Many a child has had a birthday card shout-out on CBeebies and today the channel is celebrating a milestone of its own after 20 years on air.
With programmes now made at Salford 's MediaCity, home to BBC's Children's department, we've got more reason to mark the occasion than most.
But it's parents across the country who are grateful for the years of entertainment that the channel, along with CBBC - which is also turning 20 - have brought their little ones.
And let's not forget the joy that Tom Hardy et al have brought to mums with their Bedtime Stories too, not to mention the time they were going bananas for Mr Bloom, aka Ben Faulks.
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