Hero Squad

Hero Squad is a children's television programme that airs on the CBBC Channel. Hero Squad follows six children around the UK as they are trained up by the various emergency services around the UK, they then take part in a staged rescue. Throughout the process of the series the children learn vital skills needed to be in the emergency services. The series is currently hosted by Rav Wilding and has been renewed for a second series, filming begins next Summer for broadcast in Autumn 2013.[1][2][3]

Hero Squad
Presented byRav Wilding
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes20 (10 still to air)
Production
Production locationVarious
DistributorBBC
Release
Original networkCBBC Channel
Original release8 October 2012 (2012-10-08) –
present
Chronology
Preceded byCop School
External links
Website

Format

Hero Squad follows six children aged 12–14 as they experience training from all the emergency services around the United Kingdom. The program is hosted by Rav Wilding who leads the children along with a guest mentor for each episode. At the end of the training a "Squad Leader" is elected by the mentor and Wilding; the "Squad Leader" will then the lead the other five children in the staged rescue operation using the services state-of-the-art equipment. At the end of the episode, we see a comment from the mentor stating how well they feel the child has done.[4][5]

References
  1. "Benfleet teen part of 'Hero Squad' for CBBC TV series". Echo.
  2. "BBC - CBBC - Page not found". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. "BBC - CBBC - Page not found". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. "Hero Squad - CBBC - BBC". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  5. "BBC - CBBC - Page not found". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Cite uses generic title (help)
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