Great news for all fans of the Sarah Jane Adventures. The Doctor Who spin-off has been commissioned for a further two 12-part series after fantastic viewing figures for Series Three as well as critical acclaim.

My son loves watching the telly.
That sentence probably doesn’t convey the strength of his feeling enough.
For my son, telly is like heroin.
Actually, that’s probably overstating it just a bit.  I should really have thought about this before I started writing.  OK, let’s just say that his affection for the goggle box is less than a drug addict’s need for smack but certainly more than the tenderness he feels for either of his parents.
So far it’s been a very happy relationship.  He doesn’t watch it all the time.  He doesn’t even …

Do you remember any of these old CBeebies and CBBC Christmas clips?

Welcome to the My Kids TV Advent Calendar 2009. Behind the first door is a video unleashed on the world only a week or so ago, but has become an instant classic because of the sheer number of Kids TV icons that appear in it. I am, of course, talking about the Children In Need 2009 Medley.
Mastermind by Peter Kay, the four-and-a-half-minute video features over 100 animated children’s television characters from both sides of the Atlantic. Big Chris (voiced by Kay) from Roary The Racing Car leads …