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Tweenies is a British television programme aimed at young children, originally broadcast on the BBC's CBBC programming block. Episodes of the programme have repeated on the CBeebies channel since 2004.



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[hide]  *1 Overview  ==Overview[edit] == The idea for the programme came from Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton, a pair with a track record of being involved in BBC children's programming. Together with Karl Woolley and Helen Cadwallader they set up Tell-Tale Productions at Elstree Film Studios in Hertfordshire. Iain Lauchlan was a presenter on Play School,Fingermouse and Playdays, meeting Brenton, a director, writer and also a presenter, during the latter. Together they started producing two of the Playdays strands before forming their own production companies Tell-Tale Productions and, more recently, Wish Films. They also created The Fun Song Factory, Boo!, BB3B!, Jim Jam and Sunny, Basil Hair The Squirrel and Entertainment Right's The Magical Lives of Toys.
 * 2 Characters
 * 2.1 Cast
 * 3 Albums
 * 4 Singles
 * 5 International broadcasts
 * 6 DVDs and videos
 * 7 Awards
 * 8 References
 * 9 External links

Tweenies was a production of Tell-Tale Productions in association with the BBC. Animation for the show was produced by A Productions, an animation studio based in Bristol, England, with Ealing Animation providing some animation in a few early episodes. Computer animation for the series was provided by Clockwork Digital, with Ben Mars animating Mungo, the computer creature who appears in some later episodes.

The program is no longer in production, although merchandise can still be bought from retailers, and DVDs of the program are also available.

The characters are well developed and children are able to predict what their responses might be. The mixture of story, song and creative activity provides excellent opportunities for children to learn through play. Music plays an important part in the programme and children are encouraged to join in with songs and actions.

The programme is set in a playschool attended by the four Tweenies themselves: Bella, Milo, Fizz and the youngest, Jake. They are in the care of two adults, Max and Judy, and two dogs - Doodles & Izzles

The show includes a "Tweenie Clock", with five circular lights arranged in a pentagonal shape with the lights denoting "news time", "messy time", "song time", "telly time" and "story time". "Surprise time" is a special time determined when all five lights glow. A button at the center of the clock is pressed to select the activity that will be undertaken next.

It is currently being shown on CBeebies, the BBC's channel for young children. Like a number of other CBeebies programs, a live stage version of the show has toured in the UK. The most recent tour, Top of the Tots, toured the British Isles during 2009, the series' 10th anniversary. In addition, the tour also played several shows in Hong Kong in late September and early October 2009. The Tweenies are also regulars on the annual CBeebies Live tours around the British Isles. Between 2003 and 2006, there was also a live version of Tweenies shown regularly at Alton Towers in the Cred Street section aimed at younger children, which was removed in favor of Bob the Builder. In 2000, Tweenies won two awards: Best PreSchool Educational Program and Best Live Action PreSchool Program.

The original prototypes for the Tweenies characters were designed by Sally Preisig of Mimics Productions; they were later re-scaled into two sizes for the characters shown on the series. In addition, Sally also designed the character costumes and was co-constructor/developer for the Tweenies' full-size puppets. The costume fabric comes from the UK and was imported and dyed into their present colors; it is about the same thickness as fleece jumpers.

On 20 January 2013, the programme caused controversy after the 2001 episode titled "Favourite Songs",[1]  featuring a skit of Max dressed and acting like BBC personality Jimmy Savile, who after his death was implicated for sex and abuse crimes against children and teens on BBC grounds, was broadcast on CBeebies at 8:40 am.[2]  The BBC announced that "Favourite Songs" would permanently be removed from viewing in the future, and published an apology.[3]  Due to this incident the tweenies was aired on CBeebies for a further week and then taken off air. The final episode to air was the 264th titled Digger on the 1st February 2013. The series returned on 3 June 2013, resuming with the 261st episode, No.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] ==Characters<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The Tweenies consist of Bella, Milo, Fizz, Jake, Doodles, Izzles, Max, Judy, and are sometimes joined by Max's sister Polly. Other characters have appeared occasionally, including Milo's Uncle Mickey, Jake's mother, Fizz's father and Bella's Granny. There have also been several animated characters.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">All of the four main characters first appeared in the 1998 pilot Tweenie Band.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The Tweenies are played by one set of actors, while the voices are provided by other actors. Unless otherwise indicated, all of the following actors and voice talent were in the show from 1999 to 2003. ===Cast<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ==Albums<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Data from AllMusicCharts.com ==Singles<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Data from AllMusicCharts.com ==International broadcasts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ==DVDs and videos<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">They were released by BBC Worldwide. <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Many of the above videos have also been dubbed into other languages. In addition, several of the Tweenies videos were produced in special versions for retailers with additional footage (for example, the "Party Games, Laughs & Giggles" video distributed at Marks & Spencer stores carried 2 additional segments, adding 10 minutes to the video's running time). Many of the above videos were also released as DVDs under different names. iTunes has released a best of Tweenies volume 1 which concists of the first 6 episodes of the series, Tweenie Band, Spider, I Am Me, Wriggling Fingers, Im Scared and Old House. ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==
 * Noggin (USA) - 7 April 2003 – 1 January 2006
 * CBeebies (UK) - 11 February 2002 – Present
 * Living - 24 May 2001 – 10 February 2007
 * PBS Kids - 13 December 1999 - 11 February 2007
 * CBBC (UK) - 6 September 1999 – 10 February 2002
 * ABC (Australia) - 4 July 2000 - 2003
 * Nick Jr (USA) - 22 May 2002 - 4 November 2005
 * E-Junior United Crab - 4 January 2008 - 30 December 2010
 * Pogo Tv 2004 - 2005
 * BAFTA Children's Awards 2000
 * Nominated and won Best Pre-School Live Action<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bafta-2000_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

==References<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Ocean Spray Sponsorship of Tweenies from August 2003 - March 2005 and Sprite from May 2006 - 31 December 2006
 * 1) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="position:absolute!important;top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);height:1px!important;width:1px!important;overflow:hidden;">Jump up ^  "CBeebies Schedule page on BBC.co.uk for 20 January 2013". Retrieved 21 January 2013.
 * 2) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="position:absolute!important;top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);height:1px!important;width:1px!important;overflow:hidden;">Jump up ^ "BBC under fire after Tweenies character dresses up as Jimmy Savile", telegraph.co.uk, 20 January 2013
 * 3) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="position:absolute!important;top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);height:1px!important;width:1px!important;overflow:hidden;">Jump up ^  "BBC receives 216 complaints for Tweenies Jimmy Savile spoof". BBC.co.uk. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
 * 4) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="position:absolute!important;top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);height:1px!important;width:1px!important;overflow:hidden;">Jump up ^ Digiguide.
 * 5) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="position:absolute!important;top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);height:1px!important;width:1px!important;overflow:hidden;">Jump up ^ Revealed in episode #147 Giraffes
 * 6) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="position:absolute!important;top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);height:1px!important;width:1px!important;overflow:hidden;">Jump up ^  "Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards - 2000". BAFTA. Retrieved 3 July 2010.