The Best TV Shows on CBBC

Every CBBC Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of CBBC with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for July 2026. For top-tier entertainment, CBBC delivered BBC Proms and Blue Peter in 1947 and 1958. From 1947 through to 2020, CBBC has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Horrible Histories
    Horrible Histories (2009)8.0

    Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

  • 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.

  • Shaun the Sheep
    Shaun the Sheep (2007)7.7

    Shaun the Sheep thinks and acts like a person in a barnyard, which usually gets him into trouble. The farmer's sheepdog, Bitzer, tries to keep Shaun and his friends out of trouble. The farmer is oblivious to the humanlike features of his flock, who are like one big, happy family.

  • Malory Towers
    Malory Towers (2020)7.6

    Follow the adventures of Darrell Rivers as she leaves home for the first time to attend an all-girls’ boarding school. Set in post-war Britain on the sun-drenched cliffs of the Cornish coast, the series explores a nostalgic world of midnight feasts, lacrosse, pranks, a mystery ghost and lasting friendships.

  • Blue Peter
    Blue Peter (1958)7.5

    A fun-packed and informative magazine show for younger viewers with information and reports from around the world.

  • The Dumping Ground
    The Dumping Ground (2013)7.5

    Following the exploits and antics of children living in a care home. Growing up in a care home brings all sorts of tough challenges, but the kids know that if they stick together, they can get through anything life throws at them.

  • Deadly 60
    Deadly 60 (2009)7.4

    Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals.

  • The Worst Witch
    The Worst Witch (2017)7.4

    Mayhem and mishaps follow young witch Mildred Hubble wherever she goes. She just can't help it! But with her friends' help, Mildred always manages to avoid disaster just in time.

  • The Sarah Jane Adventures
    The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)7.1

    Sarah Jane Smith is a truly remarkable woman who inhabits a world of mystery, danger and wonder; a world where aliens are commonplace and the Earth is under constant threat. A world that Maria Jackson, a seemingly ordinary girl, can only dream of – until she moves in next door. Nothing will ever be ordinary again.

  • Junior Bake Off
    Junior Bake Off (2011)6.9

    A spinoff of 'The Great British Bake Off', this show features children aged 9-13 competing to be ‘Junior Bake Off’ Champion by taking part in a series of Technical Bakes and Showstopper Challenges using their own original recipes

  • Odd Squad
    Odd Squad (2014)6.8

    Odd Squad saves the day whenever something unusual happens.

  • 64 Zoo Lane
    64 Zoo Lane (2001)6.5

    Lucy is a little girl who lives close to a zoo. Every night, the zoo animals visit Lucy, tell her an exciting story and send her on a magical night-time adventure. At the end of each story, the moral of the tale is discussed, then bedtime is declared, sending Lucy off for a cosy night's sleep.

  • The Story of Tracy Beaker
    The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002)6.5

    Tracy Beaker is a 10-year-old girl who has been placed in a children's home. Tracy makes new friends along the way and causes mischief wherever she goes.

  • Eliot Kid
    Eliot Kid (2008)6.5

    Eliot is a little boy with an overactive imagination that turns everyday life into Hollywood-esque adventures. Although his imaginative escapades inspire his friends, Mimi and Kaytoo, Eliot's crazy antics often get him in trouble.

  • ChuckleVision
    ChuckleVision (1987)6.3

    ChuckleVision is a long-standing British children's series broadcast from 1987 to 2009. The Chuckle Brothers' famous comedy involves slapstick, other visual gags, wordplay, and catchphrases such as "To me, to you!" and "Oh dear, oh dear!"

  • Danger Mouse
    Danger Mouse (2015)6.3

    Danger Mouse is back saving London, saving the World and, most importantly, saving Penfold in brand new and fantastically absurd, energetic adventures.

  • Operation Ouch!
    Operation Ouch! (2012)6.2

    Operation Ouch! is a British children's educational television series about the human body. It shows what happens in A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and great experiments. The show is hosted by twin brothers Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken. Series 5 was named "Operation Ouch! Hospital Takeover".

  • M.I. High
    M.I. High (2007)6.1

    A team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who have to balance their school life with their jobs as secret agents.

  • Tweenies
    Tweenies (1999)5.1

    Tweenies Bella, Milo, Fizz and Jake get into many adventures such as visiting a farm, watching puppet shows, learning new songs and listening to stories.

  • Smile
    Smile (2002)N/A

    Smile was a British Sunday morning children's programme created by production company Darrall Macqueen Ltd for CBBC. It first aired in 2002 and was originally shown on the CBBC Channel. It was moved to BBC Two to make way for Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Although Dick and Dom finished in 2006, Smile never moved back to the CBBC Channel. The final programme was broadcast on 26 August 2007, from 7:30 until 10:00 on BBC Two.