BBC Kids (Australian TV channel)

BBC Kids is an Australian pay television channel using the BBC Kids brand, currently exclusive to Telstra's Fetch TV. The channel is aimed at 6 to 10-year-olds and broadcasts comedy, documentaries, drama, entertainment and nature shows that were originally aired on CBBC in the UK.

History

On 30 April 2020, Disney closed their Australian children's channels (Disney Channel and Disney Junior), and Cartoon Network and Boomerang became bound to an exclusive agreement with Foxtel in April 2021. This left Fetch TV with little children's content. In response it commissioned BBC Studios to create a domestic BBC Kids channel.

BBC Kids, along with NickMusic, launched on April 24, 2021. The channel complemented an existing CBeebies channel available in Australia, catering to children aged 0 to 6.

Programming

The shows broadcast on the channel are as follows:

Current programming

• Deadly 60 on a Mission
• Horrible Histories
• Jamie Johnson
• Leonardo
• M.I. High
• Project Parent
• Super Human Challenge
• The Dumping Ground
• The Next Step
• The Sarah Jane Adventures

Upcoming programming

• Blue Peter

References

External links

• Official website

1. BBC Kids
2. BBC Kids (Canadian TV channel)
3. BBC First (Australian TV channel)
4. ABC Family (Australian TV channel)
5. Sky Kids (TV channel)
6. BBC Earth (TV channel)
7. List of BBC television channels and radio stations
8. Boomerang (Australian TV channel)
9. ABC News (Australian TV channel)
10. CBBC
11. Bluey (2018 TV series)
12. CGTN (TV channel)
13. Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)
14. BBC UKTV
15. Discovery Kids (Australian TV channel)
16. BBC News (TV channel)
17. BBC Scotland (TV channel)
18. BBC Entertainment
19. BBC News (international TV channel)
20. CITV