The second series of the children's British cooking programme Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch aired from 6 May to 12 August 2016, it was announced that the series was renewed by CBBC for a second series. The Second series follows the Ramsay family on their summer holidays in L.A, Cornwall and London where Matilda Ramsay (Tilly) cooks her favourite meals and foods whiles the rest of the family go out and about Tilly also challenges her family to do challenges in each show.

The second series of Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch was moved from its Tuesday evening time slot to a Friday and would air all 15 episodes at the same time unlike the first series witch had many different time slots. Episode 1 of Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch was released on BBC Iplayer on 29 April 2016 a week before original broadcast. Episode 1 was then also shown on CBBC on 6 May 2016.

Production

Development It was announced in August 2015 that Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch would be renewed for a 15x15 minute second series to air in 2016, unlike the first series where the show was filmed in L.A the second series was filmed in L.A, Cornwall and London at all three Ramsay family homes throughout the summer holidays. The second series saw many guest stars including James Cordon, Cruz Beckham and The Vamps.

Filming When the second series was confirmed, it was also reviled that filming for the series again took place during the U.K summer holidays in 2015 for April 2016 release. Unlike the first series where it was all filmed in L.A for the third series the Ramsay family took holidays in L.A, Cornwall and London. It was all filmed over 6 weeks same as the first series.

Guest starring The second series saw many guest stars throughout the series, some of the celebrities where interviewed by the Ramsay's and some performed. This was the first series to introduce guest starring and it will return in series three.

Celebrities Episode number Notes James Corden Episode 4 Corden appears in the fourth episode; Tilly and her father are off to The Late Late Show with James Corden as Gordon is appearing on the show with Tilly for a cooking item/ challenge, before the lice show Tilly gives James some food that she cook for him in a hamper. During the live show the three have a challenge to who can cook the best British breakfast James vs Tilly & Gordon. It all goes down hill when Gordon makes a mess of the bacon and almost sets it on fire and James doing all the cooking in one pan also making a mess. The winners where Tilly & Gordon Cruz Beckham Episode 2 Beckham appears in the second episode; The Ramsay family are making their own drive-in movie, Tilly leaves the making to her brothers and sisters whiles she cooks the food for the movie and she was also playing jokes and pranks on her family recording them for the home movie. Whiles Tilly was cooking outside in the garden the home movie screen wasn't going to well so Mum Tana decide to bring in some help for them, she brings in Cruz Beckham to help make the screen. Cruz didn't stay for the evening film though The Vamps (British band) Episode 9 Also performed at the end of the show The Vamps appears in the ninth episode; The Ramsay family find out what it takes to become big rock stars. Matilda makes a meal for The Vamps, once the food is cooked and ready along with her brother, sisters and their friends and Gordon and Tana they go and visit The Vamps on tour in L.A. Tilly gives her food to the band in witch they loved it. The band show the Ramsay family where they perform and they lets Matilda have a go playing on the drum kit. Matilda's brother Jack a guitar and he gets to play on stage with them.

Episodes

Ratings Episode Date CBBC ratings(In Thousands) CBBC weekly ratings Total viewers(In Thousands) Episode 1 6 May 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 2 13 May 2016 200,000 2 241,000 Episode 3 20 May 2016 203,000 2 210,000 Episode 4 27 May 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 5 3 June 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 6 5 June 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 7 17 June 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 8 19 June 2016 165,000 10 169,000 Episode 9 1 July 2016 184,000 7 233,000 Episode 10 8 July 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 11 15 July 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 12 22 July 2016 302,000 1 302,000 Episode 13 29 July 2016 189,000 2 201,000 Episode 14 5 August 2016 Outside top 10 N/A N/A Episode 15 12 August 2016 127,000 9 127,000 Series average 195,714 211,857

BBC Store After the second series had finished all 15 episodes were available to buy online on the BBC Store. From 1 November 2017 all episodes bought would be lost due to BBC Store being closed down.

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