Brian and Brianna's Bright Lunch

Brian and Brianna's Bright Lunch is a children's weekend lunchtime block airing on Comedy Extra since September 2018 from 11:30am to 2:30pm. The block has various segments, games, shows and cartoons hosted by Brian the Bunny Rabbit and Brianna the Bunny Rabbit along with Dusty the Cat, Hugh the Monster, Quackers the Duck (Chef Quackers) Jackie the Lion, Bobby the Zebra and Fluff the Poodle.

The block has won many awards and has proven to be very popular with its audience share, even going as to fundraise for many charities.

History
Bright Lunch first started broadcasting on Comedy Extra since September 2018, and aired from 12:00pm-2:30pm, airing cartoons mostly sourced from Classic Kids Channel alongside the BVS Entertainment (Disney) catalogue. After this early success, IME Consumer Products signed on as the licensor for the block and brand name.

During the Summer holidays in 2019 for a limited time only, Bright Lunch was also shown on Friday afternoons with more programmes like Combo Niños, Christopher Crocodile and Malibu CA.

In January 2020, Bright Breakfast! debuted on the IME Family Channel and is hosted by a new mascot - Olly the Duck. This block airs shows that Bright Lunch are taking a break from, along with new and exclusive ones. The block later moved to Comedy Extra in January 2021.

At the same time when Bright Breakfast launched, IME Consumer Products released Brian and Brianna's Bright Lunch: The App, and extended the Bright Lunch brand in May 2020 with the launch of a streaming service called Bright Replay!, which not only has your favourite shows, but also exclusive content never-before-seen on Bright Lunch.

From late March till the start of September 2020, the block was only shown for one hour with just three or four programmes and was billed as "Bright Lunch at Home" with just an out-of-vision announcer, because of obvious health and safety issues.

In June 2020, it would be announced that the summer slot on Fridays will be used for airing feature-length movies called Bright Movies. Bright Movies returned in December 2020.

Continuity
The in-vision links that were filmed live on air in-between all the programmes and segments had Brian, Brianna and friends presenting the show in a main yellow stripy set.

Brian and Brianna would end up having funny conversations as well as telling bad puns and having fun in general with guests.

Even Hugh, Dusty and Quackers would sometimes appear in those links with other bizarre capers.

The links were sometimes scripted (if there's been a situation going on with each other or anyone else) and the humor added into them at most times have proven to work for both kids and adults alike.

There were a lot of pre-recorded items (for example: Dusty Meets and Chef Quackers' Recipe of the Week), live phone-in games and competitions featured on the links for viewers to take part in.

Merchandising and Other Material
IME Consumer Products has licensed the Bright Lunch name for all sorts of products upon their behalf. Products that have been released include DVDs released by CWP Home Entertainment, plush toys of Brian and Brianna the Bunny Rabbit, T-shirts and albums released by CWP Consumer Products.

From Late 2019 until Early 2020, A nationwide-selling stage show produced by Big Achievement Productions and IME Consumer Products called Brian and Brianna's Bright Lunch Live! toured the United Kingdom, which had a plot involving Brian and Brianna going on a treasure hunt and meeting various characters along the way. There will be further plans on other Bright Lunch stage shows for selected theatres and Butlins resorts.

There is also a Bright Lunch magazine, also released by CWP Consumer Products.

FRIDAY

 * 11:30am - Charlie Chalk
 * 11:45am - Bouli (2 episodes) (NEW)
 * 12pm - Lavender Castle
 * 12:15pm - My Life as a Teenage Robot (1 segment)
 * 12:30pm - Care Bears: Care Along!
 * 12:45pm - Vlog It's Got Talent
 * 1pm - Bright Movies

SATURDAY

 * 11:30am - Stone Age
 * 11:40am - Vlog It's Got Talent
 * 12pm - Fat Dog Mendoza
 * 12:30pm - H2O: Just Add Water
 * 1pm - Lilo and Stitch: The Series (NEW)
 * 1:30pm - Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (1 segment)
 * 1:45pm - Dream Street (NEW)
 * 2pm - Albie
 * 2:15pm - Laura's Star

SUNDAY

 * 11:30am - Wide Eye
 * 11:40am - Bouli (2 episodes) (NEW)
 * 12pm - Animaniacs
 * 12:30pm - Ruby Gloom
 * 1pm - W.I.T.C.H.
 * 1:30pm - H2O: Just Add Water
 * 2pm - Shoebox Zoo

Original programming from CWP International, L.P.

 * A.T.O.M. Adventures (IME Animation/IME Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Bill Diff and Elliot Flippy (Oscar Barnett Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Care Bears: Care Along! (IME Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Doctor Oshawott (Associated-Rediffusion Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Doughnosaurs (Freeman Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Frogger Beyond (IME Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Henry Hound Toys Family (Associated-Rediffusion Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Humble Action Team (IME Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Humble Toys Family (IME Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Mario Toys Family Super Star (Comedy World Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Mini Mario Adventures (MTFSS spin-off) (Comedy World Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Oscar Barnett's Toys Family (Oscar Barnett Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Post 16 Adventures (Comedy World Productions/CWP International, L.P.)
 * The Brian the Bunny Rabbit Show (IME Entertainment/Mayday Vision/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Vlog It! (Comedy World Productions/LIVE! Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Vlog It's Got Talent (Comedy World Productions/LIVE! Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)
 * Wood World (IME Entertainment/CWP International, L.P.)

Acquired animated programming

 * Albie (Cosgrove Hall Films/ITV Studios)
 * Animaniacs (2020 revival) (Amblin Entertainment/Warner Bros Animation)
 * Archie's Weird Mysteries (Riverdale Productions and Kent/QMA/Les Studios Tex/DIC Productions, L.P./WildBrain)
 * A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines (SIP Animation/Jetix Europe/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
 * Avenger Penguins (Cosgrove Hall Films/Thames International/Boat Rocker Media)
 * Bob the Builder (original series) (HIT Entertainment/Mattel Television/WildBrain Ltd.)
 * Bouli (C2A/Bouli Audiovisuel/Les Cartooneurs Associes/Ampersand)
 * Brambly Hedge (Cosgrove Hall Films/HOT Animation/HIT Entertainment)
 * Classic Care Bears Specials (Atkinson Film-Arts/Those Characters From Cleveland, LLC)
 * The Caribou Kitchen (Maddocks Cartoon Productions/DreamWorks Classics)
 * Charlie Chalk (Woodland Animations Ltd/DreamWorks Classics)
 * Christopher Crocodile (Mixpix Ltd/DreamWorks Classics)
 * Combo Niños (SIP Animation/Jetix Europe/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
 * Dick Spanner P.I. (Anderson Entertainment/Monster Entertainment)
 * Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands (Cosgrove Hall Films/Abbey Home Media/Universal Pictures)
 * Fantomcat (Cosgrove Hall Films/ITV Studios)
 * Fat Dog Mendoza (Sunbow Entertainment/Sony Wonder Television/TMO-Loonland Film GmbH/Cartoon Network Europe/m4e AG)
 * Get Ed (Red Rover Studios/Jetix Animation Concepts/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
 * Generation O! (Sunbow Entertainment/Sony Wonder Television/RTV Family Entertainment AG/Your Family Entertainment AG)
 * Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Renegade Animation/Cartoon Network Studios/Warner Bros Television)
 * House of Mouse (Walt Disney Television Animation/Disney Enterprises, Inc)
 * Iznogoud (Saban International Paris/Saban Entertainment/BVS Entertainment, Inc.)
 * Joshua Jones (Bumper Films/S4C/Hoho Entertainment)
 * King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (Creativite et Developpment/Golden Films/Bohbot Entertainment)
 * Kit and Kaboodle (CineGroupe/HG Distribution)
 * Laura's Star (Rothkirch Cartoon-Film/Keeskemetfilm Ltd/ZDF Enterprises/Bauhaus Medien AG/SF DRS)
 * Lavender Castle (Carrington Productions International/DreamWorks Classics)
 * Lilo and Stitch: The Series (Walt Disney Television Animation/Disney Enterprises Ltd)
 * Little Red Tractor (The Little Entertainment Company/DreamWorks Classics)
 * My Life as a Teenage Robot (Frederator Studios/Nickelodeon Animation Studio/Paramount Global Inc.)
 * Noddy's Toyland Adventures (Cosgrove Hall Films/BBC Worldwide/DreamWorks Classics)
 * Oakie Doke (Cosgrove Hall Films/ITV Studios)
 * Old Bear Stories (Optomen Television/Ealing Animation/Carlton UK Productions)
 * Pokemon Advanced (4Kids Entertainment/The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon Battle Frontier (The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon Chronicles (spin-off) (4Kids Entertainment/The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon: DP - Battle Dimension (The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon: DP - Galactic Battles (The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon Indigo League (Christmas editions only) (4Kids Entertainment/The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pokemon Journeys (The Pokemon Company International)
 * Pucca (Seasons 1-2 only) (VOOZ Character System/Studio B Productions/Jetix Europe/Planeta Group)
 * Rocky and the Dodos (Cosgrove Hall Films/ITV Studios)
 * Ruby Gloom (Nelvana Enterprises Inc)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) (DIC Productions, L.P.,/Sega of America, Inc./WildBrain Ltd.)
 * Stone Age (BKN International AG/41 Entertainment Ltd)
 * The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey (Dawdle Productions/Chatsworth Television)
 * The Care Bears Family (Thanksgiving episode only) (Nelvana Enterprises Ltd/C.B.I.S. Productions/Those Characters From Cleveland, LLC)
 * The Foxbusters (Cosgrove Hall Films/ITV Studios)
 * The Magic Key (Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Ltd/HIT Entertainment PLC/BBC Motion Gallery)
 * The Save-Ums! (The Dan Clark Company/C.O.R.E. Digital Creations/Decode Entertainment/WildBrain Ltd.)
 * The Tofus (SIP Animation/CineGroupe/Jetix Europe/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
 * The Treacle People (Fire Mountain Productions)
 * The Why Why Family (Saban Entertainment/Saban International Paris)
 * The Wombles (original series) (FilmFair London)
 * Trollz (Studio DAM/DIC Entertainment Corporation/WildBrain Ltd)
 * Wide Eye (King Rollo Films/Abbey Home Media/Hoho Entertainment)
 * Wiggly Park (Telemagination Ltd/ITV Studios)
 * W.I.T.C.H. (SIP Animation/Jetix Europe/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
 * Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Frederator Studios/Bolder Media Ltd/Mixed Media Group/Starz Media)

Acquired live-action programming

 * Chums (SM:TV Live) (Zenith Entertainment/SimplyMediaTV)
 * Dream Street (Platinum Films)
 * H20: Just Add Water (Jonathan M. Shiff Productions/ZDF Enterprises)
 * Malibu, CA (Tribune Entertainment)
 * My Spy Family (Kindle Entertainment/Turner Broadcasting System Europe/WildBrain Ltd.)
 * Shoebox Zoo (Blueprint Entertainment/CBBC Scotland/Alberta Filmworks/Shoebox Productions)
 * Space Precinct (Mentorn Films/Anderson Entertainment/Stadium Media)
 * Terrahawks (Anderson Burr Productions/Larkshead Media/Network Distributing)
 * Tots TV (Ragdoll Productions/Central Independent Television/ITV Studios)
 * The Haunting Hour: The Series (The Hatchery/Incendo Films/Front Street Pictures/Endemol Shine)
 * The Toy Railway Series (VarieTV)

Upcoming Programmes

 * Pokemon Master Journeys (The Pokemon Company International)
 * Top Cat (Hanna-Barbera Productions/Warner Bros. Discovery Ltd)

Bright Movies
(Summer Holidays on Fridays in 2020)


 * 26th June - Chicken Run (Aardman Animations/DreamWorks Animation/Pathé)
 * 3rd July - Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish (HOT Animation/HIT Entertainment)
 * 10th July - Dennis: Cruise Control (General Mills/DIC Entertainment Corporation)
 * 17th July - The Care Bears Movie (TCFC/LBS Communications/The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
 * 24th July - Cosgrove Hall's The BFG (Cosgrove Hall Films)
 * 31st July - Thunderbirds are Go (Century 21 Cinema Productions/Associated Television/United Artists)
 * 7th August - The Amazing Zorro (Zorro Productions Ltd./DIC Entertainment Corporation)
 * 14th August - Flushed Away (Aardman Animations/DreamWorks Animation)
 * 21st August - Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (OLM, Inc./Toho/The Pokemon Company International)
 * 28th August - The Wind in the Willows (Cosgrove Hall Films)
 * 4th September - Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder (HOT Animation/HIT Entertainment)

Halloween Bright Movies (October 31st-November 1st 2020)


 * 31st October - Monster Mash (DIC Entertainment, L.P./RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana/RAI Fiction)
 * 1st November - Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai (OLM, Inc./OLM Digital/The Pokemon Company International)

Christmas Bright Movies (Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing Day 2020, New Year's Day 2021) Easter Bright Movie
 * 24th December - Bump in the Night - Twas' the Night Before Bumpy (Danger Productions/Greengrass Productions/ABC)
 * 25th December - The Magic Roundabout (Action Synthese/UK Film Council/bolexbrothers/Pathé)
 * 25th December - Thunderbird 6 (Century 21 Cinema Productions/Associated Television/United Artists)
 * 26th December - The Little Polar Bear (Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany/Warner Bros. Pictures)
 * 26th December - Groove Squad (DIC Entertainment Corporation)
 * January 1st - Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure (Frederator Studios/Nickelodeon Animation Studio/DIC Entertainment Corporation)
 * January 1st - Cosgrove Hall's The BFG (Cosgrove Hall Films)
 * April 5th - Soul (Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Summer Bright Movies (2021)

These will air after the Friday editions of Bright Lunch.


 * July 9th - Care Bears: The Giving Festival (American Greetings/SD Entertainment)
 * July 16th - Bob the Builder: Built To Be Wild (HOT Animation/HIT Entertainment)
 * July 23rd - Babar: The Movie (Nelvana/Winstone Films)
 * July 30th - Robots (Blue Sky Studios/20th Century Fox)
 * August 6th - Kong: King of Atlantis (BKN International AG)
 * August 13th - Laura's Star (Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany/Warner Bros. Pictures)
 * August 20th - Early Man (Aardman Animations/BFI/StudioCanal)
 * August 27th - Pokemon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions (OLM Inc./Toho/The Pokemon Company International)
 * September 3rd - Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) (Sega Sammy Group/Original Film/Marza Animation Planet/Blur Studio/Paramount Pictures)

Halloween Bright Movies (30th-31st October 2021)


 * 30th October - R. L. Stein's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It! (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/The Hatchery/Steeltown Entertainment/Creata Entertainment)
 * 31st October - Mickey's House of Villains (Walt Disney Television Animation/Walt Disney Pictures/Buena Vista Home Entertainment)

Christmas and New Year Bright Movies 2021 (24th December-1st January)

Summer 2022 (Fridays)
 * 24th December - Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (Walt Disney Television Animation/Walt Disney Pictures/Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
 * 25th December - Wakko's Wish (Animaniacs) (Amblin Entetrainment/Warner Bros Animation)
 * 26th December - Moshi Monsters: The Movie (Mind Candy/Spider Eye Productions/Universal Pictures)
 * 1st January - The Little Polar Bear (Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany/Warner Bros. Pictures)
 * 2nd January - Bob the Builder: Snowed Under (HOT Animation/HIT Entertainment/WildBrain)


 * 8th July - Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
 * 15th July - The Magic Roundabout (Action Synthese/UK Film Council/bolexbrothers/Pathé)
 * 22th July - Lilo and Stitch (Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios/Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.)
 * 29th July - Flushed Away (Aardman Animations/DreamWorks Animation)
 * 5th August - TRON (Walt Disney Productions/Lisberger-Kushner Productions/Buena Vista Distribution)
 * 12th August - Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Sammy Group/Original Film/Marza Animation Planet/Blur Studio/Paramount Pictures)
 * 19th August - The Powerpuff Girls Movie (Cartoon Network Studios/Warner Bros. Pictures)
 * 26th August - Babar: King of the Elephants (Nelvana/Home Made Movies/TV-Loonland AG/The Clifford Ross Company/Alliance Films)
 * 2nd September - The Harry Hill Movie (Lucky Features/Jonescompany Productions/Entertainment Film Distributors)

The Memory Game/Everyone's A Winner!
Brian and Brianna host a short quiz which gives viewers calling them live on the phone a chance to answer 10 questions correctly and win one of many prizes, depending on the score they have.

Dusty Meets...
Dusty the Cat meets a Super Star Comedy friend or a celebrity on her laptop and sometimes meets them face to face whenever she's out on the block holding her microphone.

Snap, Crackle, and Pop!
A revamp of The Big Breakfast fill-in of the same name looking at the latest in pop music and television.

Hugh's Reviews
Hugh the Monster reviews the latest in video games, films, and TV programmes whether he'd love them or hate them.

Chef Quackers' Recipe of the Week
Quackers the Duck cooks up something tasty which sometimes causes a bit of barmy kitchen chaos!

Chef Quackers' Christmas Corner
Quackers the Duck is joined by some children to make fun things and cook up special Christmas recipes that viewers will also enjoy making and this time, Quackers doesn't get into too much trouble than he used to!

Pancake Challenge!
Brian and Brianna challenge a Super Star Comedy friend, a show character, or a celebrity to flip a pancake as many times as possible in 30 seconds and find out who will get the highest score to be a champion.

Jackie's 1 Minute Newsflash
Jackie the Lion gives out brief entertainment news with special thanks from the Scratchy Bottom Observer and sometimes gives away news-related puns that are just as bad as Brian's.

Name That Tune
Based on the game show of the same name. Two contestants are put against each other to test their knowledge of songs with the aid of Dusty the Keyboard Cat playing a selection of them on her piano.

Brian's Obstacle Course
Brian and Brianna challenge contestants and celebrities to a difficult obstacle course where they have to pick up hidden prizes that can be won by any Bright Lunch viewer watching now.

NOTE: This is the only live segment to be filmed outside of the studio at a private garden somewhere at Pinewood Studios where Bright Lunch is filmed.

Alphabet Soup
Another phone-in game where Brian and Brianna challenge the caller on changing some of the following letters floating on a bowl of soup to make up a different variety of words, just like that of the classic ITV gameshow 'Chain Letters'.

Guess Who's Hiding Under The Pudding?
A guessing game where the viewers try and guess who is hiding behind a Christmas Pudding.

Was featured in December/Christmas 2018 editions only.

Party Pieces
Brian and Brianna show off a variety of home videos with various people performing a variety of acts and they also decide which of them is better which also means the viewers will have to cast their votes on each of them.

A bit similar to the same Party Pieces seen on Henry Hound's House Party.

Bogies!
A one-off revamp of the Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow fill-in with the same name where Brian and Brianna are at a secret location (e.g. Madame Tussaud's, London) and they try their best to shout BOGIES as loud as they possibly could at different parts of that location before they would easily get kicked out for eternity.

Brian and Brianna on the Road!
Brian and Brianna visit places around the United Kingdom and Ireland on their Bunnymobile and discover more about what goes on and sometimes even throw a party with everyone there.

Was seen on Bright Lunch on Friday editions only during the Summer of 2019.

True or False!
A simple true or false game where they challenge contestants to answer questions (most of them tend to be as silly as anything).

Monster Whack!
Bright Lunch viewers can play the game by shouting “Whack!” as many times as they can to give the many scary monsters appearing through holes in a disused cemetery a good whacking from a hovering broomstick.

This phone-in game was only played on the Halloween 2020 edition of Bright Lunch.

You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It
Brian and Brianna ring up 2 random Bright Lunch viewers, and they can guess how many jam donuts (or other varying food) Chef Quackers can eat in thirty seconds.

Whoever is closest wins a Chef Quackers dinner plate with other exclusive Bright Lunch cutlery.

Tricky Training!
New mascot presenter Bobby the Zebra shows off a magic trick and afterwards, he reveals how the trick is done for eager viewers to try out at home (if they know their skills).

Samurai Quack
Quackers the Duck narrates the stories of himself as Samurai Quack, a samurai who wields two magic katanas called Kat and Ana, which are capable of cutting through anything, and that he must use to defeat the demon Achoo.

But before Samurai Quack could finish her off, she sends the samurai forward in time to a dystopian future ruled by her.

Armed with only his dressing gown, sandals and katanas, Samurai Quack quests to travel back to his own time and defeat Achoo before she can take over the world.

As Quackers tells the stories, random sound effects are heard whenever things happen.

Doctor Loo
In this new series of pre-recorded sketches for Sunday lunchtimes - Brian the Bunny Rabbit plays the role of Doctor Loo, and he, with his companion Louise Rolls (played by Brianna the Bunny Rabbit) travel about the universe in their planet hopping toilet, the TURDIS, foiling the plans of the Kelads (spoofs of the Daleks) and the Cidermen (spoofs of the Cybermen, speaking with Westcountry accents).

Celebrities Play Games!
In this pre-recorded series of this new Saturday item (filmed during lockdown), four celebrities in two teams have been challenged at home by Brian and Brianna to play rounds of selected online games.

Hugh’s Monster Makes
Pre-recorded series of fun makes from everyday objects; provided by Hugh the Monster (with only his arms seen), no matter how big or small it is.

Filmed in lockdown for Bright Lunch’s younger viewers.

The Young Buns
A 5-minute family-friendly parody of The Young Ones, but with Brian and friends playing the roles.

Terraquiz
Brian and Brianna call up two random Bright Lunch viewers, and ask them 10 questions that relate to Terrahawks. Correct answers are worth three points. The third, sixth and ninth questions always involve listening to a snippet of a Kate Kestrel song, then having to guess which episode it came from.

The winning viewer then goes on to play a part of the game called "Stew Dapples' Top 10". In this part, the viewer has thirty seconds to name ten things that are to do with a subject given by Brian the Bunny Rabbit in his best Stew Dapples impression. If the viewer successfully manages this, they win the complete series of Terrahawks on DVD, but if they lose, they instead win a random Terrahawks toy from Bandai.

A consolation prize, consisting of a T-shirt with a picture of Sergeant Major Zero saying "Oh dear, how sad, never mind!", is given to the losing contestant.

Viewers' E-mails and Pictures
Brian and Brianna show off viewer-sent emails and pictures.

Competition Time!
Competitions where the viewers can win prizes by answering a simple question or doing something different.

Almost Legendary Pop Performances/Videos!
New mascot disc jockey Fluff the Poodle introduces a pop group or singer to perform one of their singles at a separate sound stage in Pinewood Studios (next to the Bright Lunch set).

Also shows music videos.