Big & Small

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Big & Small is a children's television series aimed at preschoolers following the lives of two very different best friends named Big and Small. Big & Small is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and 3J's Productions produced in association with the BBC, Treehouse TV, and Studio 100.^[1] Three series were aired between 2008 and 2011.

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

Characters

Big (right) and Small (left)

• Big (operated by Todd Doldersum, voiced by Lenny Henry in the UK version), a large and purple bear-like creature who is very friendly and laid-back.
• Small (operated by Jason Hopley, voiced by Lenny Henry in the UK version), a small and orange dog-like creature who is very raucous and impulsive.
• Ruby (operated by Jamie Shannon in series 1 and 2 and Lesa Gillespie in series 3, voiced in the UK version by Imelda Staunton (series 1–2) and Tamsin Heatley in both versions of series 3), a pink red-haired mouse who lives in a hole within Big and Small's house. She is generally friendly but tends to lose her temper with Small.
• Twiba (operated by Jamie Shannon and voiced by Imelda Staunton in the UK version), a light green worm who lives inside an apple in Big and Small's garden. Twiba is an acronym that stands for "The Worm in Big's Apple". She is generally friendly but often acts somewhat pompous. She only appeared in the first two series.
• The Frogs (unknown voice actor), 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.
• T-Rex, a light-brown dinosaur plush belonging to Big. T-Rex is Big's favourite toy, but Small is terrified of him.
• The Fish, a neon-yellow fish who lives in the garden pond.
• The Gwelf, a mischievous green storybook character. Small believes that the Gwelf is real, but Big isn't so sure. In most episodes, the Gwelf is implied to be some sort of alien.

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 further DVDs were released in the UK: "Starry, Starry Night", containing episodes 9 to 16 of Series 1, and "The Biggest Story", containing episodes 1 to 5 and episode 16 of Series 3; the former released by ITV Studios, and the latter released by Abbey Home Media. Additionally, a DVD known as The CBeebies Collection Vol. 1 contained the Series 3 episode "Moon Race". In Canada, Treehouse TV released "Party Time!", containing five assorted episodes from Series 1 and 2.

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]