The Best TV Shows on CBeebies

Every CBeebies Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of CBeebies’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of November 2025. Premiering in 1947 and 1981, BBC Proms and Postman Pat are among CBeebies’s most celebrated shows. CBeebies’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1947 to 2023.

  • Numberblocks
    Numberblocks (2016)8.9

    Learn how much fun counting can be with the Numberblocks - a fun-loving group of numbers who work together to solve problems big and small.

  • Octonauts: Above & Beyond
    Octonauts: Above & Beyond (2021)8.8

    The Octonauts expand their exploration beyond the sea -- and onto land! With new rides and new friends, they'll protect any habitats and animals at risk.

  • Yakka Dee!
    Yakka Dee! (2017)8.3

    Yakka Dee! is a show that encourages children to talk. Each episode focuses on one word.

  • Vida the Vet
    Vida the Vet (2023)8.0

    Ten-year-old Vida, is an animal doctor who nurtures the charming and silly woodland creatures who live outside her home. Is there a fox with a sprained paw? A turtle with an itchy toe? A tiger with an aching tooth? Vida is the vet for the job! With quick thinking, a doctor's intuition and the help of her closest friends, Vida helps adorable animals and makes sure they get the care they need.

  • Hey Duggee
    Hey Duggee (2014)7.9

    Animated preschool series about a clubhouse that is run by a big dog called Duggee.

  • Go Jetters
    Go Jetters (2015)7.8

    Go Jetters follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes, Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz, as they travel the globe with their friend and mentor Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn. Together they save the world's most famous landmarks from the mischievous meddlings of their nemesis, Grandmaster Glitch.

  • BBC Proms
    BBC Proms (1947)7.7

    The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

  • Big & Small
    Big & Small (2008)7.7

    Big & Small is a British children's television series aimed at preschoolers. Big & Small is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and 3J's Productions produced in association with the BBC, Treehouse TV, and Studio 100. The first series was deemed a success worldwide and a second series was commissioned by the BBC. The show is a live action comedy for preschoolers, and follows the lives of puppets. Big & Small Online, a section of CBeebies Online, won a Children's BAFTA in 2009 for the best interactive content.

  • CBeebies Bedtime Stories
    CBeebies Bedtime Stories (2009)7.7

    Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime.

  • Bing
    Bing (2014)7.3

    Bing is a young and lovable bunny learning about the big world around him, with the help of his friends. A warm and gentle animation, based on the bestselling books by Ted Dewan.

  • Messy goes to OKIDO
    Messy goes to OKIDO (2015)7.2

    OKIDO is a comedy adventure, science-educational series following a curious, adventure seeking and unruly monster called Messy as he finds the answers to everything a 3-5 year old child wants to know. Why do things fall down and not up? Where do echoes come from? Messy goes on incredible adventures with his two best friends, Zoe and Felix to find the answers. They are helped along the way by the bonkers science trio Zim, Zam and Zoom. Together they will fly to the moon, shrink to the size of atoms and fly on the back of a giant butterfly.

  • Octonauts
    Octonauts (2010)7.1

    Follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the Octopod, from where they go on undersea adventures with the help of a fleet of aquatic vehicles.

  • Balamory
    Balamory (2002)7.0

    Live action series for pre-school children based around the small island community of Balamory in Scotland.

  • Pingu
    Pingu (1986)6.9

    Playful penguin Pingu lives with his family in Antarctica, where he often finds himself caught up in mischievous high jinks with his pal Robby.

  • Chuggington
    Chuggington (2008)6.8

    Koko, Brewster and Wilson are three young, adventurous trainee "chuggers", learning about working on the railway in the town of Chuggington, with the help of the railway controller, Vee, the older engines, and their human friends.

  • Postman Pat
    Postman Pat (1981)6.6

    Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess deliver the mail in Greendale.

  • In the Night Garden
    In the Night Garden (2007)6.6

    In the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between the waking and sleeping imagination of children close to the representation of a nursery rhyme.

  • Fireman Sam
    Fireman Sam (1987)6.2

    Follow the adventures of fireman Sam and his colleagues as they protect the citizens of the Welsh town of Pontypandy. Whenever the alarm sounds, brave Sam and his co-workers can be counted on to jump into a fire engine, hop onto a helicopter, or even launch an inflatable lifeboat to battle blazes, mount rescue missions, or provide medical attention to those in need.

  • Bob the Builder
    Bob the Builder (1999)5.9

    Bob the Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. Bob and the Can-Do Crew demonstrate the power of positive thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and follow-through. The team always shows that “The Fun Is In Getting It Done!”

  • Teletubbies
    Teletubbies (2015)4.6

    Welcome to Teletubbyland! Join in the fun with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laalaa and Po as they learn lots of new, exciting things about the real world. Perfect for curious little minds!