What’s A Tilly?

I watched Tilly and Friends on CBeebies the other day with my grandson, he likes the Elephant.

Polly Dunbar is the author and illustrator of Tilly and Friends.

The theme tune is catchy; the animation has a dainty dated look which works well with the illustrations.

The children's television series features a little girl called Tilly who lives in a yellow house with a red door.

She has many wonderful little adventures with her friends; Tumpty the Elephant, Pru the Chicken, Tiptoe the Rabbit, Doodle the Crocodile and Hector the Pig.

My favourite character has to be Doodles she loves eating apples, even the unripe ones!

It’s definitely worth watching, the children will love it. 

In my opinion, it’s a great children’s series that encourages teamwork, leadership and friendship.

My final thought; Tilly is a beautiful person, she's patient with her friends and always likes to make them happy.

Are you patient enough to watch an episode and tell me what you think?

Is Dave Ruff Or Just A Tweet?

I watched Ruff-Ruff, Tweet & Dave on CBeebies the other morning with my grandson.

He loves it, and is mesmerised by the children’s programme, he thinks the television’s interactive and tries to press the answers to the questions when shown as pictures on the screen.

It’s an education children’s programme that features a Hamster called Hatty, a dog called Ruff-Ruff, a bird called Tweet, and a Panda called Dave; they go on wonderful adventures together on the Spin-Again which looks like a spinning top that blows bubbles.

Hatty the Hamster wears a magical hat that asks multiple choice questions; Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave each give an answer to the question then Hatty asks the children watching too to choose before the correct answer is given.

The storylines, multiple choice games and songs are great for young children and even adults.

My favourite character is Tweet, the cute fluffy chick that wears glasses.

In my opinion it’s a wonderful children’s series, education with colourful animation and a catchy theme tune.

My final thought: Dave is always the first to fall asleep do you think he had a Ruff day?

Watch an episode and tell me what you think?

What’s A Tweenie?

I watched the Tweenies on CBeebies with my grandson the other morning.

The theme tune is catchy the costumes are great; the children’s series was created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchian and developed by Tell Tale Productions.

The Tweenies is a children’s series that feature colourful characters in a playschool setting, with a touch of animation which works really well.

The two adults Max and Judy try to keep Bella, Milo, Fizz and Jake entertained.

When the Tweenie clock changes colour the Tweenies activities change to one of the following; song time, story time, news time, messy time, or telly time but when all the lights glow together its ‘surprise time.’

Oh yes we mustn’t forget the two large dogs Izzles and the talking dog Doodles.

It’s definitely worth watching, the children will love it. 

This children’s series is very entertaining, I especially like ‘Song Time,’ when the Tweenies sing and dance to a nursery rhyme; some are more familiar than others.

It’s even funnier when they dance, look out for Milo he’s so energetic his dance moves are great I don’t know where he gets all his energy from.

My favourite character has to be the youngest of the bunch young Jake, he often gets his words mixed up and is quite cute.

In my opinion the Tweenies is great for children, it’s educational, entertaining and fun to watch.

My final thought: if you have a colourful exterior, a fun personality and are excellent singing rhymes and dancing you must be a Tweenie!

Watch do you think?

Get Well Soon?

I watched Get Well Soon on CBeebies the other morning with my grandson.

Dr Ranj Singh the singing and dancing doctor helps children understand different medical conditions and the treatment needed to make them well again.

The programme uses puppets as patients, with children as healthy helpers assisting Nurse Morag when answering questions about the body.

It’s a brilliant children’s programme using terminology that most children can understand.

What make’s it even more so, is the fact that Dr Ranj Singh is a real-life peadiatrician who works for the NHS, it’s refreshing to see an actual expert on a children’s television series.

Morag Calder is not only an actor but she’s also a trained nurse that likes to act, fortunately she can do both in this series.

In my opinion it’s one of the best children’s programmes shown, it’s educational and informative.

The method in which it’s played out encourages children of all ages to go and see a doctor if they feel unwell.

The songs in the show are great; even Nurse Morag has a song called, “Ask The Nurse.”

The theme tune is catchy, “Be happy, be healthy and get well soon,” which is a great line to remember; it also makes you feel great when you sing along to it.

In my opinion if all doctors were happy and entertaining like Dr Ranj it would make going to the doctors much more pleasurable!

My final thought: I think John Moray in the Paradise looks a little like Dr Ranj?

Watch an episode from both series and tell me what you think?

A Misunderstood Bean?

I watched Mr Bean in the episode called ‘Super Trolley,’ one morning on ITV it’s great for older children and adults.

I like the theme tune and Mr Bean’s little dance at the end of the series; he’s definitely got some groovy moves!

In my opinion the animation looked a bit dated and reminded me of an old comic book however it works really well, they've captured the character completely especially with his actions and expressions, the series is very amusing.

My favourite character is Mr Bean, a man of few words and misunderstood by many!

In the ‘Super Trolley’ episode Mr Bean goes shopping to buy three packets of his favourite cereal with a surprise gift inside each packet, unfortunately his experience is not a good one let’s just say it doesn’t end well.

My final thought: Mr Bean is a highly intelligent individual he prefers the company of his Teddy rather than people; it’s logical really they don’t answer back and you can win every argument?

What do you think?

Is A Menace A Bully?

I watched Dennis the Menace and Gnasher on CBBC out of curiosity the other day.

                                                     

The children’s series is about Dennis who’s a mischievous little boy; he likes to play tricks on his family and friends with his dog named Gnasher; together they are truly menacing to everyone they meet.

When I was just a child my mum used to buy three comics to keep us occupied the Dandy, Twinkle and Beano.

Remembering Dennis the Menace in the Beano, I was intrigued to see if the animation in the children’s series captured him correctly; in my opinion the style is similar to that of the comic.

However Dennis’s voice surprised me, I thought it would have been deeper, also he’s turned into a rock dude I assume as rock music is heard throughout the programme.

My favourite character is Gnasher he’s got the same hair style as Dennis, it reminds me of a lady I know she styles her hair in the same way as her poodles, unless it’s the other way round!

My final thought: Can you distinguish between a menace and a bully?

In other words should we call bullies, menaces instead?

What's your views tell me what you think?