All Over the Place (TV programme) facts for kids

All Over the Place is a super fun children's TV show made by the BBC. It's a bit like the older show Wonderful World of Weird, but it's not mainly a game show. The main presenter is Ed Petrie, who used to present on CBBC. He's joined by many other famous CBBC presenters like Chris Johnson, Ceallach Spellman, Richard Wisker, Barney Harwood, Naomi Wilkinson, Sam and Mark, Michelle Ackerley, Lauren Layfield, Johny Pitts and Iain Stirling.

The first two series of the show explored cool places and events mainly in the United Kingdom. Then, the third series took the adventure to the USA. The fourth series was all about Australia, and the fifth and sixth series visited different countries across Europe. The seventh and eighth series focused on Asia. "All Over the Place Asia Part 1" first aired on CBBC in January 2017 and introduced a new presenter, Inel Tomlinson. "All Over The Place Asia Part 2" followed in January 2018.

What is All Over the Place About?

The show is all about presenters traveling to different places and finding strange, interesting, and sometimes really random spots to visit. In almost every episode, you'll get to hear a funny song and see a fun competition at the end!

Here are some of the cool places they've visited:

• The Air guitar world championships, where people pretend to play guitar!
• A Bat hospital on the Isle of Wight.
• The world's largest vacuum cleaner collection, owned by someone who could tell any vacuum cleaner just by its sound!
• Preston Bus Station, a famous building.
• The amazing treehouse at Alnwick Castle.
• The magical Storybook Glen.
• The Superlambanana in Liverpool, a giant yellow sculpture.
• Diggerland in Kent, where you can ride real diggers.
• They even met a World War II veteran pigeon named Paddy!
• Dickens World, a place based on the books of Charles Dickens.
• Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.

The show also has different fun segments in each series, like:

• Things that stick out of the... (sea, river, ground etc.)
• Grown-ups collect stuff too
• Why have we stopped here....because it's random
• What are you thinking?
• Things that you see, when you stop for a...
• Things that you munch, when you stop for your lunch
• Bet you didn't know this about.....
• The Song
• The Main Event

Meet the Presenters

The show features a main presenter and many co-presenters who join the adventures.

Main Presenter

Co-presenters

Series Overview

All Over the Place has many exciting series, each exploring different parts of the world!

Series 1 (UK)

The first series explored many unique places across the United Kingdom. Some of the fun songs included parodies like "Storybook Glen" (a parody of "Beat Again" by JLS) and "Preston Bus Station" (a parody of "Sound of the Underground" by Girls Aloud).

Series 2 (UK)

This series continued exploring the UK with more hilarious songs. Examples include "Gold Panning" (a parody of "Gold Digger" by Kanye West) and "Shakespeare" (a parody of "Tragedy" by Steps). They visited places like Diggerland and Dickens World.

Series 3 (USA)

For the third series, the presenters went across the Atlantic to the USA! Ed Petrie, along with Naomi Wilkinson, Jonny Pitts, Cellach Spellman, Iain Stirling, Richard Wisker, and Michelle Ackerley, searched for the most unusual and amazing places in America. Songs included "Tombstone Cowboys" (a parody of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen) and "Mall of America" (a parody of "Price Tag" by Jessie J).

Series 4 (Australia)

This series, called All Over the Place Australia, aired in 2014. As you can guess, it focused on cool events and attractions found "Down Under" in Australia.

Series 5 (Europe)

All Over the Place Europe started in early 2015. It kept the usual fun segments like 'Grown Ups Collect Stuff Too' and 'The Song', but explored attractions in different countries across Europe. Victoria Cook joined the presenter team for this series.

Series 6 (Europe)

This series, "All Over the Place Europe: Part 2", aired in January 2016. New presenters included Ben Shires, Susan Calman, and Lauren Layfield.

Series 7 (Asia)

Filmed in 2016 and broadcast in 2017, this series took the show to Asia. Cel Spellman returned, and Inel Tomlinson joined as a new presenter.

Series 8 (Asia Part 2)

"All Over the Place Asia Part 2" aired in 2018. This series was special because it was the first time Ed Petrie didn't appear in every section; other co-presenters like Chris Johnson and Lauren Layfield teamed up. Barney Harwood returned, and new presenters included Ricky Martin from Art Ninja, Bobby Lockwood, Richard David-Caine, and Johnny Cochrane.

Some episodes in this series featured:

• Episode 1: Supertrees, Laughter Yoga and Rockets. The song was "Mepantigan Mud Games" (a parody of "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran).
• Episode 2: Komodo Dragons, K-Pop and Songkran. The song was "Seoul fan" (a parody of "Soul Man") mixed with "K-Pop Star" (a parody of "Gangnam Style" by Psy).

Series 9 (UK)

A new "All Over the Place UK" series was filmed in 2018 and aired in 2019. Like Series 8, Ed Petrie didn't appear in every section. Sam & Mark returned to present segments on location, and Yasmin Evans joined as a new presenter.

Awards

All Over the Place has been recognized for its fun content!

Spin-off

There's also a spin-off series called All Over the Workplace, which started in 2016. It's hosted by Alex Riley and narrated by Ed Petrie.