CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

Since March 2013, CBeebies has been carried by the British Forces Broadcasting Service, sharing a channel with BFBS Extra.

On 13 May 2011, CBeebies was launched as a programme block on the channel BBC Kids in Canada, available on weekdays between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.

The block ceased alongside its main channel on 31 December 2018, with some programmes moving to Knowledge Kids.

[citation needed] On 10 March 2017, CBeebies Asia was launched in Taiwan, replacing BBC Entertainment.

CBeebies Asia has already launched in Hong Kong, South Korea, Myanmar, the Philippines, Mongolia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Maldives, Macau, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

A version of the channel that airs Spanish-dubbed programming titled "Niños por BBC" was launched on the same day.

On 15 December 2022, the Asian feed of CBeebies was launched as a preview channel on Astro, which replaced Boomerang on 1 February 2023.

A planned rebrand for the Polish version of CBeebies was cancelled in March 2024 after the departure of presenter Aneta Piotrowska.

The links between programmes on CBeebies are primarily achieved through the use of in-vision continuity, using presenters to interact with the children.

In the UK, links are recorded rather than broadcast live, as is the case on sister channel CBBC.

On 15 March 2023, CBeebies underwent a rebranding by Blue Zoo to fully-adopt the BBC's new corporate branding, with the Bugs reimagined in a rounded square-shaped form to evoke the BBC logo, and a new suite of idents and animated scenes incorporating two- and three-dimensional elements.

While the lunchtime story is usually read by one of the regular presenters at about 1:00 with an often repeated story, the final show of each day, known as CBeebies Bedtime Stories (known as Stòiridh in Scottish Gaelic and airing on BBC Alba) is read by a guest storyteller, including well known actors, comedians, athletes, singers/musicians and past presenters of BBC children's television, including David Walliams, Tom Hardy, Ed Sheeran, Steve Carell, Billie Eilish, Ryan Reynolds, Paloma Faith and Jack Black.

CBeebies channels in Asia, Australia, Poland, South Africa and the USA all have their own international variant.

BBC Video (and later 2Entertain) have released several VHS/DVD compilations featuring shows airing on CBeebies at the time.

It offers various indoor and outdoor activities aimed at making an immersive and interactive world for children and young families.

The site based within Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire includes some of the more popular characters from the original channel for guests to meet.

At the start of the year, the theme park sporadically released information on the characters involved in the development via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The fourth reveal on 7 January was that of Nina and the Neurons[34][non-primary source needed] It was an interactive science lab.