Art Ninja
Art Ninja is a program for youth on CBBC. He’s an expert animator with amazing art skills. His mission is to teach you his secrets and get you creating your own art. Some call him Ricky, we know him as the ART NINJA. The new series promises great art ideas, makes, mates and Ninja madness! The program has been available since 2024. A total of 38 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2025.
Last episode
Art Ninja
Ricky decides he needs to explore the world with Gavin and Sarah. While they decide where to go and what to take, Ricky makes a suitcase desk tidy.
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Gav wins Bristol's Best Dressed competition and somehow Ricky becomes a viral fashion sensation. The gang hold a recycled catwalk fashion show.
Ricky finds a shop dummy and takes it home. Following a weird power surge the mannequin seems to come alive, but not everyone can see it.
Ricky starts to receive countless gifts from a mystery superfan whilst coincidentally items begin to disappear from his flat.
While looking after Gav's cat and Sarah's guinea pig, Ricky gets bitten and suddenly he can hear the pets talking! Not only that, they're gossiping about him.
Ricky's nan has bought him some driving lessons because she thinks he's too old to ride a skateboard. Unfortunately Ricky is not keen.
After Ricky orders an anti-baldness potion, things get hairy and scary as hair grows everywhere. Ricky makes a paper wig and a shaving foam painting.
When Ricky and Gav watch Officially Amazing their competitive streaks take over with increasingly silly record-breaking attempts.
Ricky's latest tech toy decides to become an audio book. Things get even weirder when Sarah transforms into the wicked witch of the West Country.
Nadiya Hussain is looking for locals to enter a foodie competition. Ricky makes art from food, including a lasagne mosaic.
Series 3
Ricky hears that a yeti has been spotted in Bristol, and he is determined to lure the mysterious creature and be the first to photograph it.
Ricky thinks he has nothing to spread on his toast, until a giant egg is delivered. Worried it could contain a baby T rex, Ricky distracts himself with art.
Ricky has never been good at football, so is horrified to hear that his dad has entered him and his make-believe girlfriend into a family tournament.
Gavin can't find the right animal costume to run the local marathon. Ricky helps him decide by making a piranha fish bag and a baboon chalk picture.
Series 2
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Ricky decides to get in shape and makes healthy art, including fruit pom-poms and a salad face place mat.
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Gavin turns up at the flat, but Ricky thinks there is something a bit strange about his mate.
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Ricky decides to form a band, but the instruments he orders don't quite fit the bill.
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Ricky is looking after his baby niece and has to use his ninja skills to try to keep her amused.
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Ricky orders a takeaway, but will his fortune cookies' predictions come true?
Ricky draws and paints with his friends and family. Ricky wishes he could go back in time after spilling paint on a priceless rug.