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Night Garden no more!
We have been inundated with queries about the children’s TV programme In The Night Garden. Join in the debate by clicking HERE.
The programme has become increasingly popular among toddlers. In fact, the toys and merchandise were the big sellers this Christmas.
It was always on at teatime on CBeebies but they’ve re-scheduled their bedtime hour. We’ve had lots of comments about it on our forum but here’s the explanation from the BBC.
“We have had lots of requests from parents asking for a new line-up of shows to give viewers who only watch at bedtime a chance to see different shows. It’s important that we show a variety of programmes in the Bedtime Hour and In the Night Garden and Story Makers are having a well earned break, but will return in the future.
In the meantime, you will still be able to watch In the Night Garden every weekday at 10:30 and 13:30 and Story Makers will return to Discover and Do later in the Spring. You can also watch In the Night Garden online on the BBC iPlayer.
We do understand that young children like routine and to that effect large parts of our schedule remain consistent; however, CBeebies has a responsibility to a considerable number of children with differing developmental stages, interests and ages. Once in a while we have to review what we are doing to ensure we are engaging with as many of them as possible.
In this case, we have refreshed the Bedtime Hour in response to our research and contact with parents and carers who have complained that it had become stale and almost boring. The Story Makers has been running in that slot for almost six years and In the Night Garden for almost a year. We are making the changes in order to allow other programmes and stories to be told during that time. While some programmes will change from time to time within the Bedtime Hour, we shall continue to show the bedtime story at the end of the slot.
We are sorry if we have caused some disruption in your household. Hopefully this will be short term and the new schedule will become part of your routine quickly.”
So there you have it, hope you’re not too disappointed.
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