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| |title=<center>Be Safe with the Tweenies</center> | | |title=<center>Be Safe with the Tweenies - "Knifes"</center> |
| |image=BesafewiththeTweenieslogo.png | | |image=BesafewiththeTweenieslogo.png |
| |imagecaption=Title card used for the shorts. | | |imagecaption=Title card used for the shorts. |
| |status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> | | |status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially found'''</span> |
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| '''''Be Safe with the Tweenies''''' was a series of 27 shorts based on the popular CBeebies series ''The Tweenies'' made to educate its target audience on being safe around certain situations as the title suggests.<ref>[http://digiguide.tv/programme/Childrens/Tweenies-Safety-Shorts/232012/season-1/ A Didiguide that has a section on the show.] Retrieved 08 May '15</ref> Also known as the ''Tweenies Safety Shorts''.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d80899e1daed4388891be9a02d4a39bb A website associated with the BBC that mentions the other name of the shorts.] Retrieved 08 May '15</ref>, these shorts aired on the British children's channel CBeebies between 2003 and 2008, and had little to no media coverage on its content despite the programme's popularity. As of now, all but two of the shorts have made their way online, leaving the others unavailable for public consumption, including one that was reportedly banned from broadcast due to the use of knives. | | '''''Be Safe with the Tweenies''''' is a series of shorts based on the popular CBeebies series ''The Tweenies'' made to educate its target audience on being safe around certain situations as the title suggests.<ref>[http://digiguide.tv/programme/Childrens/Tweenies-Safety-Shorts/232012/season-1/ A Didiguide that has a section on the show.] Retrieved 08 May '15</ref> Also known as the ''Tweenies Safety Shorts''.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d80899e1daed4388891be9a02d4a39bb A website associated with the BBC that mentions the other name of the shorts.] Retrieved 08 May '15</ref>, these shorts aired on the British children's channel CBeebies between 2003 and 2008, and had little to no media coverage on its content despite the programme's popularity. |
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| Although the episodes are available on [https://www.bbcredux.com/ BBC Redux], this service is only accessible to those with a functioning @bbc.co.uk e-mail address.
| | Initially, this show was considered to be lost media. However, following years of uncovering particular episodes through BBC Redux, all but one of the episodes have been uncovered, with the only unavailable short being to do with knives. |
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| ==Intro== | | ==Overview== |
| When its first episode was uncovered (it being "Railway Lines" in particular), the opening sequence for the short was different to ''The Tweenies'' intro, having a slightly amended theme song, and providing many clips from the series. These brief clips offered an overview of what the potential episodes would've looked like. The list below offers an insight into the clips featured as well as the potential episodes these were featured in:
| | Episode 16, "Knives", is the only short that is considered to be lost, and the premise of which is only explained through a brief clip within the show's intro. This clip featured Jake seemingly attempting to make a jam sandwich while holding a breadknife, bearing very little information on what the short would be about apart from safety around knife usage. |
| *Max with a video camera - "Throwing"
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| *Bella dropping and smashing a teapot - "Kettle and Teapot"
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| *Jake throwing sand at the camera - "Throwing"
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| *Milo attempting to light a scented candle with a lit birthday candle on a cake - "Candles"
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| *Jake holding a breadknife - "Knives"
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| *Bella holding a pair of dangerous garden cutters - "Sheds"
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| *Milo is stuck through a window, and Bella is trying to pull him out - "Doors and Windows"
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| *Max in gardening gear - "Sheds"
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| *Fizz discovering dangerous-looking bottles in the kitchen cupboard - "Cleaning Materials"
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| *Fizz tangled in wires - "Electric Sockets and Cables"
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| *Judy with a guitar - "Railway Lines"
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| *Jake picking up some scissors - "Scissors"
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| *Doodles the dog tripping over a stuffed snake - "Leaving Toys Left Around"
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| *Izzles the dog and Milo improvising a scene based on a home fire - "Fire Safety"
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| *The Tweenies playing on a climbing frame - "Slides"
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| ==Shorts==
| | According to Milo Jennings, who rediscovered the episodes and archived them, "Knives" was banned by the BBC because of its usage of which. Further information also proves that the episode did, in fact, not air again for the recent episode guide on the BBC website<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008zcqg/episodes/guide The episode guide on the BBC website.]</ref>. For the schedule where the programme would be airing at the time, "Knives" appeared to only have aired on 26th September 2005 at 08:50 on CBeebies<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6feb388a7dd141e290afc07312328db9 Information of the episode and its airdate.]</ref>. |
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| |Cleaning Materials
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniescleaningmaterials<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Leaving Toys Left Around
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesleavingtoyslyingaround <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Throwing
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesthrowing<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Sheds
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesgardenshed <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Swings
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesswings <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Slide
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesslide <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Matches
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesmatches <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Don't Go There
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesdontgothere <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Lost
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweenieslost <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Road Safety
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesroadsafety <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Dogs
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesdogs <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Candles
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| |[https://youtu.be/LC3Z8qP9-w8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Fire Safety
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesfire <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Travelling by Train
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| |[https://youtu.be/v6Ts7rRhnfw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Electric Sockets and Cables
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweenieselectricsocketsandcables <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Knives
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| |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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| |Ponds
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniespond <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Scissors
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesscissors <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Rivers
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesriver<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Dialling 999
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesdialling999 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Railway Lines
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| |[https://youtu.be/jKzNrZmtIc0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Hot Cooker
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweenieshotcooker <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Kettle and Teapot
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweenieskettleandteapot<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Canal
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniescanal<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Doors and Windows
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebiesbesafewiththetweeniesdoorsandwindows<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Beach
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| |[https://archive.org/details/cbeebies-be-safe-with-the-tweenies-and-jackanory-junior-compilation<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| |Horses
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| |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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| ==External Link==
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| *[https://mega.co.nz/#!hVkhxALT!_gAx1DE5BJTFU7YohJvITbyY1j8lQM42MCoAuoSjQr0 MEGA mirror of the short "Railway Lines."] Retrieved 02 Jun '15
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Title card used for the shorts.
Status: Partially found
Be Safe with the Tweenies is a series of shorts based on the popular CBeebies series The Tweenies made to educate its target audience on being safe around certain situations as the title suggests.[1] Also known as the Tweenies Safety Shorts.[2], these shorts aired on the British children's channel CBeebies between 2003 and 2008, and had little to no media coverage on its content despite the programme's popularity.
Initially, this show was considered to be lost media. However, following years of uncovering particular episodes through BBC Redux, all but one of the episodes have been uncovered, with the only unavailable short being to do with knives.
Overview
Episode 16, "Knives", is the only short that is considered to be lost, and the premise of which is only explained through a brief clip within the show's intro. This clip featured Jake seemingly attempting to make a jam sandwich while holding a breadknife, bearing very little information on what the short would be about apart from safety around knife usage.
According to Milo Jennings, who rediscovered the episodes and archived them, "Knives" was banned by the BBC because of its usage of which. Further information also proves that the episode did, in fact, not air again for the recent episode guide on the BBC website[3]. For the schedule where the programme would be airing at the time, "Knives" appeared to only have aired on 26th September 2005 at 08:50 on CBeebies[4].
References
