Travelling or based outside United States? Video availability outside of United States varies. Sign in to see videos available to you. Close Menu. In The Night Garden is about a magical picture-book place that exists between waking and sleeping in a child's imagination. More purchase options. By ordering or viewing, you agree to our Terms.

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Makka Pakka visits all the inhabitants of the garden to wash their faces. Everyone in the garden loves to have their faces washed - even the teeny tiny Pontipines. The Tombliboos discover the game of waving. They wave to everybody as they fly through the garden in the Pinky Ponk.
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This website uses cookies to help us give you the best experience when you visit our website. By continuing to use this website, you consent to our use of these cookies. On weekdays at 6. Toddlers across the UK watch Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy and their friends having adventures in fairy-tale woodlands filled with sunshine and flowers. What these tots are actually getting is a dose of the conventions of medieval poetry. Chaucer is best remembered today for his unfinished collection of stories The Canterbury Tales , written at the end of the fifteenth century. It is vibrant with humour, irony and brilliant characters. But this is only a portion of his work. He also made a translation of the French dream vision The Romance of the Rose and wrote several of his own versions of the genre.
In the Night Garden Andrew Davenport created, wrote, and composed the title theme and incidental music for all episodes. The programme is narrated by Derek Jacobi. It is filmed mostly in live action, and features a mix of actors in costume, puppetry and computer animation. The series was announced in October , and the first episode was first broadcast on 19 March Two series were made, with episodes in all. The BBC confirmed in that it would not be commissioning another series. The programme's creators have said that it is designed to relax and entertain its intended audience of one- to six-year-olds. The programme features a large cast of colourful characters with unusual names who live in a magical forest scattered with large daisies and brightly coloured flowers. The characters mostly speak short phrases, and each has their own special song and dance.