Archives for July 2012

Chris, Pui and the toys on the beach in Scarborough

Hi there, Chris J here... reporting from a few days in sunny Scarborough. Well it was sunny for the first day, the last two were a bit soggy, but who cares when you're at the seaside and the cafe near to where you're staying does great fish and chips!

It was my first visit to Scarborough and I was mightily impressed with the place - and the people there. Thanks if you came by and said hello!

The first day of filming was incredible - gorgeous blue skies and sunshine all day. We took advantage of this and (having read the forecast), pressed on until late evening. We checked out the rock pools and found a small jelly fish, a mother crab and baby crab.

Teddington and Chris explore the rock pools...

When the rain really did pelt down, it was amazing just how many people still came down to the beach undeterred. Yes, you may want to wear a warmer jacket, but if you're 4 years old, it really doesn't matter!

The highlight of the shoot was seeing the Grand Old Duke of York marching along the prom without a care in the world. Even though the rain was pelting down, our brave old soldier carried on - not once allowing the weather to bring him down (nor up, nor half way up nor down).

It was around then that another celebrity joined us for a few seconds on the beach - John Barrowman happened to be in town doing a show, so ran onto the beach for a quick showbiz hello!

Oh I do hope you like the results of our time beside the seaside, beside the sea. It was a scream to do, thanks to a fantastic team. It was also very interesting taking 'Show Me Show Me' away on location. Until now we've only appeared on the 10th floor of the tower in the playroom in the sky, so I do hope you enjoy it in its special Seaside form.

There's loads of familiar stuff... groovy moves, wriggling worms, songs, rhymes and, of course, the toys - Stuffy, Tom, Momo, Miss Mouse and Teddington came along for the ride too.

Have a really good summer - and hopefully this will put you in the mood for exploring the great British seaside!

Chris

You can watch the Show Me Show Me seaside specials on weekdays from Monday 30th July at 10.05 (repeated at 2.05) and at 11.00 on Saturday 4th August. 

Have fun tickling Justin on the new CBeebies mobile site

Exciting times here at CBeebies - we are taking our first steps towards being mobile!

We have just launched our first mobile site so you can now play CBeebies games on mobile phones and tablets wherever you are! Even better news is that it contains three ace new Justin's House games; 'Fun with Justin', 'Paint with Little Monster' and 'Where's Little Monster?'.

N.B. If you can wrestle your phone back from the kids we strongly recommend you check out Fun with Justin (it's already become a big office favourite) where you get to tickle Justin with a range of household objects and splat him with wet sponges! 

Waiting for Sunday lunch at the pub will never be the same again...

You don’t need to do anything differently to get to the new site, simply visit the CBeebies website via your mobile phone or tablet and you will be redirected to the new mobile view. You can then add the CBeebies icon onto your home screen (like an app) to take you straight there every time.

As hard as we might try, not all of the mobile devices on the market will support this new technology but you should be able to view this on an iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy Tab and most other recent touch screen mobile devices.

As well as being fun, research suggests that because a touch screen device is so tactile and user friendly for little fingers, it can even benefit your child’s development and increase the ability for them to learn whilst they play. 

CBeebies now has a mobile site!

Of course, this is just the beginning and a tiny selection of the CBeebies fun activities that we hope to make available on the mobile site eventually.

The CBeebies mobile view is built to give the best possible performance via a mobile phone or tablet. However should you like to access the desktop site at any time, you can go to the footer at the very bottom of the page and click the link ‘desktop site’.

If you’d like to enjoy the best of both, you can easily access the mobile view from the desktop site, by scrolling down to the footer at the bottom of the here and clicking ‘mobile site’.

The technical boffins are beavering away frantically behind the scenes here, so watch this space - the CBeebies mobile experience will be evolving into an even more exciting one soon! 

You can find out more about CBeebies mobile on the FAQ section of the Grown-ups site

Have fun! And say goodbye to your mobile...