Biggleton

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Biggleton
Genre Children
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
Production
Running time10 minutes
Production companyBBC Children's Productions
Original release
Network CBeebies
Release27 November 2017 (2017-11-27) 
present

Biggleton is a British children's television series, produced by and for the BBC channel CBeebies, and narrated by Eamonn Holmes in series one, and John Gordon Sinclair in series two. [1]

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References

  1. "Eamonn Holmes sends support to his Biggleton replacement following viewers' criticism". 29 November 2018.