Big Cook, Little Cook

Big Cook, Little Cook
GenreChildren's cookery show
Created byJo Killingley & Tracey Mulcrone
Developed byTracey Mulcrone & Jo Killingley
Directed byAdrian Hedley
John Rowe
Helen Scott
StarringOriginal series:
Steve Marsh
Dan Wright
Revival:
Ibinabo Jack
Courtney Bowman
Theme music composerAnton Mullan
Opening theme"Welcome to Our Café"
Ending theme"Welcome to Our Café" (reprise, old series)
"Welcome to Our Cafe (instrumental, new series)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes150
Production
Executive producerClaire Elstow
ProducerTracey Mulcrone & Jo Killingley
Running time19 minutes
Production companyTop TV Productions Series 1 & 2
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) –
25 December 2006 (2006-12-25)
Release28 February (2022-02-28) –
31 December 2022 (2022-12-31)
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Big Cook, Little Cook is a British children's television series created by Adrian Hedley for BBC television. The programme is set in the kitchen of a café, with two chef characters: Big Cook Ben and Little Cook Small. CBeebies aired repeats on the channel until 2012.[1]

Big Cook and Little Cook are both fully grown adults, but Small is only a few inches tall and flies around on a wooden spoon. Ben and the original Small were played by Steve Marsh and Dan Wright, respectively.

An official magazine was launched in August 2005.[2]

The show made a comeback with a revival series in 2022, now presented by Ibinabo Jack as Big Cook Jen and Courtney Bowman as Little Cook Small. The original series are available to watch on BritBox, Prime Video and on DVD. [3] The revival series is available to watch on Apple TV. [4]

  1. ^ "CBeebies – Big Cook Little Cook". BBC. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC launches Big Cook Little Cook mag". www.campaignlive.co.uk. 8 August 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ "CBeebies – Big Cook Little Cook, Series 1".
  4. ^ "Big Cook Little Cook – Apple TV (UK)". 2 February 2004.