Storytelling

Ducks

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Bing and his friend Sula go with Flop to the park pond to feed the ducks. Sula shows Bing how to stand 'statue still' and stay quiet so the ducks come close, while Bing keeps scaring them off by being loud. A big goose suddenly arrives and gobbles all the food, startling Bing before flying off. By the end Bing tries again, manages to stay calm and quiet, and a single duck comes right up to him.

Cat

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Outside Padget's shop, Bing and his caregiver Flop play hide and seek with Arlo the cat, stroking him until he purrs and falls asleep on a bench. Around the corner Bing meets an unfamiliar cat called Mitten, who hisses and runs off, leaving Bing shaken. Pando arrives, listens to what happened and quietly leads Bing to see Mitten with her newborn kittens, explaining that the mother cat was protecting her babies. The episode ends with Bing recapping the day to Flop and wondering whether one day he and Mitten might play together too.

Can You Touch the Stars?

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Little Nut Brown Hare and his friend Little Field Mouse spend one evening in the forest trying to touch a star after hearing Little White Owl's bedtime story. They climb a hill, a tree and ask the bluebird for help, learning from Big Nut Brown Hare that stars are far away. In the end they touch a star's shimmering reflection in the river. The night closes with the little hare and his father gazing at the sky and sharing how much they love each other.

Help Piglet Go Back to Sleep

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Piglet wakes in the night after a loud noise and, feeling scared, asks the viewer to stay for company. Alone in a cosy treehouse bedroom, Piglet worries about a lost pair of comfort toys, then calms down by picturing tomorrow's fun with Winnie the Pooh and other friends. As the fear fades, Piglet grows sleepy again and asks to be tucked in. The episode closes with a quiet goodnight before an autoplay card for the next episode.

Eeyore's Morning Affirmations

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Eeyore, a soft blue donkey, greets the viewer and shares his 'rainbow thoughts', short affirmations he says each morning. He guides a slow breathing exercise, then offers thoughts about sunny and cloudy days and about getting back up after falling. He walks to a special hillside spot to say his favorite thought and enjoy the view. The episode ends with Eeyore saying goodbye until next time.

Show and Tell

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Eddie, a young boy, learns it is his turn for show and tell at school and feels nervous about speaking in front of everyone. A friendly guiding voice walks him through it step by step: choosing his space helmet, thinking of five facts, practising at home with his mum and his toy, then giving the talk and answering his classmates' questions. When the questions pile up, he is reminded he can look to his teacher and take his time. He finishes his talk, gets a 'marshmallow clap' and says he is proud of himself.

Cousin Hodie's Rainy Day

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Donkey Hodie and her visiting cousin plan a day of outdoor games, but rain cancels everything and the cousin feels let down. Donkey Hodie introduces a 'rainstorm brainstorm' and together they find rainy-day fun: splashing in puddles, smelling flowers, sharing a snack with Purple Panda, and reading a story with Grampy about a magical rainbow tree. When the rain keeps them from seeing the real rainbow, the friends make their own friend rainbow out of friends in every color. The rain finally stops, the rainbow tree bursts into color, and the cousins celebrate their day together.

Humpty Onion

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Pepi Nana, a doll who lives in the Little Toy House, writes a letter to the Moon, and Moon Baby flies down to visit and wakes the sleeping toys with a magical kalimba. The friends discover a nursery rhyme book about Old King Cole, which inspires Mr Onion to become 'Old King Onion.' In a make-believe Storyland the friends act out his story and fold and tear paper into a decoration for his crown to make him merry. They return to the toy house for tea, and the episode ends with each toy being wished good night.

Cheesy Con

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda plan an exciting day at CheesyCon, a cheese celebration, but Donkey sprains her hoof and a doctor advises her to rest at home. Determined to be a helpful friend, Panda stays with her and brings the event to her instead, with a cheese sing-along, a puppet play, and a pretend visit from Captain Cheese. Along the way he tries and abandons ideas that do not work, like carrying her, before landing on one that does. The episode ends with Donkey calling Panda the most helpful hero as the two sing a cheese song together.

Pepi Nana Crosses the Bridge

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

At bedtime, a glowing Moon Baby travels down from the moon to the Toy House, where the toys come to life. Pepi Nana asks for a story, and the friends tell and act out a tale about Mr Onion and his beloved toy bridge, which Pepi Nana steps across with him. Back home the toys share tea and agree it was a lovely story. As the moon song returns, everyone says goodnight and settles back to sleep.

Spot the Ladybird

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

On a spring day on Puffin Rock, young Una feels unwell and must stay home while her baby brother Baba goes ladybird spotting with friends Mossy and May. When they realise Una cannot join them, they decide to bring a ladybird to her instead, and Baba quietly gathers wildflowers so one will land on him. Papa keeps Una company at home with a story until she feels better. The episode ends with Baba proudly presenting Una a twenty-two-spotted ladybird he attracted with his flowers.

Go to Camp

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

At Grizzly Ted's summer day camp, Sister Bear and her friend Lizzy spend their days swimming, hiking, and doing crafts, until the counselor announces an overnight sleep-out on Skull Rock. Sister secretly dreads sleeping so far from home and hides her worry until Lizzy gently draws it out of her. Together they decide to practice with a night in the backyard, and Sister succeeds. She heads to the real sleep-out feeling ready, sharing a campfire story and searching for shooting stars.

Singing Starlett

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

The Helpsters, monsters who run a shop for solving problems, meet the Singing Starlet, who could not sleep because of construction noise and has a concert the next day. They make a plan and split into three jobs: a custom pillow, a bedtime story, and a bear to snuggle. Along the way they choose a pillow color by ruling out options, reorder the mixed-up pages of a knight-and-dragon story, and sort out which kind of bear she meant. She finally falls asleep, wakes up rested, and is delighted to find she can sing again.

A Special Seashell

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

On the Irish island of Puffin Rock, young puffin Una sets out to find shiny shells to cheer up her little brother Baba, who is home sick. With her friend Silky and help from Bernie the shell expert, she gathers shells, but a group of seagulls carries off her hidden collection. Back home, the one plain spiral shell she has left turns out to be special, letting Baba hear the ocean and finally fall asleep. The episode closes with a bedtime scene and family credits.

Ben/Anna Split

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Ben the huggy monkey rips his paw during a game of tag, so his owner brings him and his sister Anna to Doc's backyard clinic. Doc diagnoses the torn patch, pastes it back on, and keeps Ben overnight to heal, which means the inseparable siblings must spend their first night apart. Both learn to be brave with reassurance from Doc and the nurse, and Anna sings her brother a goodnight song. By morning Ben's paw is healed and the two monkeys are happily reunited and hugging again.

Rita Reader

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

Rita Reader visits the helpsters Cody, Scatter and Heart because she dropped her favourite book in the bath and never learned how it ends. The team makes a three-part plan, goes to a large public library, and with a librarian's help sorts books by make-believe versus real, then by space theme, then by the cactus, lasso and balloon on the cover. They find a fresh copy of 'Sunny Rodeo Space Cowboy' and read the finale, in which Sunny throws a second lasso to catch the cactus and save the balloon planet. The episode closes with the group singing softly in the library about high fives and handshakes.

Bots for Dinner

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

A golden robot child named Doug and his parents, Bob-Bot and Becky-Bot, are invited to dinner by their human friend Emma and her family. The bots have never been to a restaurant, so Emma shows them how menus, napkins, silverware, ordering, and waiting all work. Along the way the bots make small mistakes, like grabbing food from a stranger's plate, and learn the right way to do things. By the end Doug realizes that eating out is really about spending time and talking with people you care about, and he sets up a chat spot back in the recharge room.

The Talent Show

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

After Teacher Bob announces a school talent show and no one volunteers, Brother Bear agrees to become the talent scout and help classmates find what they are good at. He signs up cubs one by one, from Lizzie balancing on one foot to Bertha telling stories and Fred doing a balancing act, while chasing a mysterious singing voice he keeps hearing in the halls. The voice turns out to belong to Too Tall, who is stunned to learn he can sing. The show comes together and Too Tall's song closes it out, with Teacher Bob thanking Brother for helping everyone find their talent.

Go to School

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Sister Bear is nervous about starting third grade after Too Tall's gang teases her that it is impossibly hard. At home, Brother, Mama and Papa reassure her, and Mama uses a photo album to recall how Sister once dreaded kindergarten yet quickly came to love it. Encouraged, Sister tries third grade and comes home pleased, while Papa faces his own fear and bakes his first apple pie. The episode ends with the family together and the lesson that new things are worth trying.

Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

While Bingo stays overnight in hospital, her family send a homemade video story called 'Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound', with Bluey playing a girl named Barnicus. Barnicus wishes for a puppy, and when Bumpy falls sick she searches the town for a magic cure from the wise old wolfhound. The task he sets, finding purple underpants from someone who has never been sick, leads her to realise that everyone gets sick sometimes. Bumpy recovers, and the story ends with the family's bloopers and goodbyes.

In the Dark of Day

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Molly, Trini and Oscar walk home from school in an Alaska village where the winter sun sets in the early afternoon, and Oscar is sure a monster is waiting in the dark. The friends look up sunset times on a weather website, learn about the winter solstice, and try several plans to face the creature. Auntie Midge tells a story about a wolf pup who overcomes its fear of the dark by finding a pack. Emboldened by his friends, Oscar finally confronts the monster and finds it is just a large pile of snow.

The Sleeping Moon

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Three siblings and their panda neighbor Stillwater set up a backyard party to watch a lunar eclipse. Just as the moon starts to darken, clouds roll in and hide the best part, leaving the children disappointed. Stillwater helps them talk about how the letdown feels and tells a story about a woman named Antonia and a songbird that visits her garden and then flies away for good. The children realize the evening was still worth it, hand out the moon pops, and close the night with shadow puppets and a song.

The Preachification of Convincing John

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Mokey Fraggle grows troubled that Fraggles keep eating the crystal towers the hard-working Doozers build, so she persuades her friends to swear an oath to stop, even bringing in the smooth-talking Convincing John to sway everyone. Soon Fraggle Rock fills with unfinished buildings, and Mokey discovers the Doozers actually need the Fraggles to eat their towers so they have room to keep building. She admits she was wrong, apologizes, and releases everyone from the oath. Alongside this, Doc putters in his workshop with his dog Sprocket, puzzling over how to sew a button onto a fried egg.

What Would Freda Do?

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

Pinecone, who idolises her town's founder Frida the Fierce, is chosen to lead her friends in a group song for the festival honouring Frida. Believing a leader has to be 'fierce', she bosses everyone around until her friends leave to do their own presentations. In her attic she meets Frida's ghost, who reveals she never punched buildings into being but united the town by listening and combining everyone's ideas. Pinecone apologises, reunites the group, and they perform a song they wrote together about a place built on everyone's voice.

Hero Soup

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

In a make-believe warrior world, young Pinecone and her friend Hoth decide to cheer up their sick teacher Gladys by cooking a magical 'Hero Soup'. The recipe needs a mysterious 'Essence of Hero', which sends them chasing heroic deeds and then a famous hero named Ace. When Ace is revealed to have faked all her rescues, Pinecone realizes a true hero simply helps others with what they need. The friends quietly take care of Gladys's chores, and the soup finally works.

Happy Birthday, Qyah!

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Molly and her best friend Tui set out to answer one question: how old is their Alaska Native village of Qyah, really? After Molly's dad finds a cave revealed by an earthquake, the two join archaeologists Nina and Olin to investigate signs that ancestors once sheltered there. They uncover a painted pictograph that matches an oral origin story, get briefly trapped by an aftershock before climbing out, and help carbon-date the find. The episode ends with a new museum exhibit, a corrected town website, and the news that people have lived in the area for at least 13,000 years.

The Story of Nelson the Elephant

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

Lucy sneaks out at night to listen to her animal neighbours at 64 Zoo Lane. Georgina the giraffe tells the story of young Nelson the elephant, who is so bored in Africa that he invents a jumping game which disturbs the other animals. After Reginald, Audrey and Natalie build a trampoline to teach him a lesson, they negotiate a compromise: Nelson stops jumping and they all play snakes and ladders together. Lucy then heads back to bed with everyone saying goodnight.

The Story of Henrietta the Hairy Hippo

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

Lucy comes home from school upset that classmates teased her hair, and her animal friends gather to comfort her at bedtime. Molly the meerkat tells her the story of Henrietta, a hairy hippo mocked by her river family who sets off to find a new home. Henrietta travels through the desert with Dennis the Dromedary, escapes a giant spider in the jungle with help from monkeys, and climbs the Blue Mountain where the snip-snip bird gives her a princess hairdo. She returns to the Zambam River, shares her adventures, and the other hippos welcome her back with a big splash.

Bot of the Party

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

At ReBots, a robot delivery company in a future city, Doug and his human friend Emma throw a party to celebrate the drone Jenny's 1,000th delivery. They set up games like limbo and musical chairs, but Safety Bot keeps rebooting the party items into 'safer' objects, leaving the party bare. Jenny then reveals that being with her friends was her favourite part all along. The group ends by turning the reboot booth into a photo booth so everyone, including Safety Bot, can pose together.

The Story of Snowbert the Polar Bear

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

Lucy of 64 Zoo Lane is sent to bed, but climbs out to hear a bedtime story from her animal neighbours. The shy bear Boris tells the tale of Snowbert, a lonely polar bear who lives near the North Pole and one day befriends Sidney the seal through a hole in the ice. After a long, frozen midwinter separation, Sidney keeps his promise and returns in spring with friends to play. Lucy thanks Boris and heads back to her warm bed as the closing song plays.