In The Night Garden
Weekdays at 9am
A magical, imaginative fantasy!
In The Night Garden is a new landmark children's series from the
team behind Teletubbies.
It has been specially created to appeal to pre-school
children.
In The Night Garden is a wonderful interpretation of a nursery
rhyme picture book, and takes children on an imaginative journey to
meet a host of wonderfully silly characters living together within
a happy and caring community. It is both funny and reassuring, with
a capacity to relax and entertain.
Filmed in a real woodland, the setting is breathtaking and the
programme weaves together the very latest technical innovations in
live-character costume technology and computer animation to create
a stunning and compelling experience for young viewers.
In The Night Garden establishes a new standard for pre-school
television.
Anne Wood, co-creator of the Teletubbies, believes the show offers
positive values as well as providing entertainment. "We have
created a community of characters who live together, like and
respect each other. It was our intention to make it like a
beautiful nursery rhyme picture book unfolding a little piece at a
time. It is all about atmosphere." Wood, who was an English teacher
and later a consultant in children's literacy before moving into
television, thinks the best children's television reflects their
position and outlook on the world. "We call our programmes
'conversations with children'; to have that conversation you have
to be aware of how children respond and know how to write for
that," she says.
Wood set up a research department to help refine her children's shows and makes sure that the programmes stimulate a child's imagination. "Any significant invention mankind has ever made has come about with the use of imagination, and imagination starts with symbolic play," she says. "It's not about teaching or key stages, but it's there, and even the youngest children who can't talk yet have it - you can see it. I may be at the end of my career, but I value the creativity of the young - lose that and you will lose something very, very special."
