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| - Deep in the heart of the Tiny Universe lies the Home Planet where the main characters, Bing and Bong, make their home. These two explorers are catapulted to the surrounding worlds in their solar system on a flying white sofa where they explore, learn about the inhabitants, develop friendships and have fun.
- (Some people call this show Bing and Bong.) Tiny Planets follows Bing and Bong on their adventures in the Tiny Universe. Bing and Bong are two friendly furry aliens (Bing is big in size and resembles an amiable yeti, Bong is his smaller six-legged sidekick, somewhat resembling a cross between a tarantula and a poodle) who live on a planet with an apparently icy climate. Their fluffy white sofa catapults them across their solar system to explore the mysteries of light and colour, animation, sound and the water cycle among other things. Their solar system has six other planets, each with a speciality to it (Nature, Sound, Light and Color, Technology, Self, and Stuff, respectively). Tiny Planets' surreal and captivating universe was created with CGI animation which gives the series a spectacu
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| - (Some people call this show Bing and Bong.) Tiny Planets follows Bing and Bong on their adventures in the Tiny Universe. Bing and Bong are two friendly furry aliens (Bing is big in size and resembles an amiable yeti, Bong is his smaller six-legged sidekick, somewhat resembling a cross between a tarantula and a poodle) who live on a planet with an apparently icy climate. Their fluffy white sofa catapults them across their solar system to explore the mysteries of light and colour, animation, sound and the water cycle among other things. Their solar system has six other planets, each with a speciality to it (Nature, Sound, Light and Color, Technology, Self, and Stuff, respectively). Tiny Planets' surreal and captivating universe was created with CGI animation which gives the series a spectacular depth of scale and unique vibrant colour that captures young children's attention. This animation is also evident on their website and was the basis for their BAFTA award. In its original form Tiny Planets encourages its pre-school viewers to make their own discoveries as they solve problems. The program helps children examine how things work, strengthen their observation skills, consider underlying relationships and identify/test new ideas. Each 'silent' episode told a simple tale that children could watch by themselves and understand. Watching with a parent gave the added dimension of asking questions about what was happening, enhancing the experience and building a questioning mentality in the child. However, such concepts were alien to certain markets (notably the USA) so the narrator character of Halley was added to the completed episodes for certain markets outside the UK. The programme eventually did make it back to the U.S. on Sesame Workshop's former joint venture with Nickelodeon, the Noggin cable channel, in 2003. The 5 minute episodes would be shown in between 30-minute shows on the channel. However, the show proved so popular that by mid-2004 Noggin showed it in its own 30-minute block each day, showing several episodes in the time span. As evidence of its growing popularity in the United States, the Tiny Planets merchandise site split after entry into separate UK and U.S. versions; a Spanish language version of the Tiny Planets website was also introduced. The Tiny Planets website also had a section imagining a NASA space mission to photograph the Tiny Planets universe which introduced young children to the U.S. space agency's work in space exploration. However, since Sept. 2005, to allow for other new shows, Noggin relegated it to being shown intermittently with fellow British import Tweenies at 6am ET/3am PT. In Jan. 2006, to allow for more new shows, Tweenies was permanently pulled from Noggin's schedule with Tiny Planets continuing to be shown intermittently at the very early morning 6am ET/3am PT slot. It was rumoured that despite its American creative origins (unlike Tweenies), it too would soon be pulled from the U.S. market. Further fueling this rumour was the removal of the Spanish language Tiny Planets website when Tiny Planets' time slot moved on Noggin. This finally happened on April 10th, 2006. Unlike some other transplants of British children's shows to North America, such as Bob the Builder, the original British-accented voiceover remains in the episodes shown on Noggin and words not commonly used in the U.S. are not edited out.
- Deep in the heart of the Tiny Universe lies the Home Planet where the main characters, Bing and Bong, make their home. These two explorers are catapulted to the surrounding worlds in their solar system on a flying white sofa where they explore, learn about the inhabitants, develop friendships and have fun.
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