The Dengineers

The Dengineers is a British children's DIY television series hosted by Lauren Layfield and Joe Tracini and airs on CBBC. The series was previously hosted by Mark Wright. The designers are currently Sege Rosella, Olga Skumial, Tony Broomhead, Satwinder Samra, Maral Rahmantalab and formerly Dee Saigal. Series 1 began on 21 November 2015 and ended on 30 January 2016. A special one-off episode will air on 12 November 2016, featuring the best bits from the previous series with series 2 starting on 19 November 2016.[1] The series is similar to DIY SOS, with the help of expert designers and builders and the youngsters themselves, the Dengineers team will then construct an extraordinary den, either completely from scratch or by transforming an existing space in the home, like a cellar or attic.

The Dengineers
Genre	Children's television series DIY
Directed by	Mel Taylor Paul Benham James Knight Jay Ahmed Charlotte Ingham
Presented by	Lauren Layfield Mark Wright Joe Tracini Meryl Fernandes
Starring	Tony Broomhead Satwinder Samra Maral Tulip Anthony Devine Emma Kosh Olga Skumial Sege Rosella Dee Saigal
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Annette Williams
Producer(s)	Jennifer Morrison Mel Taylor Paul Benham James Knight Jay Ahmed Charlotte Ingham Tanuja East Matt Botten Laura Davies-Parry
Running time	28 minutes
Production company(s)	CBBC Productions
Release
Original network	CBBC
Picture format	1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) – present
External links
Website

As of early 2017, The Dengineers is also airing in the United States on the Discovery Family cable network. In 2017, a special in partnership with Children in Need and Blue Peter aired with guests Naomi Wilkinson, Ayshah Tull, Katie Thistleton, Ben Shires, Rhys Stephenson and Hacker T. Dog.

Production

The Dengineers was first announced on 16 December 2014, with other CBBC commissions for 2015. On 11 April 2015, it was announced that Mark Wright would host with then-future CBBC HQ host Lauren Layfield. On 7 July 2016, a second series was commissioned. On 11 April 2017, it was announced that Wright was set to leave and be replaced by Joe Tracini. The logo and graphics are designed by Manchester Motion Design Agency Mighty Giant.

Episodes

Series	Episodes	Premiere Date	Finale Date
1	11	21 November 2015	12 November 2016
2	12	19 November 2016	11 February 2017
3	16	4 November 2017	17 February 2018
4	14	20 October 2018	2 December 2018
5	14	23 October 2019	14 December 2019

Series 1 (2015)

Series 1 (2015-2016)

No. Eps in Series	No. Eps in Season	Title	Original Air Date
1	1	Survival Den	21 November 2015
2	2	Music Den	28 November 2015
3	3	Football Den	5 December 2015
4	4	Hawaiian Den	12 December 2015
5	5	Dance Den	19 December 2015
6	6	Kitchen Den	2 January 2016
7	7	Art Den	9 January 2016
8	8	Train Den	16 January 2016
9	9	Spy Den	23 January 2016
10	10	Community Den	30 January 2016
11	11	Episode 11	12 November 2016

Series 2 (2016-2017)

Series 2 (2016-2017)

No. Eps in Series	No. Eps in Season	Title	Original Air Date
12	1	Community Den	19 November 2016
13	2	Bollywood Den	26 November 2016
14	3	Gingerbread Den	3 December 2016
15	4	Hollywood Cinema Den	10 December 2016
16	5	Adventure Den	17 December 2016
17	6	DJ Den	7 January 2017
18	7	Eco Den	14 January 2017
19	8	Plane Den	21 January 2017
20	9	Magical Library Den	28 January 2017
21	10	Journalism Den	4 February 2017
22	11	Highlights Den	11 February 2017

Series 3 (2017-2018)

Series 3 (2017-2018)

No. Eps in Series	No. Eps in Season	Title	Original Air Date
23	1	Revisits Episode 1	4 November 2017
24	2	Revisits Episode 2	11 November 2017
25	3	Observatory Den	18 November 2017
26	4	Rugby Den	25 November 2017
27	5	The Dengineers: Community Den Special	2 December 2017
28	6	Marble Run Den	9 December 2017
29	7	Christmas Den	16 December 2017
30	8	Community Den - Part 1	4 January 2018
31	9	Community Den - Part 2	5 January 2018
32	10	Scottish Castle Den	6 January 2018
33	11	Martial Arts Den	13 January 2018
34	12	Turkish Den	20 January 2018
35	13	Witchcraft and Wizardry Den	27 January 2018
36	14	Sensory Den	3 February 2018
37	15	Sport Den	10 February 2018
38	16	Highlights Episode	17 February 2018

Series 4 (2018)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed By	Original air date
39	4	"Revisits One"	TBD	20 October 2018 (2018-10-20)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den:
40	4	"Revisits Two"	TBD	21 October 2018 (2018-10-21)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den:
41	4	"TBD"	TBD	27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Australia Den
42	4	"TBD"	TBD	28 October 2018 (2018-10-28)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Queen Victoria Den
43	4	"TBD"	TBD	3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Army Coding Den
44	4	"TBD"	TBD	4 November 2018 (2018-11-04)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Sweetie Den
45	4	"TBD"	TBD	10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Politics Den
46	4	"TBD"	TBD	11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Cricket Den
47	4	"TBD"	TBD	17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Sewing Den
48	4	"TBD"	TBD	18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Farm Den
49	4	"TBD"	TBD	24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Magic Den
50	4	"TBD"	TBD	25 November 2018 (2018-11-25)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Cycling Den
51	4	"TBD"	TBD	12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: Community Den
52	4	"Highlights"	TBD	14 December 2018 (2018-12-14)
PERSON surprise: Theme of den: TBD

References

1. "BBC Store". BBC. 10 November 2015.

External links

• The Dengineers at BBC Programmes