{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/6532613a30f8d600129b5f0d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ben Faulks: Green-Fingered Adventures in a Magical World","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776870442964-e327df6b-15ba-4924-9a70-5e9cb4f04351.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ben Faulks started with a street theatre act, turned it into a beloved CBeebies series, and has spent his career since finding new ways to nurture curiosity and imagination in children — including getting them to grow things.</p><p>Ben Faulks is a British actor, presenter, and author best known for creating and portraying Mr Bloom in the CBeebies series Mr Bloom's Nursery, with a background in theatre and a career spanning television, stage, and children's literature.</p><ul><li>How a street theatre act gradually grew into Mr Bloom's Nursery</li><li>The world of pantomime and life on stage — and what performing live for children teaches you that nothing else does</li><li>The Let's Grow initiative — how blending nature with imaginative play supports children's learning in ways that feel genuinely radical</li><li>How storytelling changes when you're writing for younger audiences — the constraints, the freedoms, and the responsibility</li><li>What a career built around nurturing creativity and imagination in children gives back to the person doing it</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Ben here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ben_faulks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.letsgrow.org.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Let's Grow</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}