Programme Information

Ingenious

Sunday 27 December

3.00-4.00pm CBBC

• www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc

This enchanting, one-off drama tells the story of 11-year-old Sally, who lives on Ruby Farm in Alderley Edge with her grandmother and her friends, Spike and Patch. But all is not as it seems.

The children never imagine that the magical genies they read about in The Arabian Nights might actually exist, until they find an ancient glass bottle with something mysterious inside. Their new friend's arrival marks the beginning of an exciting adventure, a fast mix of the crazy and the curious, the magical and the mundane.

And something else is happening on Alderley Edge. The telescope at Jodrell Bank has been picking up strange signals and local author Lucas Summer thinks there may be a dragon around.

It is left to the three children, with some help from their new friends, to find the dragon, work out what he wants and save Ruby Farm.

Ingenious is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Embarrassed Louise (Anna Crilly) has a wizard time at a party

There are more antler antics from the members of the Deer Club as they host their AGM in the clearing, and the Fearsome Vikings decide to take in a spot of laundry in the penultimate episode of the current series of the comedy sketch show the whole family can enjoy.

Free thinkers Timmy and his mother find an ecological way to beat the school run; Tammy's truthful storyteller puts her in a spot of bother at her cousin's wedding; and the dung beetles receive an uninvited visit from a famous naturalist.

Rounding off the programme, embarrassed Louise has a wizard time at a party, there are more language problems with the 40-year-old French-exchange student and it is prize-giving over on North Barrasay.

Sorry I've Got No Head features the comedy talents of Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, David Armand, Anna Crilly, James Bachman and Nick Mohammed.

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The current series of the comedy sketch show ends its run with a special edition featuring New Bits, Best Bits and Bits That Went Wrong.

New Bits finds the snowman getting a chilly reception when he gets a job as a waiter; Philippe the French-exchange student, who has stayed for 20 years, gets ready for the disco; and the dung beetles have a big surprise.

Finally, viewers get to see the props that misbehaved and the actors who failed to keep a straight face as they tried to deliver their lines.

Sorry I've Got No Head features the comedy talents of Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, David Armand, Anna Crilly, James Bachman and Nick Mohammed.

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