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Catie's Amazing Machines
''Grace's Amazing Machines'' (known as ''Catie's Amazing Machines'' and presented by Catie Munnings for the first series) is a television series first shown on CBeebies in October 2018. Presenter Grace Webb explains the role and basic mechanics of large and/or fast vehicles, usually ending up in the driving seat for a demonstration. The format is similar for each episode; Munnings/Webb summons Speedie, a remote controlled car, to deliver an envelope revealing the theme of the episode. Three machines are featured, from which she chooses her favourite. Vox pops with children share their thoughts on the vehicles. A glam metal soundtrack is provided by The Darkness (band), The Darkness. The show's second series premiered on 21 October 2019; Munnings left the series to focus more on her rally racing career after receiving sponsorship from Red Bull, and was replaced by Grace Webb. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catie Munnings
Catie Munnings (born 15 November 1997) is a British rally driver. The daughter of former rally driver Chris Munnings, she currently competes in the new electric off-road racing series Extreme E for the Andretti United team. She has previously raced in the European Rally Championship, winning the championship's Ladies' Trophy in 2016. She also presented '' Catie's Amazing Machines'' on the BBC television channel CBeebies. Biography Childhood and personal life Munnings was born on 15 November 1997. She is the daughter of the rally driver and instructor Chris Munnings and his wife Tracey. From the age of seven Munnings was educated at the all-girls school Kent College, Pembury, and took three A level examinations. She acted as deputy head girl, an academic, and a performing arts and music scholar. Munnings competed in national athletics tournaments and was talent-spotted as a dancer. She combined her academic studies with her rally career, and declined a place at university. Munni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older children ages 6–12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. History On November 20, 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block, and would be used as both a pre-school block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel officially launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC channel, as a spinoff from the BBC's children's television strand. The first four shows to air on the channel were '' Teletubbies'', ''Binka'', ''Step Inside'', and ''Pingu''. CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 6 am to 6:58 pm, broadcasting 7 days per week, and as a result, it timeshares with fellow BBC channel BBC Four, which is on air after this channel goes off air for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remote Controlled Car
'Radio-controlled cars'' (or RC cars for short) are miniature model cars, vans, buses, trucks or buggy (automobile), buggies that can be controlled from a distance using a specialized transmitter or remote. The term "RC" has been used to mean both "remote controlled" and "radio controlled"."remote controlled" includes vehicles that are controlled by radio waves, infrared waves or a physical wire connection, but the latter term is now obsolete. Common use of "RC" today usually refers only to vehicles controlled by radio, and this article focuses on radio-controlled vehicles only. Cars are powered by various sources. Electric models are powered by small but powerful electric motors and rechargeable nickel-cadmium, nickel metal hydride, or lithium polymer cells. There are also brushed or brushless electric motors - brushless motors are more powerful and efficient, but also much more expensive than brushed motors. Most fuel-powered models use glow plug (model engine), glow plug engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
