Roku UK: The best TV entertainment for children (and parents)

Most parents will be familiar with the constant battle to keep children entertained.

But thanks to its wide selection of content, with everything from educational shows to the best of kids’ TV, the Roku Channel Store has what you need to combat the ‘I’m bored, what can I do now?’ question!

Children’s TV On Demand

Is your child a Peppa Pig fan? Or a Thunderbirds fanatic? Thanks to the catch-up TV services available in the Roku Channel Store you can stream the latest episodes at a time that suits. BBC iPlayer has all the latest Cbeebies offerings from Bing to In the Night Garden, while you can catch up with CITV’s shows, from Adventure Time to Max Steel, on ITV Player. Demand 5 also has a great range of kids’ shows available to stream, including the popular Peppa Pig.

Baby Channels

There’s a number of channels available, which are dedicated to supporting parents with babies. From Baby, which provides videos, lullabies and content to keep babies entertained, to the BabyFirst Channel, which has a range of educational nursery rhymes and fun vocabulary videos, there’s plenty of relaxing and engaging content on offer.

Classic Cartoons

If you’re looking for a great source of classic cartoons there’s a whole host you can stream using your Roku player. Channels such as Kartoon.TV and Cartoon Club give your children access to some of the best cartoons of all time, from Looney Toons and Betty Boop to Casper and Popeye.

Parenting Channels

The Baby Channel is full of great childcare tutorials, and information for parents of new-born children, while iParenting has activity ideas from arts and crafts to fun games, all of which are very useful for a rainy afternoon indoors with the kids!

Games On Your TV

There are a whole host of games available to keep your children entertained. From Mini Golf to Tetris and even the selection of karaoke channels found under the “Music” category in the Roku Channel Store, there’s lots of fun to be had for children of all ages. Plus Roku 3 owners can use their remote control as a motion controller when playing along with some of the games.