Smile (British TV series)

This article is about the 2002 British TV series. For other uses, see Smile (disambiguation).

Smile
File:Show title.gif The Smile logo
Presented by	Kirsten O'Brien Barney Harwood
Country of origin	UK
Production
Running time	2 hours, 30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	2002 – 26 August 2007

Smile is a British Sunday morning children's programme created by production company Darrall Macqueen Ltd for CBBC. It first aired in 2002 and was originally shown on the CBBC Channel. It was moved to BBC Two to make way for Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Although Dick and Dom finished in 2006, Smile never moved back to the CBBC Channel.

According to the Smile website, the final ever programme will be shown on 26th August 2007, from 7:30 until 10:00 on BBC Two.

Show overview

Primarily a children's magazine programme featuring celebrity guests, Smile also encourages audience participation through competitions and games.

A number of cartoons and other programme acquisitions have been transmitted during Smile on a rotational basis. Principally these include: Arthur, Batfink, BB3B, Even Stevens, Jakers and The Likeaballs.

Presenters

The original presenters were Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates and Devin Griffin (credited as DJ Devstar). In 2003, Devin left to become a pop singer in the USA and was replaced by Barney Harwood. Soon after, when Fearne and Reggie left, Barney was joined by Kirsten O'Brien and Rochelle Wiseman, former S Club 8 singer. On 26 March 2006, Rochelle Wiseman left the Smile team of presenters.

Nev

The presenters have always been joined by a puppet known as Nev (Neville), who lives with Barney. Nev is a small, blue bear with patches in places and is missing part of his ear (due to the cat under his bed - "Bandit" - trying to eat him). Originally, the voice of Nev was prerecorded, and his limited vocabulary played in as appropriate. However, when Nev took on a more significant role in the show, new puppeteer (Ross Mullan) was recruited to provide the voice live. As a consequence, Nev's voice in the studio sounds distinctly different to that in the many phone-in games used on the programme.

Nev loves Socks, Duckie, Jam, Barney and Kirsten, calling Kirsten "Krusty" (probably because he can't say "Kirsten"). The little bear often has trouble with pronounciation of certain words, he cannot sing but he can rap well. Nev likes dressing up and sleeping in, the former he usually gets to do during the programme, the latter he cannot do easily on Sundays because of the programme. His dislikes include baths and scary stories. When scared or intimidated, little Nev has been known to growl, just like a real bear would.

Nev has become so popular he has even been made into a cuddly toy and various other merchandise. A 26-part sitcom starring Barney and Nev, Bear Behaving Badly is scheduled for transmission on BBC One from September 2007.

Nev's quotes

• "Happy Eater" (instead of Happy Easter)
• "Hello, Ian" (instead of "Halloween")
• "Chrissy-mussy" (Nev's version of Christmas)
• "Love you, Barney" or "Love you, Krusty."
• "Schnappi, Schnappi, Schnappi"
• "Duckie!" or "Jam!"
• "No, no, no, no."
• "Tut, girls." Or, recently, "tut, boys."
• "Three, two, one...Shabadia" or "Three, two, one...Jam" followed by "Go, go,go, go!"
• "I win!!" (expressed even though he hasn't won anything nor is there anything to win)
• "Bonjour"
• "Oh, la, la."
• "Confused"
• "Fwightened."
• "Can't scare me" or "Can't bathe me."
• "Oops" or "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear" or "Sorry, Barney" or "Sorry, Krusty."
• "Doggie"
• "Musley sun" (Nev's version of "Music Lesson", which he cannot pronounce)
• "Zibedeah"
• "Piggies"
• "BBBBBB!" (instead of "BB3B")
• "Rumble the crumble" (instead of "Rumble the Jumble")

Features and games

Games

• Nev's Jam Buster
• Bath the Bear
• Bear Pairs
• Quick On The Draw
• Rap It Up
• Bandit Bites
• Gumball
• Aquapigs
• Nev vs Bouncer Boy
• Drop Da Beatz
• Nev It Up!
• Nev's Socks!
• Duckey Bounce
• What Do You Fink
• Lost Properly
• Nev's Pie Jarmies

Games Games Games

This is a series of games pitting boys against girls, competing for a prize. The losing team have to get into Nev's bath of gunge. Games are:

• Nev's Jam Buster
• Bear Pairs
• Quick On The Draw
• Duckey Bounce

Rumble the Jumble

The object of the game is to write down any letters which appear on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Once all the letters are collected, they will form an anagram of another word which participants need to decipher. The next stage is to draw a picture of or make something representing the word. Competition entrants send their work into Smile at the following postal address: Smile, P.O. Box 456, London, SE1 9JP.

Dressing Up

Around the beginning of the show, Nev dresses up as an object. Viewers are asked send in pictures of themselves dressed up in the same way. So far they have dressed up as:

• Train
• Hedgehogs
• Crabs
• Waiters
• Frogs
• Christmas Pudding
• Granny
• Cupid
• Clowns
• Sailors
• Anything red! (Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2007)
• Garden Gnome
• Rhinocerous
• Sheep
• Bunny
• Owl
• Angels
• Praite
• Knights
• Builders
• Elves
• The Doctor (Doctor Who)
• Sport Items
• Prizes
• Doctors & Nurses

Nev's Little Chefs

Every week on Smile, kids show Nev how to cook, with recipes including:

• Nev's Biscuits
• Nev's Mush
• Watermelon Lemonade
• Nev's Fruit Ripple
• Apple Smiles
• World Cup Biscuits
• Banana Lollies
• BlueBeary Muffins
• Breakfast Feast
• Mini Golden Nuggets
• French Bread Pizza Boat
• Jelly Beary Sundae
• Pizza Puffs

The recent recipes are on the Smile Player and all the recipes are found on the Smile section of the BBC website.[1]

Nev Sports

• Cricket
• Football
• Climbing
• Tennis (featured during Wimbledon)
• Basketball
• Karate

Digital

From 5 March 2006, digital viewers were able to press the red button to access a BBCi service called eTV which allows them to switch between regular Smile and backstage. Most of the action backstage is one of the presenters hanging out with Smile's special guests and doing challenges, playing games and chatting. Smile was the first ever programme to try out eTV. Unfortunately this is not happening because of only two presenters. Previously, viewers could also watch an extra seven minutes of programme content after the end of the main show. Smile won the Interactive award at the Children's BAFTAs in November 2005.

External links

• CBBC - Smile at bbc.co.uk
• Production company website
• Official Nev the bear Merchandise Website