MUMBAI: Twins Topsy and Tim are coming to CBeebies in a new preschool drama series made by Darrall Macqueen.

Other new shows returning to the channel will include ?Grandpa In My Pocket? and ?Show Me Show Me?, and the festive show ?CBeebies Panto? which, this year, will be ?Jack And The Beanstalk?.

?Topsy and Tim? offers a snapshot of contemporary family life. The series is based on the books by Jean and Gareth Adamson which were popular in the 1960s and now, for the first time, are being brought up to date for the current CBeebies audience.

Each episode explores the fun of family life from the perspective of five-year-old twins ? from washing the car with Dad to finding a lost rabbit. There are also two key life experiences which underpin this series ? moving house and getting ready to start school ? which bring change and new challenges for Topsy and Tim.

The series aims to encourage children?s personal, social and emotional development as they identify with and learn from the twins? experiences.

The fourth series of ?Grandpa In My Pocket? will see James Bolam, return as Grandpa for more adventures in Sunnysands. This series brings some changes for the Mason Family. They are now living in The Mill-on-the-Marsh, a gorgeous windmill which mum is running as a B&B, while children Jason and Jemima have grown up. But when two of Jason?s young cousins come to stay at The Mill for the summer, they are amazed and excited to be let into the secret of Grandpa?s magic shrinking cap.

Bolam said, ?Grandpa In My Pocket is such a great idea ? first class scripts, original and funny, and the kids love it. I?m really looking forward to another series. In a word ? magic!?

Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee return for a fourth series of ?Show Me Show Me?. At the very top of a ten-storey tower block, Chris and Pui await in a beautiful and bright playroom with all their toy friends - Tom, Miss Mouse, Teddington, Momo and Stuffy. This series will explore a number of new themes alongside the usual fun mix of imaginary play, song, rhyme and movement. There will also be some new nursery rhyme guests who travel up in the lift to visit Chris and Pui on the 10th floor.

Bringing a sprinkling of magic beans and cries of ?Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum? to the channel this Christmas is the pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk. Join all of the CBeebies presenters as they visit an enchanted land for some festive fun and plenty of pantomime frolics. Jack and the Beanstalk will be narrated by Bernard Cribbins and performed in front of a live audience at The Palace Theatre in Manchester for broadcast this Christmas on the CBeebies channel.

Benbow said, ?I am thrilled to be announcing a mix of new and returning programming to the channel. We have been searching for our first-ever live action drama for CBeebies for some time and we are delighted to be working with Darrall Macqueen to bring the wonderful stories of Topsy and Tim to a brand new audience. Viewers will be excited, I?m sure, to see brand new episodes of ?Show Me Show Me? and ?Grandpa In My Pocket? back on the channel. I?m particularly delighted that James Bolam has chosen to return to one of our most popular series as a character loved by our younger viewers and their families, while ?Jack and the Beanstalk? will bring some fairytale fun to the channel at Christmas.?