{"id":17783,"date":"2022-07-01T11:25:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T09:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1672342"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:14:08","slug":"steve-carell-to-read-cbeebies-bedtime-story-tonight","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/steve-carell-to-read-cbeebies-bedtime-story-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Carell to read CBeebies Bedtime Story tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 01 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Hollywood actor Steve Carell is set to read a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programme\/b-dp3rzd\/cbeebies-bedtime-stories\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">CBeebies Bedtime Story<\/a> tonight (1st July), just as his new movie <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/how-to-watch-minions-the-rise-of-gru\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/a> is released in cinemas.<\/p>\n<p>Carell, who returns to voice the character of Gru in the film sequel, will be reading from The Eyebrows of Doom by Steve Smallman in his CBeebies debut.<\/p>\n<p>The Eyebrows of Doom follows Dave the bear as he, along with friends, tries to stop the offending eyebrows leaping from one unsuspecting animal to the next. Award-winning illustrator Miguel Ordonez created the accompanying artwork.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his upcoming appearance, Carell says: \u201cI loved reading to my kids when they were younger so it was a great pleasure to read a Bedtime Story for CBeebies (about a pair of mischievous eyebrows causing havoc, which is something we can all relate to).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">CBG, CBB? ????\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<br\/><br\/>Wait for it, he gets it right in the end! ????<br\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevecarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@stevecarrell<\/a> is reading CBEEBIES Bedtime Story!<br\/><br\/>The Eyebrows of Doom by Steve Smallman &amp; Miguel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, tonight at 6:50pm then <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCiPlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@bbciplayer<\/a> ????<br\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/theriseofgru?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#theriseofgru<\/a><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBeebiesBedtimeStories?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#CBeebiesBedtimeStories<\/a><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveRT1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@SteveRT1<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrdonezIllustra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@OrdonezIllustra<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/2GGl9F92oY&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/2GGl9F92oY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 CBeebies Grown-Ups ???? (@CBeebiesHQ) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBeebiesHQ\/status\/1542750095296253952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Carell will also be seen afterwards on the BBC\u2019s TikTok page, sharing the entertaining observations of CBeebies\u2019 parent viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The star joins the long list of high profile stars of the big screen who have lent their voices to the task of entertaining children and families with a bedtime story, including <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/tom-hardy-christmas-cbeebies-bedtime-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tom Hardy<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/harry-styles-cbeebies-bedtime-story-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Harry Styles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also seen Dolly Parton, Orlando Bloom and Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge take part, while Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders star <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/rose-ayling-ellis-sign-cbeebies-bedtime-story-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Rose Ayling-Ellis told her story using British Sign Language<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Released today, Minions: The Rise of Gru is the origin story of how the supervillain first met his Minions. When the Vicious 6 oust their leader, superfan Gru interviews to join the group \u2013 only to outsmart and anger them, leading Gru to go on the run!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/rose-ayling-ellis-sign-cbeebies-bedtime-story-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Rose Ayling-Ellis to sign CBeebies Bedtime Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/minions-the-rise-of-gru-soundtrack\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>CBeebies Bedtime Stories is on each weekday at 6:50pm on the CBeebies channel, and is also available on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b00jdlm2\/cbeebies-bedtime-stories&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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