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Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Does Cbeebies have an Overtly Tory Agenda?

Posted on July 3, 2014January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

The following was written for the blog by my good friend Phill – I think (hope?) with tongue firmly in cheek. One thing’s for sure – Phill’s hatred of Mike the Knight knows no bounds… so you never know! As a Dad with a young child, CBeebies has taken up residence in my life for…

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Fatherhood²: The Panel Reviews… The Octonauts

Posted on July 14, 2013January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Before I ask my parent panel to give us their opinions on some of the more serious or pressing issues affecting parents, I wanted to give them another chance to air their thoughts on some more children’s TV. I offered them a few shows to choose from – the Tweenies in particular inspired a VERY…

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Fatherhood²: How well do you know your Cbeebies presenters? [QUIZ]

Posted on October 13, 2012January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As a regular Cbeebies viewer (with the children I hasten to add – well, mostly!) I often find myself discussing the channel and it’s shows with other parents. Whilst my son’s biggest worry is how Kwazzi and Barnacles will get out of their latest scrape, I enjoy the usual parental activities – internally reviewing the…

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Fatherhood²: There’s No Place for Goodies and Baddies in our House

Posted on January 17, 2012January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Here’s a sentence I never imagined I’d say five years ago: I’ve recently been giving quite a bit of thought to the fundamental differences between Thomas the Tank Engine and Chuggington… Before you start worrying for my sanity, I should clarify – I’m not a train spotter, and haven’t been putting any (okay, much) thought…

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Fatherhood²: The Ultimate Octonauts Quiz

Posted on January 9, 2012August 19, 2022 by Henry Elliss

As you’ll know if you’re a regular reader of my blog, The Octonauts are extremely popular in our household. With the US launch of the show happening this week on the Disney Channel, I thought now was a good time to celebrate our favourite kids TV show with a bit of a fun quiz. So…

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Fatherhood²: Cbeebies Birthday Time WIN!

Posted on June 14, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

In case you missed it earlier (though I can’t imagine HOW you missed it – isn’t EVERYONE watching Cbeebies at 7am?!), here’s some screenshots of Robert’s card that I made him on the Cbeebies “Birthday Time” segment this morning – thanks for showing it so well, Sid! You can watch it on iPlayer if you…

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Fatherhood²: A £50 Birthday Card For Your Son? Priceless, Apparently!

Posted on May 13, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As I mentioned in a post earlier this week, I’ve been spending my evenings this week working on Robert’s birthday card. Not a card for me to give him on his birthday – no, this is (or so I thought) FAR more important than that. This is the card we’ve sent in to the BBC…

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Fatherhood²: The Beginnings of a Masterpiece?

Posted on May 8, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Today I finally started work on something I should have begun several weeks ago. I also reconstructed the Cot which had been gathering dust in the garage, in preparation for Baby #2’s imminent arrival. But that was nothing compared to my most important task – one which I’ve never undertaken before, and could make or…

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Fatherhood²: Cbeebies next show – “Sh!t Driver Dan Says”?

Posted on March 21, 2011March 22, 2011 by Henry Elliss

As somebody who works in online marketing, I spend most of my day connected to the many different social media sites that I work with in one way or another. But I don’t just use them during the working day, so I like to make sure – for instance – my Twitter feed is as…

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Fatherhood²: I love The Octonauts, but…

Posted on February 7, 2011February 8, 2011 by Henry Elliss

Following on from my slightly contentious post about ‘Rastamouse’, I thought I should provide some balance by writing a little about one of the best things Cbeebies currently has to offer, namely Octonauts… However, in order to stop myself from turning in to a jibbering blob of unbridled enthusiasm, I wanted to focus on the…

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