CBBC has commissioned Family by Sea (w/t), a 13×30-minute comedy drama. It centres round a highly imaginative boy with heroic leadership skills, qualities that combine to create amazing adventures and terrible chaos.

Charlie, his parents and his brother and sister have just moved to Scarborough from London, downsizing to a family home that doubles as a B&B. Life at the seaside is new to everyone and Charlie loves the freedom, his new friends and their exploits, while his family can”t understand how he creates such havoc around them.

Produced in-house, the series goes into production in Spring 2013. It’;s exec produced by Connal Orton, and produced by Juliet Charlesworh. Brian Lynch is the writer.