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The 11 least over-stimulating BBC titles we've rated, calmest first.
Of the kids' shows we've calm-rated on BBC, these are the least over-stimulating, sorted calmest first, with The Clangers at the top. Each rating comes from how fast a show cuts, how loud and busy its sound is, how bright the picture runs, and how much tension the story carries. How the rating works.
On a small blue planet, a family of knitted, whistling mouse-like creatures lives quietly underground in a soft-spoken stop-motion world.
In a twinkly, dreamlike world, characters like Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy play and wind down toward sleep, a bedtime show for toddlers.
A quiet seven-year-old girl and her best friend, a quacking duck, navigate tiny everyday adventures led by a gentle, dry-humored narrator.
A preschool-aged bunny named Bing navigates the small ups and downs of everyday life with the patient help of his carer, Flop.
Tib, Lalloo and Bobble are tiny creatures who conjure new friends out of simple shapes and colors to solve little problems.
A patient big brother, Charlie, looks after his imaginative, strong-willed little sister Lola in a charming collage-and-crayon world.
Number characters built from blocks come to life to introduce counting and arithmetic, splitting and combining to show how numbers work.
Living letter blocks hold hands to sound out and spell words, teaching phonics through playful musical adventures.
Presenter Andy slips away from a museum to time-travel and roam the world, meeting dinosaurs and wild animals up close.
An inventor and his clever dog stumble into gentle mysteries, a classic Aardman comedy for younger kids.
At the Squirrel Club, a big lovable dog named Duggee leads a group of young animals through activities, earning a badge for each new skill.
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