Editing BBC Children's and Education (section)

{{Short description|Division responsible for media content}}
{{About|the history of the BBC's Children's services and the CBBC brand prior to the launch of distinct children's channels in 2002|the BBC children's television channels|CBBC|and|CBeebies}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Children's BBC|BBC Kids}}
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[[File:BBC Children's and Education logo.svg|thumb|The logo for BBC Children's & Education.]]
'''BBC Children's and Education'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/patricia-hidalgo-reina-director-childrens-education|title=Patricia Hidalgo Reina appointed as the new Director of BBC Children's & Education|access-date=2021-02-11|publisher=BBC}}</ref> is the [[BBC]] division responsible for media content for children in the UK. Since the launch of specially dedicated television channels in 2002, the services have been marketed under two brands. '''CBBC''' (short for '''Children's BBC''' or initialed for '''Children's British Broadcasting Corporation''') is aimed at children aged between 6 and 12, and '''CBeebies''' offers content for younger viewers.

Unlike CBeebies, the CBBC brand predates the launch of these channels all the way back to when it was just a children's block on the main channel BBC, when it was also the brand name used for all of the BBC's children's programmes. [[CBBC]] broadcasts from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm (previously 7:00 am to 9:00 pm from 16 April 2016 until 4 January 2022) and [[CBeebies]] broadcasts from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, respectively timesharing with [[BBC Three]] for [[CBBC]] and [[BBC Four]] for [[CBeebies]]. The brands also have dedicated websites, social media channels, and [[over-the-top media service]]s on [[BBC iPlayer]].