Nine Minute Ninja
Nine Minute Ninja is a TV show 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 long-running program has been available since 2016. A total of 84 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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Nine Minute Ninja
Ricky gets arty with the alphabet, making some abstract letter art, a comic door sign and the Grand Master appears to create a secret message magnifying glass.
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Ricky’s epic tummy rumble gets him in the mood for food as he creates a Sticky Head Turkey Game, some Fake Sandwiches and he shows us how to draw Cute Fruit.
Ricky gets to work growing some amazing creations, including a picture of flowers made out of toilet roll and an unusual plant pot which looks like a pineapple.
Series 4
09:00
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Ricky accidentally creates a fashion look that quickly goes viral, as well as some punk patches to perk up a backpack.
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Ricky makes a dancing animation from neon lights and the ninja apprentices challenge him to make a skull.
Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Ricky proves that you can make art from anything, as he turns some plastic pots into a putt-a-poo mini golf game.
Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Gav's keeping guard as Ricky gets gifts from a mystery superfan. Meanwhile Ricky makes an expensive-looking selfie.
Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Gav's keeping guard as Ricky gets gifts from a mystery superfan. Meanwhile Ricky makes an expensive-looking selfie.
Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Not everything is as it seems, as the Grand Master makes art that colours itself. Ricky makes a silhouette look 3D.
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Things get surreal in the Art Ninja flat when Gav and Sarah's pets start speaking. Also with crazy collage creatures.
Ricky makes art in nine minutes. There's a party mood in the flat as the Grand Master makes a joke juice bottle and Ricky has a sweet trick for drawing a cake.
Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Sarah turns up looking a little off-colour, while Ricky makes roarsome dragon feet for trainers.
Series 2 09:00
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. It is a full moon and Ricky is in for a fright as Gav appears at the door looking hairy.
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Ricky's feeling snack happy, inspiring him to animate faces on his fridge and make art that's so good, he wants to eat it!
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Gav swings by, but Ricky can't distract him from his computer game. Ricky decides to fill his time making up games of his own.
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. While his dad eats too much pizza, Ricky gets to work showing us expressive art tips, foody faces and a crocodile with bite!
Series 1 09:00
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Sarah is cross that Ricky has missed her birthday so he makes a cumulonimbus hat.
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Ricky creates a Turner-inspired rain picture and demonstrates how to draw a mermaid underwater.
Series 5
Ricky uses a hot iron to melt some wax crayons and suggests to viewers that if they are doing this art at home that they should ask an adult to help them.
Series 1 09:00
09:00Ricky makes art in nine minutes. Gav is full of hot air, which inspires Ricky to paint a balloon cell picture and animation.