CBeebies Springwatch (partially found preschool spin-off of British documentary series; 2006-2008)
The show's logo.
Status: Partially Found
Springwatch is an annual BBC Two nature documentary series that first aired in 2005. After the success of the first series of Springwatch, the BBC commissioned a one-off special, Autumnwatch, which became a full series in 2006. A second spin-off, Winterwatch, began in 2012.
In May 2006, CBeebies Springwatch, a preschool version, debuted on the CBeebies channel. It is hosted by Jackson, a character from the CBeebies show The Story Makers, with appearances from various other CBeebies stars including Jelly (Jackson's sidekick), British Preschool TV legend Justin Fletcher and Dogsby, Tigs and Mukka, the main stars of The Shiny Show. Not that much info is known about the series, although it seems that Fellow CBeebies show The Green Balloon Club was inspired by it. CBeebies Springwatch even won a BAFTA award in 2006[1]. Despite all of this, footage of the show is very scarce.
Findings
For many years, the only video to surface from the show online was the Season 2 closing theme, "Spring's Out", which was uploaded to YouTube by "ttwfn" on June 14th, 2007, with a rip of the song from the website being uploaded the following year by kingofhustlers1.
Eventually, the Season 1 credits song, "Jump Up" was uploaded to YouTube by LITTLEMADMiXERGIRL X on August 7th, 2014. In 2015, Mayday 51 uploaded several clips of games from the old CBeebies website. So far, 2 episodes of Springwatch: What's in Your Patch? have been found, "Flowers" (title might be inaccurate) was found by Thecbbconchoice1 on YouTube in 2016, whilst "Deer" was found by SkyActive on Archive.org in 2021, and subsequently uploaded it to YouTube by "childhoodncstalgia."
A Mute version of the Season 1 intro was found on David McCue's website (it's known that the theme song was the same as the main Springwatch series) and was later posted to YouTube by "Mayday 51" in 2018, who, on the same day, uploaded a short fragment of a 2006 episode (the exact episode is unknown), which was found on the Vimeo account of Nick Mercer, the actor who played Jackson. Eventually, a full episode (The 11th episode of Season 2) surfaced online on February 24th, 2021, courtesy of Media Recoverer.
On March 4th, 2023, Calvin Jacks the 2nd uploaded a widescreen version of "Jump Up!" & an HD version of "Spring's Out!" to his Google Drive account.
On March 12th, 2023, the 1st episode of Season 2 was uploaded to YouTube, courtesy of "childhoodncstalgia." A day earlier, another episode was found by RVF2007.
On March 19th, 2023, Tiny Mew uploaded 5 Season 2 episodes, taken from 2008 reruns.
On April 1st, 2023, Calvin Jacks the 2nd uploaded a reconstructed version of the Season 1 intro to his drive account. The video from David McCue's website was synched up with the SpringWatch theme.
The series is likely archived in BBC Redux. Airings also exist in Box of Broadcasts.
Season 2 seems to be easier to find than Season 1, not helped by the fact that there is no known proof of Season 1 being reran, whilst Season 2 reran in 2008, likely to lead up to the premiere of the show's successor, the Green Balloon Club.
Yet another episode, the 7th episode of Season 2 was found on 26/04/2023. With S2Ep8 being found on 10/02/2024.
Episode List
Season 1 (2006)
| # | Known Airdate | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 29, 2006 | Lost |
| 2 | May 30, 2006 | Lost |
| 3 | May 31, 2006 | Lost |
| 4 | Jun 1, 2006 | Lost |
| 5 | Jun 2, 2006 | Lost |
| 6 | Jun 5, 2006 | Lost |
| 7 | Jun 6, 2006 | Lost |
| 8 | Jun 7, 2006 | Lost |
| 9 | Jun 8, 2006 | Lost |
| 10 | Jun 9, 2006 | Lost |
| 11 | Jun 12, 2006 | Lost |
| 12 | Jun 13, 2006 | Lost |
| 13 | Jun 14, 2006 | Lost |
| 14 | Jun 15, 2006 | Lost |
| 15 | Jun 16, 2006 | Lost |
Season 2 (2007)
| # | Known Airdate | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 28, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 2 | May 29, 2007 | Lost | |
| 3 | May 30, 2007 | Lost | |
| 4 | May 31, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 5 | Jun 1, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 6 | Jun 4, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 7 | Jun 5, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 8 | Jun 6, 2007 | Found | |
| 9 | Jun 7, 2007 | Lost | |
| 10 | Jun 8, 2007 | Lost | |
| 11 | Jun 11, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 12 | Jun 12, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 13 | Jun 13, 2007 | Lost | |
| 14 | Jun 14, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 15 | Jun 15, 2007 | Lost |
Gallery
See Also
BBC
- BBC Digital "Faces" (partially lost BBC One/Two promotional advertising material; 2005)
- BBC Election Night (lost coverage of British general elections; 1950-1951)
- BBC News Guy Kewney interview (lost unaired interview footage; 2006)
- Christmas Night (lost BBC television adaptation of A Christmas Carol; 1946)
- Christmas Night with the Stars (partially found annual BBC television series; 1958-1972)
- Dad's Army (partially lost episodes and sketches of BBC sitcom; 1968-1970)
- Doctor Who "The Parting of the Ways" (lost alternate ending of British sci-fi TV series finale; 2005)
- Doctor Who (lost pilot episodes of cancelled reboot of British sci-fi TV series; 1991)
- Doctor Who (partially lost BBC sci-fi series episodes; 1963-1978)
- Doomwatch (partially lost BBC sci-fi TV series; 1970-1972)
CBBC
- Ace Lightning (lost unreleased third series of British children's television series; existence unconfirmed; early 2000s)
- Blue Peter (partially found segments of Robot Wars teams on children's television series; 1998)
- Dick & Dom inda Bungalow (partially lost children's TV series; 2002-2006)
CBeebies
- Alphablocks (partially found web-exclusive scenes of CBeebies animated series episodes; 2010-2013)
- Big & Small (partially lost CBeebies comedy puppet series; 2008-2011)
- Bob the Builder (partially found American dub of CBeebies stop-motion animated series; 1999-2012)
- Bob the Builder (found pitch pilot of CBeebies stop-motion animated series; 1997)
- Doodle Do (partially lost CBeebies series; 2006-2010)
- Razzledazzle (found CBeebies CGI animated series; 2005)
- Rubbadubbers (lost unaired pilots of CBeebies stop-motion animated series; existence unconfirmed; late 1990s-early 2000s)
- Space Pirates (found CBeebies live-action animated series; 2007-2008)
- The Wordles (partially found pitch pilot of "Abadas" CBeebies animated series; 2010)
- Zingalong (partially found CBeebies series; 2002-2004)