it has on my sons. And 64 Zoo Lane - while not one of my favourites - has a pleasant bedtime story feel to it.



The CBeebies staff spend a lot of time coming up with new things to try and please as many people as possible, and sometimes I think we could all just be a bit more grateful for the hard work they do. If you have a programme your child enjoys, record it. If you can't, for whatever reason, DVDs are pretty cheap these days.



I do sympathise with hailes, though. That must be horrible to deal with. I can't imagine what you're going through.

Me, my wife and 3-year-old daughter welcome SOME of the changes to the bedtime schedule. We are all still dismayed that In The Night Garden (ITNG) should be occupying a whole 50% this bedtime slot. (ITNG is relaxing, and we believe it's great for mid-morning nappers, younger ones especially.) But, with the intellectual stimilus being directed at no greater than your average two-year old, we have to ask: "What are you lot still doing up at this time watching TV!?" We're well aware of the previous kerfuffle regarding the cancellation of ITNG during this hour, but it's clear to us that it's the *parents* who have been the ones complaining, not the yet-able-to-type-toddlers! Bring back Waybuloo: it's more in line, as far as linguistic and emotional development are concerned, with those pre-schoolers who may still be awake at this hour than is ITNG -- and just as mind-numbing (pleasantly so) for us adult co-watchers!

thankyou! we used to love waching charlie and lola in the bedtime hour, and very happy we can again. i completly disagree that its to lively for bedtime, i dont understand that at all especialy if anyone hasnt noticed in alot of the episodes it shows charlie and lola going to bed. my children are ages 4,3,2 and 1. my 2 year old loves waybullo but for some reason cant seem to sit still at night to wach it. my kids seem to all get a burst of energy just before bed and i know the new line up will keep my older ones quietly amused followed by a nice night garden episode for my younger ones. soo very happy mummy here :)