Deko Boko Friends is a collection of 30-second Japanese shorts created by a pair of advertising creators, Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to promote acceptance of people of different personalities and appearances. The shorts are focused on 12 different creatures, meant to show certain personalities, likes, dislikes, and quirks.
Deko Boko Friends originated on NHK's oldest running children's programming show, Okaasan to Issho in 2003, superseding previous short cartoon series, Yancharu Moncha.
Deko Boko Friends is distributed in English by Viz Media and was shown in English on Nickelodeon's children's programming block, Nick Jr. and Noggin in the United States. Deko Boko Friends was also shown on Treehouse TV in Canada.
The show ended on March 18, 2011.
The adventures of a playful community of tiny magical gardeners known as Lilybuds. This fraternity of funny friends tend to the extraordinary garden where they live while caring for all the animal creatures that live nearby.
The lush and tropical paradise of Turtle Island is the domain of the wise and benevolent turtle king Tiki and his loyal subjects. They happily dwell on their dream island, but trouble lurks on the horizon in the form of a crew of dastardly pirates intent of seizing Turtle's Island's enormous box of treasure.
Gentle blue hippo MumbleBumble and his friends, inquisitive chicken Chic'o and hyperactive frog Greens, create various arts and crafts and have tons of fun at their home on a windmill in the forest.
Bamzooki is a mixed reality television gameshow on the BBC which features a toolkit developed by Gameware Development. The first series aired in March 2004 on CBBC. The show was presented by Jake Humphrey. It has occasionally featured specials with Sophie McDonnell. In July 2008, it was announced on CBBC on BBC One that Bamzooki was returning. A new thirteen part series began in November 2009 and was now hosted by Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt.
Gran is a children's stop motion animation television series narrated by Patricia Hayes and directed by Ivor Wood. There were only two main characters, namely Gran and her grandson, Jim.
The programme was made by Woodland Animations and was written by Michael and Joanne Cole. Ivor Wood created thirteen five-minute episodes in 1982. The series was broadcast on the BBC between 17 February 1983 and 12 May 1983, and was repeated in both 1986 and 1992. A children's book based on the series was also released in 1983. The shorts were also shown in the U.S. as part of the Nickelodeon series Eureeka's Castle.
Despite moderate popularity with young audiences in the mid-1980s, the series has not been seen on UK television since being repeated in 1992, and no further episodes were made. Series 1 was released on Region 2 DVD in the U.K. on 7 March 2005 but has since been deleted.
Saturday Club is a British preschool show teaching kids empathy and encouraging them to recognise and imagine various emotions and what it's like to be in someone else's shoes.
All aboard for the adventures of Choo Choo Bob and his wacky friends as they visit railroads and museums all over the country, sing songs with each other or with guest musicians such as Ozomatli and Haley Bonar, and visit Tinyland, the small world located on Choo Choo Bob's train layout.
Boowa and Kwala follows the simple adventures of Boowa, a blue dog, and Kwala, a yellow koala, as they and their family explore life's everyday experiences, such as playing games, gardening, creating music, or solving problems like what to do with the wind. Each episode focuses on a different lesson, often in a whimsical and colorful world, teaching children about kindness, teamwork, and learning through exploration and play.