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Duration: 45 minutes

Join Mr Bloom and the Tiddlers for an exciting adventure as they try to solve a magical mystery. Who is helping the village shoemaker make magical dancing shoes? Dance performances by Northern Ballet make this telling of a traditional fairytale a perfect treat!

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Episode length - 30 minutes

Fairytale characters are put on trial in a court presided over by the eccentric Judge Hatter, and a jury of real children make the final decision.

Episode 1 - Uglee Sisters Versus Ella Cinders.

Vince Charming presents the trial of Ella Cinders. This rags-to-riches story features Ella, who has won the hand of the Prince in a reality game show called If the Shoe Fits. Monica and Tessa Uglee, Ella's step sisters, accuse her of cheating. Limo driver Stan Footman tells a few home truths about the sisters, Fairy D'Mother is stunned by a sensational and theatrical revelation by Robin Greenhood, and the Prince professes undying love for Ella. Can Judge Hatter keep control of this motley crew, and will Ella have a fairy tale ending? The jury of real children must decide.

NB: This episode is also available as part of boxed set "BD0004 Cinderella". Search for "BD0004" to see a full list of contents and to request this resource.

Episode 2 - Three Littlepigs Versus Bigbad Wolf.

 Vince Charming, a prince among TV reporters, commentates on the trial of Bigbad Wolf, star player for Storyville Wolves FC. He stands accused of destroying the Storyville Pigs' new football stadium. The three Littlepig brothers are long term rivals of Bigbad and the Wolves. Judge Hatter presides as evidence is heard from some colourful witnesses. Will the truth come to the fore? Will the jury of real children condemn Bigbad or grant him a happy ending? Only they can decide!

Episode 3 - Three Bears Versus Goldie Locks. 

TV smoothie Vince Charming presents the sensational trial of film star Goldie Locks. She stands accused of cyberbullying, breaking in to the mansion of the Three Bears, trashing the place and bouncing on their beds! Is she guilty or not guilty? The jury alone will decide!

Episode 4 - Giant Versus Jack English

 Supercool TV reporter Vince Charming lifts the lid on the current music scene. Alleged superfan and wannabe Jack English is accused of stealing Storyville megastar Giant's new album Fee Fi Fo and illegally posting it online. Steve has crucial evidence regarding some seeds that appear in Giant's studio. Robin also introduces some wild life, much to Steve's surprise.

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Episode length - 15 minutes

The stars of CBeebies are back for another week of stargazing.

1 - The Sun

2 - The Sun in the Night Time

3 - The Sun and Water on the Earth

4 - Eclipse of the Sun

5 - Space Exploration

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Short clips taken from All Over the Place Europe series 1 and 2. A lively look at unusual and interesting locations around Europe.

Cave paintings, France

Gaudi architecture, Barcelona

Geysers, Iceland

Gondolas & canals, Venice

Hospital in the Rock (WW2 museum), Hungary

"Impressionists" (song)

Langjokull Glacier, Iceland

Mount Etna, Sicily

"Paris Whistlestop Tour" (song)

Roman gladiator re-enactment, Croatia

Salt mines, Poland

Schuh Chocolate Factory, Switzerland

Street art, Lisbon

The Appian Way, Rome

The Blue Lagoon, Iceland

The Dragon Cave, Slovakia

Venetian masks

Viking Ship Museum, Denmark

Yodelling contest, Switzerland

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Duration - 30 minutes

Learn the tools of the trade to make your non-fiction texts the best they can be with the help of some well-known faces. TV chef Stefan Gates gets bossy with imperative verbs whilst making a a massive chocolate head in instructional writing. Sports journalist Sonali Shah kicks off with writing a footbal medical report. The CBBC Friday Download crew get persuasive over a surprising pop star whilst Newsround's Leah Boleto writes a discussion. And finally, award-winning chidren's author Michael Rosen recalls how to write a recount, before wildlife expert Chris Packham explains how to write a how-to guide with some furry friends.

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Duration - 50 minutes

This disc includes 3 programmes: Ten Pieces, Ten Pieces Extra and CBBC @ the Ten Pieces Prom.

The project aims to inspire a generation of children using 10 pieces of classical music as a starting point. They include: Holst's "Mars, Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King", Mussorgsky's "A Night on the Bare Mountain", Adams' "Short Ride in a Fast Machine", Britten's "Storm, from Peter Grimes", Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5", Mozart's "Horn Concerto No. 4", Handel's "Zadok the Priest", Meredith's "Connect It" and Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite".

Ten Pieces:

An inventive and immersive cinematic film with a mission to inspire a generation of children, mixing performance, live action and animation to explore the wonders of classical music, filmed on an epic scale in an aircraft hangar outside Cardiff. Thomas Søndergård conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in performances of works from the baroque to the contemporary. They are introduced by a host of celebrities including Claudia Winkleman, Blue Peter's Barney Harwood, CBBC's Khalil Madovi and singers Laura Mvula and Katy B, aided by playful and magical animation. The pieces range from Mozart's Horn Concerto and the famed opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony to the driving rhythms of John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine. There is also a brand new body percussion piece, Connect It, specially commissioned for the project and performed by youth group Drum Works.

Ten Pieces Extra:

A deeper exploration of some of the music featured in Ten Pieces, as celebrities offer further insight into the composers and works included in the film.

CBBC @ the Ten Pieces Prom:

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is joined by firebirds and fast cars, magic mountains and mountain trolls, stormy seas and wicked witches, as they take the family audience on a journey through ten pieces of classical music. Presenters include Blue Peter's Barney Harwood, Dick and Dom and Molly Rainford. They introduce Mozart's Horn Concerto, Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain, and John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Also featuring the dancers of Trinity Laban and a children's choir of 450 members. Artwork and performances from the nation's children are showcased on big screens and the lucky few perform live on stage. With a lively soundtrack, audience participation and a few surprises along the way, this is the culmination to the first year of the BBC's biggest ever music education initiative, one which has already engaged half of all the primary schools in the country.

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Duration: 25 mins

Animation inspired by Beatrix Potter's classic. Peter and his friends Benjamin and Lily share a series of exciting adventures. In this special Christmas story, Mr Bouncer gets too sick to make the important holiday supply delivery, so Peter and Benjamin take it upon themselves to brave a blizzard - and Mr Tod - to get the job done and meet a new friend along the way.

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Clip length: 2-7 minutes

A collection of "Savage Stone Age" clips from Horrible Histories series 1 - 5.

NB: These clips are also available as part of boxed set "BD0003 Early Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age". Search for "BD0003" to see a full list of contents and to request this resource.

1 - "Stone Age Tool Set" (advert); Funeral of tribal chief

2 - Tattoo and trepanning treatments

3 - Stone Age Report; Homo Sapiens & Neanderthals

4 - Song: "Caveman Love"; "Ready Steady Feast"

5 - Hunting trip; "Caveman Workout" (advert)

6 - "Trepanadol" headache cure; Europeans & Peruvian tribes on "Stone Age Family Fortunes"

7 - D.I. Bones - "the Case of the Caveman's Death"; cave paintings

8 - Hunter & settler; "Multi-purpose string"

9 - Song: "The Ages of Stone"; "Stone Age Dragons' Den"

10 - Stonehenge/ pyramid comparison; Stonehenge theories

11 - "World of Stone" (advert); beginning of Bronze Age

12 - Song: "Charles Darwin: Natural Selection"; "Human Evolution Report"

13 - "Historical Apprentice"; Team Neanderthal Vs. Team Homo Sapiens

14 - Neolithic cuisine; first towns

15 - Domesticating dogs; mammoth hunting

16 - Stone Age clothing; "Historical Top Gear"

17 - "Now That's What Me Call Music" (advert); Pleistocene wildlife

18 - "Words We Get from the Stone Age"; "A Historical Place in the Sun"

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A collection of "Smashing Saxons" clips from Horrible Histories Series 1 - 5.

Curriculum links - History: Viking & Anglo-Saxon struggle for England; aspect of history beyond 1066

 Clip 1: “Saxon EastEnders”: the new Weregeld law; “Anglo-Saxon Ghost Hunt” - 05:17

Clip 2: “Court of Historical Law”: Ethelred the Unready determines a horse thief’s guilt; Twisted Fairytales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (punishments for theft) - 05:02

Clip 3: “Historical Hairdressers”: hair treatments; the useful uses of dung - 04:39

Clip 4: Mealtime charades in a monastery; The Monk Art Show: how to write like a monk - 06:33

Clip 5: Weather forecast; a farmer’s attempt to ward off ghosts; suggestions for coping with famine - 03:29

Clip 6: Word We Get from the Saxons; New! Saxon Sign of the Cross (advert); two peasants discuss ergotism - 03:02

Clip 7: “Funky Monks” - song

Clip 8: Bag-O-Swallow-Chick Stomach Stones (advert); The Saxon Helmet Company - lucky helmet; Words We Get from the Saxons - 02:50

Clip 9: HHTV News: Mike Peabody live from the Battle of Maldon; Monk Magazine: “All the modern monk needs to know” - 04:02

Clip 10: “Invasion, Invasion, Invasion” - Hengist and Horsa steal Kent from Vortigern - 03:33

Clip 11: “Kidnapped!” (historical epic movie trailer); Words We Get from the Saxons - 03:13

Clip 12: HHTV News: Bob Hale’s Anglo-Saxon Report; “Mud and Matilda” (romantic comedy movie trailer) tells the story of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders - 06:22

Clip 13: “Historical Dentist”: false tooth; “Historical Masterchef”: a famine victim trades his son for ingredients - 04:29

Clip 14: Anglo-Saxon beliefs in mythological monsters; “Historical Dates”: an unhygienic peasant - 05:15

Clip 15: Anglo-Saxon banks; HH Movie Pitch: “Cake Guy”, Alfred the Great - 03:53

Clip 16: “Weekdays Assemble”; a farmer’s secrets for growing crops - 04:11

Clip 17: “Wonders of the Saxon Universe”; King Aethelred and Brother Augustine - 04:00

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A collection of "Terrible Tudors" clips from Horrible Histories Series 1 - 8 along with three special episodes - Mardy Mary Queen of Scots, Horrid Henry VIII and Terrible Tudors - 30 mins each.

Curriculum links - History: beyond 1066; changing power of the monarchs

Clip 1: “The Wives of Henry VIII: Divorced Beheaded & Died” - song; “This Is Your Reign”: King Henry reunites with his friends, advisors and wives - 05:41

Clip 2: “Terrible Tudors” - song; Elizabeth I’s habit of nicknaming her courtiers; Oh Yea! Magazine: Execution Special - 04:59

Clip 3: Oh Yea! Magazine: Royal Special; “Historical Hospital”: treating a blister turns fatal - 04:05

Clip 4: Weather forecast; Twisted Fairytales: “Thumbelina” (dirty streets) - 02:11

Clip 5: “Ready Steady Feast”: comparing the diets of rich and poor; “Historical Hairdressers”: the latest skin treatments - 04:43

Clip 6: Oh Yea! Magazine: Royal Special; Imagine Spot: choosing the next royal executioner on “The Axe Factor” - 03:08

Clip 7: History of the Globe Theatre; Richard III challenges William Shakespeare - 03:11

Clip 8: Elizabeth I’s portrait; “Historical Mastermind”: Shakespeare, category “Words What I Made Up” - 03:56

Clip 9: Jester Will Somers breaks the news of Catherine Howard’s infidelity; Stupid Deaths: Tudor entertainer - 05:01

Clip 10: HHTV Sport: Inter-village football matches; a mugger tries to avoid punishment - 03:13

Clip 11: HHTV News: Bob Hale’s Catholic Report; Anne Boleyn is executed - 05:39

Clip 12: Horrible Histories World Wrestling: Francis I of France vs. Henry VIII; Historical Desktops: Henry VIII starts the Reformation online - 05:32

Clip 13: Philip II of Spain tried to launch “The Spanish Armada” against Britain (movie trailer); Stupid Deaths: archery accidents; “The Spanish Armada” (movie trailer part 2) - 05:32

Clip 14: A visit to Martin Luther’s office; Henry VIII appears on “Cash in the Abbey”; Catholics and Protestants play “Hide and Priest” (advert) - 07:07

Clip 15: Historical Desktops: Elizabeth I searches for a consort - 04:11

Clip 16: William Shakespeare in a battle of insults with a drunk; Oh Yea! Magazine: Queen Elizabeth’s temper - 03:59

Clip 17: “Historical Dentist” - disgusting painkillers; HHTV Behind the Throne: interview with Sir Thomas Heneage - 04:23

Clip 18: “Mary I” - song; Edward VI’s whipping boy, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, is in trouble - 04:17

Clip 19: “William Shakespeare” - song; The News in Tudor Criminal Slang; a spelling competition - 05:38

Clip 20: “Historical Masterchef” - Tudor menu; Henry VIII demands extra security - 04:15

Clip 21: Religious Switchover; “Thou Hast Been Framed” - executions gone wrong - 03:11

Clip 22: Francis Walsingham’s postal service (advert bloopers); HHTV News: Bob Hale’s Mary, Queen of Scots Report - 05:48

Clip 23: Tudor Wildlife Magazine: Henry VIII’s conservation schemes; Stupid Deaths: Hans Steininger - 03:36

Clip 24: “Who on Earth are You?” Lambert Simnel - pretender to the throne; Tudor King lift - 04:48

Clip 25: Edward De Vere passes wind in Queen Elizabeth’s court; Stupid Deaths: Diane de Poitiers - 04:00

Clip 26: “Henry VIII: The Original Tu-Tu-Tudor” - song; Lord Stanley decides who to fight for in the Battle of Bosworth Field - 05:20

Clip 27: “Real Tudor Hustle”: market day scams; forehead branding as a punishment for perjury - 04:47

Clip 28: Henry VIII enlists the help of maitre d' Fred Sirieix as he tries to find the right wife on Historic First Dates - 07:24

Clip 29: Henry VIII is so demanding he has a brick wall built at his bedroom door every night - 01:38

Special Episodes:

Mardy Mary Queen of Scots:
This episode follows Mary Queen of Scots as she stumbles from young girl in Scotland to queen in France, back to queen in Scotland and finally to Elizabeth I's public enemy no 1. Meanwhile, across the world we meet silver-nosed Danish scientist Tycho Brahe, and Mr H gives us his unique take on the epic Battle of Lepanto in another History's Craziest Fools.

Horrid Henry VIII:
The young King Henry VIII struggles with his boring dad Henry VII, before becoming king himself and going through wives like most people go through toothbrushes! Meanwhile, across the world, we meet the great Ottoman leader Suleiman the Magnificent in Turkey and the mad, bad and very dangerous-to-know Zhengde Emperor in China.

Terrible Tudors:
Featuring everything you need to know about history's most famous family. Including a never-before-seen sketch with the murderous Medicis, hilarious outtakes, and a special one-off written by a CBBC competition winner.

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