CBeebies Bedtime Stories

The CBeebies channel launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC channel, as a spinoff from the BBC's children's television block.

The first four shows to air on the channel were Teletubbies, Binka, Step Inside and Bits and Bobs.

CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm, broadcasting six days per week.

From the launch of the channel until 1 March 2002, CBeebies timeshared with fellow BBC channel BBC Knowledge but since 2 March 2002, it has timeshared with BBC Four, which is on air after CBeebies closes for the night at 7:00 pm.

CBeebies was joined on 19 March 2007 by its own radio station titled CBeebies Radio, which broadcast for three hours each day on BBC Radio 7 (now BBC Radio 4 Extra) until April 2011.

On 20 November 2001, the CBeebies name was announced as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block and would be used as both a children's block and a digital channel.