CÖ÷²¥´óÐã Winter/Spring 2009
Programmes A-F
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Blue Peter
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Television's longest-running
children's show blasted onto kids' screens earlier this year with a new look,
two new presenters and a host of new treats mixed with firm
favourites to bring it bang up to date for a new generation.
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Now in its 51st year, this flagship series continues to be one of
CÖ÷²¥´óÐã's most treasured programmes, inspiring children and
enriching their lives by entertaining and informing them about
the world in which they live.
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New presenters Helen Skelton and Joel Defries have joined Andy Akinwolere to take on
high-octane challenges and continue the tradition of bringing
to life incredible feats for children watching at home.
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Blue Peter has also launched a state-of-the-art 3-D website,
which features a ship controlled by the user and a choice of
areas in which to play.
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There are live-action versions of the
three presenters in their own pad, showcasing secret diaries,
bloopers, top fives and their latest mood updates.
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There's a 3-D
Alaskan adventure land, where children can fly helicopters
and travel around by zip wire to watch videos, play games
and experience life in Alaska – the destination of the show's
latest summer expedition.
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In spring 2009, the website will launch a Factbyte Factory, in
which children collect points by interacting with Blue Peter's
award-winning factual content.
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TD
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Deadly 60
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British naturalist and wildlife presenter Steve Backshall (The Really Wild Show, Land Of The Jaguar,
Expedition Borneo) returns to CÖ÷²¥´óÐã with his most
daring adventure yet – travelling to six continents to
find his "deadly 60" most lethal animals on earth.
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From beauties to beasts, Steve discovers creatures in
far-flung places such as Australia, South Africa, North
America, South America, Borneo and India that share
one thing in common.
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From predators in the sea to swooping attackers in the
skies, from large and ungainly beasts to small speedy
insects, Steve searches high and low to discover his
deadly 60.
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But not all fatal creatures live in exotic
places; he also finds a lethal selection closer to home
in the UK.
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Over the course of the series, Steve gets up close and
personal with hippos in South Africa – these cuddly
looking creatures actually kill more humans than any
other mammal in Africa.
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He also tackles rough seas to
get a closer look at the world's largest predatory fish,
the great white shark, and seeks out the honey
badger, named the world's most fearless animal by
the Guinness Book of Records.
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Steve also encounters
an adder, Britain's only deadly snake and the only
venomous creature to have put him in hospital.
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Vision Productions for CÖ÷²¥´óÐã.
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VT
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Ed N Oucho's Excellent Inventions
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A new fun-filled science series sees CÖ÷²¥´óÐã presenter Ed and his sidekick
Oucho the cactus set off on an inventing adventure across the UK.
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Ed and Oucho have a massive problem: the Big Big Cheese has challenged
them to find the best inventions from children all around the British Isles –
build them and make them work.
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The trouble is that neither of
them knows anything about science... but they're not telling the Big Big
Cheese that.
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Leaving the confines of their warm studio, the hapless pair set off in their
bright green camper van full of useless stuff to travel the country and meet
some extraordinarily creative young people whose imaginative designs
have been chosen.
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They also encounter some crazy characters (all played
by Ed).
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In each show a basic scientific principle is tackled and explained. Ed and
Oucho never get things right first time and several attempts are needed to
get the inventions working.
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Ed, Oucho and the young inventors also
discover that making science happen can be a messy business. Somehow
they manage to make the children's dreams come true with a lot of
laughter along the way.
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The series features inventions created by CÖ÷²¥´óÐã viewers, including a
gardening dragon, a mermaid tail, walk-on-water shoes, a
lemonade-powered car and a robotic goalie.
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Front Desk
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Escape From Scorpion Island
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Sixteen adventurers aged between 11 and 13 are marooned on an exotic island
thousands of miles from school, friends and family.
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Living deep in the tropical
rainforest, sleeping under the stars and swimming in secluded lagoons, they will be
having the time of their lives.
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But this is no ordinary island – this is Scorpion Island, a mysterious place, full of dark
surprises and devious twists.
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Presented by JK and Joel, series three of Escape From
Scorpion Island promises to be the most nail-biting, adrenaline-soaked game show on
Earth, constantly testing the adventurers physically, mentally and even emotionally.
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Split into three teams and forced to compete against each other in a battle to get off
the island and return to civilisation, the children will undertake challenges in a
once-in-a-lifetime outward bound experience sure to inspire kids watching at home.
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Tempestuous, mysterious, and always unpredictable, Scorpion Island will do anything
to stop these adventurers escaping.
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It has concocted a series of extreme stunts and
challenges that push the adventurers to their absolute limits and beyond.
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Each day, the winning team will collect a valuable island torch to help them in the final challenge – the team with the most island torches has the best chance of
winning the race to escape.
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The Foundation (part of RDF Media Group) production for CÖ÷²¥´óÐã.
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RD2
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