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Bear Behaving Badly is a British children's television comedy programme, which began on 3rd September 2007 on BBC One and the CBBC Channel. Produced by Darrall Macqueen Ltd for CBBC, it stars Barney Harwood, a well known CBBC presenter, and Nev the bear, a puppet originally from the Sunday morning children's programme Smile. As of early 2010 there have been 3 series of Bear Behaving Badly, and 65 episodes in total - the first 2 series each had 26 episodes, while the 3rd only consisted of 13. The programme is basically a sitcom, as it is, for the most part, set in the block of flats in which Nev and Barney share an apartment. Common settings are Barneys apartment, Andy Pranks apartment, Crazy Keiths den under the floorboards and corridor outside the rooms. Often surreal things happen in the flat like a meteor containing an alien crashing through the roof, a giant plant coming to life, or the beanbag swallowing people and swapping their personalities whilst inside, and the plots often revolve around these things. Another main feature of the programme is the rivalry between Mr Prank, the grumpy caretaker, and Nev, who sets off Mr Pranks allergies. Often when the conflict in the episode is something involving Mr Prank, Nev and his friend Crazy Keith team up to solve the problem. Other times when there's an "external" conflict, like a monster on the loose in the flat, Mr Prank & Nev have to put their differences aside to solve it. Other characters include Aunt Barbera, a bossy aunt who is highly critical of Prank & thinks he's useless, and a postlady with an unrequited crush on Mr Prank. There are lots of catchpharses in the programme - many are things that Nev has said since he was on Smile, like "duckies" and "no, no, no no!", but there are others like Prank always calling Aunt Barbera "Sir" and her calling him "Plank". Barney, in real life, composed the theme music. The last new episode, as of early 2010, was on 23rd December 2009