Overview
- The BBC confirmed the Play School revival on Thursday as a formal element of CBeebies' new Parenting Promise, which aims to help children learn through play.
- The broadcaster has opened a commissioning call for producers to pitch a live-action reimagining that preserves the original mix of songs, stories, movement, music, poetry and imaginative play.
- The project will include companion digital parenting content on CBeebies’ online and YouTube channels offering practical play ideas and expert guidance for carers.
- The series is in development and is expected to reach CBeebies in 2027 or 2028, with no production team, cast, episode count or air date publicly confirmed yet.
- Play School originally ran from 1964 to 1988 and its return taps into that legacy while signalling a BBC push for trusted, developmentally informed early-years programming shaped with educators and child development specialists.