Big & Small

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Big & Small is a children's television series created by Kathy Waugh and directed by Jason Hopley & Jamie Shannon. The series follows the lives of two very different best friends named Big and Small.

Big & Small
Genre	Children's comedy Musical
Created by	Kathy Waugh
Creative directors	Jason Hopley Jamie Shannon
Voices of	Lenny Henry Imelda Staunton (series 1–2) Tamsin Heatley (series 3)
Opening theme	"The Big and Small Song" by Lenny Henry (UK)
Country of origin	United Kingdom Canada
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	78
Production
Executive producers	Sarah Colclough Jack Lenz Anne Brogan
Producers	David Collier Sharon Summerling
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Kindle Entertainment 3J's Productions BBC Studio 100 Treehouse TV Sixteen South (series 3)
Original release
Network	CBeebies (United Kingdom) Treehouse TV (Canada) S4C (Welsh)
Release	6 October 2008 (2008-10-06) – 7 November 2011 (2011-11-07)

Big & Small is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment, 3J's Productions and the BBC, in association with Treehouse TV and Studio 100.^[1] Three series were aired between 2008 and 2011.

Voice cast

Big (right) and Small (left)

• Lenny Henry as Big, a large and purple bear-like creature who is gentle and laid-back.
• Lenny Henry as Small, a small and orange rabbit-like creature who is very energetic and impulsive.
• Imelda Staunton and later Tamsin Heatley as Ruby, a pink red-haired mouse who lives in a hole within Big and Small's house. She is generally friendly but has a short temper.
• Imelda Staunton as Twiba, a light-green worm who lives inside an apple in Big and Small's garden. She is pompous and self-absorbed, but remains friendly with Big, Small, and Ruby.
• An uncredited voice actor as the frogs, a pair of hat-wearing frogs who live in the garden pond. One is lime green with a red wool hat, while the other is dark green with a business hat.

Broadcasters

In the United Kingdom, Big & Small was shown on CBeebies, BBC1, and BBC2,^[2] as well as Cyw in Wales.^[3] Treehouse TV aired Big & Small in Canada. In total, over 40 channels worldwide have featured the programme.^[3]

Home Media

On March 12, 2009, ITV Global Entertainment secured the UK Home Media rights to the series. Through their ITV DVD label, the company released We're Big & Small! on March 30.^[4] The UK version contains the first eight episodes of Series 1 as well as three bonus shorts, while the Canadian version released by Treehouse TV omits the shorts and only includes the first five episodes.

Two more DVDs were released in the UK. ITV Studios released Starry, Starry Night, containing episodes 9 to 16 of Series 1. Abbey Home Media released The Biggest Story, containing episodes 1 to 5 and episode 16 of Series 3.

Similarly, Treehouse TV released two more DVDs in Canada. Party Time! featured the episodes "Party Time!", "Surprise, Surprise", "Playing by the Rules", "Celery Day", and "Big & Small Day". Play Date featured the episodes "Play Date", "The Case of the Missing Kohlrabi", "The Gwelf in the Garden", "The Singing Gwelf", and "Abracadabra".

The compilation DVD The CBeebies Collection Vol. 1 contained the episode "Moon Race".

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	26		6 October 2008	7 November 2008
2	26		19 October 2009	23 November 2009
3	26		12 September 2011	7 November 2011

Episode List

Series 1

1. Something is Missing
2. A Door for Small
3. Fish Wish
4. There's a Space for Small
5. A Piece of Cake
6. The Worm in Big's Apple
7. The Case of the Missing Dinosaur
8. Stormy Weather
9. Playing by the Rules
10. A Sound Idea
11. Rain Dance
12. My Friend Fang
13. Starry Starry Night
14. Bad Luck Machine
15. The Big Sneeze
16. The Mysterious Woods
17. Surprise, Surprise
18. The Sleep Toy Thingie
19. Smashing Tomatoes
20. Picture Perfect
21. Twiba's Treasure Hunt
22. The Case of the Clogs
23. Twiba Takes Flight
24. Cabin Fever
25. Five Minute Sled
26. The Gwelf In The Garden

Series 2

1. Tall Small
2. I Spy a Firefly
3. Say Cheese
4. Celery Day
5. The Singing Gwelf
6. The Road Not Taken
7. Party Time
8. Dream Team
9. I See, You Saw
10. The Big Race
11. Abracadabra
12. Frog Fight
13. The Broken Scooter
14. Blame it on the Drain
15. Small's Branch
16. Play Date
17. The Case of the Missing Kohlrabi
18. Promises, Promises
19. Spring Fling
20. Never Say No
21. The Book of Big
22. A Quiet Day
23. The Missing Biscuit
24. Thar She Buzzes
25. The Not So Happy Camper
26. Big & Small Day

Series 3

1. Small, Small Let Down Your Hair
2. Boingo Boys
3. The Rainbow
4. The Scare-Small
5. The Box
6. The Missing Answer
7. Millions of Vegetable Soup
8. Hot and Bothered
9. A Room of Small's Own
10. Catch a Fallen Star
11. Thanks for the Memories
12. Opposite Day
13. Fishing for Elephants
14. The Hiccups
15. Friends in a Fog
16. The Biggest Story
17. A Room With a View
18. Just What I Wanted
19. Slippery Slide
20. A Letter From Furthermost
21. Balloonatics
22. An Evening of Delights
23. The Egg
24. Gone Fishin'
25. Hopalong Small
26. Moon Race

Awards

• Awarded "Best Writing" at the 2013 KidScreen Awards^[5]
• Awarded "Best Interactive Service" for Big & Small Online at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2009.^[6]
• Awarded "Best Children's Programme" for the episode "Blame It on the Drain" at the Royal Television Society's Educational Television Awards for 2009. Big & Small was called "A well constructed programme with great warmth, charm and child appeal."^[7]