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, 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 "childhoodnsctalgia." 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, which is where some of childhoodnsctalgia's uploads of the show are sourced.
Episode List
Season 1 (2006)
| # | Episode Number | Known Airdate | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | May 29, 2006 | Lost | |
| 2 | Episode 2 | May 30, 2006 | Lost | |
| 3 | Episode 3 | May 31, 2006 | Lost | |
| 4 | Episode 4 | June 1, 2006 | Lost | |
| 5 | Episode 5 | June 2, 2006 | Lost | |
| 6 | Episode 6 | June 5, 2006 | Lost | |
| 7 | Episode 7 | June 6, 2006 | Lost | |
| 8 | Episode 8 | June 7, 2006 | Lost | |
| 9 | Episode 9 | June 8, 2006 | Lost | |
| 10 | Episode 10 | June 9, 2006 | Lost | |
| 11 | Episode 11 | June 12, 2006 | Lost | |
| 12 | Episode 12 | June 13, 2006 | Lost | |
| 13 | Episode 13 | June 14, 2006 | Lost | |
| 14 | Episode 14 | June 15, 2006 | Lost | |
| 15 | Episode 15 | June 16, 2006 | Lost |
Season 2 (2007)
| # | Episode Number | Known Airdate | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | May 28, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 2 | Episode 2 | May 29, 2007 | Lost | |
| 3 | Episode 3 | May 30, 2007 | Lost | |
| 4 | Episode 4 | May 31, 2007 | Found | |
| 5 | Episode 5 | June 1, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 6 | Episode 6 | June 4, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 7 | Episode 7 | June 5, 2007 | Lost | |
| 8 | Episode 8 | June 6, 2007 | Lost | |
| 9 | Episode 9 | June 7, 2007 | Lost | |
| 10 | Episode 10 | June 8, 2007 | Lost | |
| 11 | Episode 11 | June 11, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 12 | Episode 12 | June 12, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 13 | Episode 13 | June 13, 2007 | Lost | |
| 14 | Episode 14 | June 14, 2007 | Found | 2008 Rebroadcast |
| 15 | Episode 15 | June 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 episodes of British science-fiction TV series; 1963-1974)
- 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 educational series episodes; 2010-13)
- Be Safe with the Tweenies "Knives" (partially found short of British children's TV series; 2000s)
- Doodle Do (partially lost British children's TV series; 2006-2010)