Full CBBC listings for Thursday 29 October 2026, with times in London local time.

CBBC is a cartoon channel until the 6pm drama

See also: What's on tonight across all channels | Wednesday's TV guide

CBBC fills Thursday with short animation, then ends on a 45-minute drama. The one new face is Super Happy Magic Forest, which opens its first series at 7.20am with Balloon Quest. It is a British animated comedy fantasy with a voice cast of Oliver Chris, Julian Barratt, Rasmus Hardiker, Greg McHugh and Vas Blackwood, and CBBC is clearly pushing it: the channel shows it twice today, with episode 14 returning at 3.25pm. It is the programme to start with.

The big-ticket item is the film. Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, from 2014, takes 70 minutes from 9.30am, which makes it the only feature on the channel and the main reason to plan a morning around the channel.

Crookhaven at 6pm, Crooxeat, is the longest regular programme at 45 minutes and the only live-action drama of the evening. It airs on seven days in the window, so a missed episode comes round again. Blue Peter follows at 6.45pm, short at 13 minutes, ahead of the overnight This is CBBC! strand from 6.58pm.

The middle of the day is a quiet run of familiar names: Deadly 60 twice, The Next Step: Cheer twice, and The Football Academy twice. Plenty to fill an afternoon, nothing to plan around.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
  • BBC Two: Live: UEFA Women’s Champions League Football (from 7.30pm)
  • ITV1: Long Lost Family
  • Channel 4: Titanic: Building the World’s… (from 8pm)
  • Channel 5: The Yorkshire Vet (from 8pm)
  • BBC Four: The Guns of Navarone (from 8pm)
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
  • ITV4: Benidorm
  • E4: Gogglebox

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a film on CBBC tonight?

No. CBBC has no films in its evening schedule on Thursday 29 October 2026.

What time does CBBC’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with Crookhaven at 6pm.