Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Numtums Adventures coming to CBeebies as a new kids show, embedding maths learning into comic adventures.


Numtums Adventures is a brand-new children's show for kids between 4 and 6 which is being produced by BBC Worldwide Channels for CBeebies (DStv 306) and which South African viewers will get to see on the kids channel from later in 2013.

BBC Worldwide Channel unveiled Numtums Adventures today as a new title for the international CBeebies channel. Numtums Adventures is produced by the CBeebies in-house team and animated by A Productions in Bristol.

There will initially be 52 episodes and the show embeds maths learning in a range of comic adventures.

"We've created some groundbreaking and popular shows with CBeebies in the United Kingdom across a range of formats and I have no doubt that Numtums Adventures will be just as popular with fans of the channel around the world," says Henrietta Hurford-Jones, the director of CBeebies Investment, BBC Worldwide Channels in a statement announcing Numtums Adventures.