Summary
The show follows the daughter of renowned chef Gordon Ramsay as the family heads off on their summer holidays in Los Angeles. Matilda cooks her way through the very best of US and British dishes whilst blogging along the way for the CBBC website, adding her own unique twists to the food. Each episode has its own theme, and Tilly cooks a meal for her family according to the theme whilst the rest of the family - Jack, Megan and Holly - travel around their current city trying out new activities and taking part in challenges against each other. The family also take their summer holidays in the U.K as well, trying out many different British activities from rock climbing to making rafts in the sea.Cast
This is a list of the main cast, recurring cast and guest starring currently appearing on ''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch''. ;Key : =Guest starring
Development and production
In November 2014, theReception
Critical reception
Despite sporadic criticism, the show has had high viewership with five series aired, and stands as one of CBBC's most watched shows.Series averages
''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch'' was a ratings success upon its initial broadcast. The average viewership for the first series was 216,500 viewers in August 2015. The second series viewership averaged 211,857 viewers, lower than the first series. The first series still holds the highest rated episode with episode 5 ''The Big Food Fight'' with a total viewership of 337,000 viewers. Series three saw the lowest viewership in the 3 years of the show, with the series getting an average of just 196,571 viewers or 7.2% less than the second series. All information in this table comes fromTitles
2015 (S1)
The opening sequence for the first series shows Tilly opening the front door, welcoming the viewers into their home, and introducing her family one at a time around the home, interspersed with clips from series one.2016-2017 (S2-S3)
The new revamped opening sequence is much shorter. Tilly doesn't introduce her family; this was instead replaced with the family talking back to Tilly where she makes a joke or a comment about her "crazy family" and also clips from the second series are shown. The opening sequence from the second series carry on into the third series but with a few changes, instead of Tilly opening the door when the door opens it's Gordon, Holly, Megan and Tana all saying ''I'm Matilda'' over and over until Tilly appears from behind and walks into the kitchen, ''(''Jack doesn't make an appearance in the third series titles apart from a 5 second link of him on Tilly's iPad'')''. Clips from the third series are also shown.2018 (S4)
The fourth series titles had a revamp: the first few seconds from the third series titles are shown before cutting to Tilly who is watching it on a TV screen at home before clips from the fourth series are shown. All the Ramsay family feature in the opening titles, with each family member in a different room as Matilda calls them down to start watching Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch on the TV.Broadcasts
Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch first aired on the CBBC channel on April 14 the first series aired at different times slots on Fridays with repeats on Saturday mornings. When the second series began airing the first episode was released on BBC Iplayer a week before broadcast on TV. The second series was also moved from its Friday slot and move to a Tuesday and aired all 15 episodes at the same time unlike the first series which aired each episode on different times for an unknown reason. Series two repeats where still shown on Saturday mornings same as series one. The third series began airing on 5 May 2017 and the show continued to its Friday slot but will be shown at 7:45am, earlier than past series. Repeats of old episodes are still shown throughout the year on CBBC. The second series of Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch is available to buy and keep on the BBC store, however the first series isn't available to buy. It was announced on 25 May 2017 that the BBC Store would be closing down. The second series which was made available to buy and keep would be available until the 1 November 2017 after this date everyone who's bought the second series would lose it.International broadcasters
The show has been broadcast around the world including the following countries: Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch airs many overseas countries, the series airs in Singapore on theSeries overview
Episodes
Series 1 (2015)
It was announced in January 2015 that CBBC had created a new children's cooking show based around the Ramsay family. The first series was made up of 15 episodes which ran for 15 minutes each. The first episode aired on CBBC on 14 April 2015 and ran for 15 weeks finishing with episode 15 on 21 July 2015. Filming for the series took place in summer 2014 at the Ramsays' home in Las Vegas and took 6 weeks to film.Series 2 (2016)
It was announced in August 2015 that Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch would be renewed for a 15x15 minute second series to air in 2016, unlike the first series where the show was filmed in L.A the second series was filmed in L.A, Cornwall and London at all three Ramsay family homes throughout the summer holidays. The second series saw many guest starts from James Cordon, Cruz Beckham and The Vamps. Filming for the series took place in summer 2015 in L.A, Cornwall and London it was again filmed over 6 weeks.Series 3 (2017)
On 19 July 2016 it was announced that CBBC had ordered a third series of Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch, the third series started on 5 May 2017 on the CBBC and finished on 11 August 2017. The series will be made up of 15x15 minute episodes. Filming for the third series same as past series took place during the summer holidays when the Ramsay family go to L.A for their holidays. All the Ramsay family will return for the third series. Filming for the third series finished in L.A on 23 August 2016 with more filming talking place in the U.K. Series 3 also so guest stars appear in the series, in episode 8 America Got Talent contestant Alondra Santos helped write and also sang a song at the Ramsay parents anniversary meal. In episode 13 Tilly got to interview three starts from the 2016 film Pete's Dragon, she interviewed,Series 4 (2018)
On 27 June 2017 it was announced that a fourth series of Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch had been ordered by CBBC to air in Summer 2018. The series will again see the Ramsay family on their summer holiday with Tilly cooking her favourite foods and seeing the family going on adventures and doing challenges against each other. The series will again be made up of 15x15 minute episodes, all the Ramsay family will return for the fourth series. Filming began in London at the 2017 London Dragon boat festival. The fourth series began on the 24th of April, the fourth series returned to airing in the evening, airing at 5:25pm. Another change to the fourth series saw Ramsay family friends Emma and Byrom who had appeared as recurring cast members from the second series didn't return for the fourth series.Series 5 (2019)
It was confirmed on 10 July that a fifth series was ordered by CBBC. The fifth series will air in 2019 and all the Ramsay family would return.Bibliography
It was confirmed in March 2017 that Matilda Ramsay would be releasing her first cooking book based on the TV series. *''Matilda & The Ramsay Bunch: Tilly's Kitchen Takeover'' (2017)Digi Tilly online mini series
As of 2017 mini episodes were available online of around 3–4 minutes duration and show Tilly cooking one of her favourite foods.Awards and nominations
References
External links
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