Boogie Beebies

Boogie Beebies is a United Kingdom children's television programme, which is produced and broadcast by the BBC. It is aired on CBeebies (both the separate channel and CBeebies on BBC One and BBC Two). It won the Best Pre School Live Action award, at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2005.

Contents

• Boogie beebies in the swim
• Episodes
• References

Each programme is fifteen minutes long, and teaches children a dance (to a short original song), a different one each week. It was originally presented by Nataylia Roni and Peter Hillier. Nataylia had previous been a member of the "teen pop" group B-Yond who attempted to win the 1997 Great British Song Contest with the song "Lighten' Up". However, from December 2006, it was presented by Hillier alone. It also features clips of children (at home, in schools or in front of bluescreen).

In earlier series, the same programme was shown throughout the week. In the later series, a slightly different programme was shown each day. The only variant being, the verses are taught, and the chorus is only run through once.

The dance is taught segment by segment by the instructor(s). In earlier programmes, the two instructors took turns with each segment. The moves to each day's dance, as well as the theme of the song, are drawn from nature or the world around us (i.e., "The Ocean Motion" features dance moves inspired by various sea creatures). The programme culminates with a complete performance of the song and dance, called "Big Video Time".

The name of the programme comes from the informal verb to boogie (dance) and the Beebies part of CBeebies. The program was advertised using a child dancing "travolta style" to A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy.