Monday 25 May 2009

Little/Big

I have discovered a new half hour lump of televised marvellousness. In an earlier post i complained that the BBC had stopped making decent kid's programmes but at 10:15 this morning, my fears were dispelled when i clapped my eyes on BBC2 and discovered Little Howard's Big Question.
The basic premise is that there is Big Howard and Little Howard who live together in London. Big Howard is a real guy called Howard and Little Howard is an animated kid with a strangely adult voice. Each episode starts with Little Howard asking Big Howard a 'Big Question' and thus the entire episode is based around the question.
The entire thing is bizarre. Big Howard's mother is a computer screen with a scarf and a wig on. There is the klaxon which is blown when Little Horward asks the 'Big Question' and there is a raft of weird supporting characters and ludicrious nusical numbers about monkeys, giant bed bugs and dinosaurs. But amongst all this odd behaviour and weird entities, there is some genuine educational things going on.
Unfortunately BBCiplayer only has one episode available because they are rubbish. This episode is about dinosaurs. I urge to you to watch and appreciate the brilliance.

My new favourite programme: Little Howard's Big Question!!

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