Twirlywoos

Full

Underneath

Round and Round

Connecting

Noisy

All Gone

Behind

This Way, That Way

Up and Down

Over

Shorter and Shorter

Wrapping

Gone

Covering

Coming and Going

Through

Soft

Upside Down

Getting Wet

Down

Inside

Going Over

Rolling

In and Out

Cleaning

Louder and Louder

Turning

Collecting

Longer

Bigger and Bigger

High and Low

Outside

Next To

The Twirlywoos have stars in their eyes, as they surprise a bric-a-brac store owner.

Open and Close

On Top Of

The twirlywoos try on lots and lots of hats.

Balancing

The Twirlywoos play with a stage curtain.

Joining Up

The twirlywoos enter a hiker's bag.

Fitting Together

The twirlywoos learn how to fit pipes together.

Spinning

The twirlywoos watch a pot been made on a potter's wheel.

More and More

The twirlywoos watch a shopkeeper build a display.

Taller and Taller

The twirlywoos build a tall tower of profiteroles.

Smaller

The twirlywoos pursue a tiny butterfly around it's home.

Twirling

Faster and Faster

The twirlywoos watch a couple go ballroom dancing.

On and Off

The twirlywoos watch as a lady and her father sit on deckchairs at the beach.

Hiding

The twirlywoos go to a children's birthday party.

Pulling

The twirlywoos watch a carpenter at work.

More About Covering

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos watch a man as he covers his car in cleaning foam. Chickedy and Chick squirt foam everywhere.

More About Round and Round

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos find themselves in an office. Thy spin the office chairs round and round.

More About Up and Down

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos visit a garden. There is a deflated inflatable on the grass. The lady brings out a pump and starts pumping up and down. The Twirlywoos decide to have a go at pumping up and down whilst the lady is inside with the children. Great BigHoo is so good at pumping up and down that the giant dinosaur is soon fully inflated, to the delight of the children. The Robot visits the Twirlywoos on the Big Red Boat. The Twirlywoos take turns to turn the Robot's key which causes the Robot to shoot up and down, taking Chickedy and Chick with it!

More About Noisey

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos visit a house where a parrot lives. The parrot is very noisy. The Twirlywoos enjoy copying the parrot's movements, which excites the parrot, causing it to squawk very loudly indeed. The table is making a noise and so is the Fruit Tea Machine, and when the doors join in too it becomes very noisy. The Hooter is noisier than everything though.

More About Rolling

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. A man is putting a poster up on a billboard. The Twirlywoos are watching him unroll the strips of the poster and paste them on the board, using a roller to flatten them out. The Twirlywoos help the man by rolling the strips of the poster out of the van. Does the picture on the poster look right when all the rolls are hung up? The Piece of Paper visits The Big Red Boat. Peekaboo goes to investigate and rolls with it. Toodloo shows her balancing skills and Great BigHoo, Chickedy and Chick run and roll out of the way.

More About In and Out

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. A man in a restaurant is looking at his mobile phone. He puts it in his briefcase but it rings again. The Twirlywoos pass the phone to the man every time it rings. It goes in and out of the briefcase. Great BigHoo throws the phone out and it lands in a glass. Toodloo throws the phone out and it lands in the coat pocket. Chickedy and Chick throw the phone out and it lands in the lady's hair. What will it land in next? The Stop-Go Car visits the Twirlywoos. It drives in to Peekaboo's house and then out again. The Stop-Go Car does this over and over again until Peekaboo decides he has had enough and sends the Stop-Go Car out.

More About Stretching

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. A man is packing his suitcase ready for a holiday. He stretches his swimming goggles and his swimming trunks before placing them in the suitcase. The Twirlywoos have a go at stretching too. What will the man wear to go swimming in now? The Twirlywoo Screen entertains with something long, green and stretchy, and the Quacky Birds are all of a flap.

More About Coming and Going

Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos are watching a man flying his model aeroplane. They watch it coming and going as it flies overhead. Toodloo jumps into the seat and Great BigHoo uses the control box to fly Toodloo and the aeroplane. Chickedy and Chick watch the aeroplane coming and going with Toodloo in the flying seat. The Brass Band visit the Twirlywoos on the Big Red Boat - but are they coming or going?

More About Up

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos watch some children untie balloons, which then fly up high into the sky. Great BigHoo unties all the balloons and he, Toodloo, Chickedy and Chick fly up and up high in the sky. So high in fact, that the balloons are dusted with stardust. The Piece of Paper visits the Twirlywoos on the Big Red Boat and thenfolds itself into stairs for Chickedy and Chick to climb up. Great BigHoo and Toodloo struggle to get up as high as Chickedy and Chick.

More About Underneath

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos are in a warehouse, underneath a cardboard box. They watch a man load a lorry with parcels, but then he goes to load the box which the Twirlywoos are hiding underneath. The box runs around the warehouse and the man tries to catch it. The Hooter calls the Twirlywoos and they fly up with the box still on them, before it drops down to the man underneath. The Very Important Lady visits the Twirlywoos on the Big Red Boat and after singing she falls to pieces. The Twirlywoos put her back together but there is a piece missing - Peekaboo is underneath it. The Very Important Lady's missing piece is moving about by itself! Eventually the Very Important Lady is put back together again but Peekaboo is still underneath her.

More About Longer

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos watch a fisherman make his rod longer and longer. The fisherman casts out the line and settles down for a nap. Chickedy and Chick run along the rod to the very end. Toodloo runs along the rod and jumps to join Chickedy and Chick. This causes the rod to spring up sending them flying! The fisherman wakes to discover a long, long, long fish at the end of his line. The Twirlywoo Screen draws a small line that Chickedy and Chick help make longer. Toodloo helps the line get a little longer still but when Great BigHoo taps the screen, the line becomes so long it shoots off the Twirlywoo Screen. The line gets longer and longer and goes into the Big Red Boat - right into Peekaboo's house! The Twirlywoos run after the Twirly Rings whilst Peekaboo reels in the long line.

More About High and Low

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos watch people using a lift in a building. Chickedy and Chick follow two people into the lift and go up high with them, waving to Great BigHoo and Toodloo. The Twirlywoos keep making the lift go high and low at speed. The people emerge from the lift feeling very dizzy. Back inside The Big Red Boat, it is time for fruit tea but the Fruit Tea machine stays down low.

More About This Way, That Way

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos find themselves in a restaurant and a waiter is taking the diners' orders. The chef rings the bell when the food is ready and the waiter collects it from the serving hatch. The waiter collects a delicious trifle but gets confused as to which way to go when the Twirlywoos keep ringing the bell. He goes this way and that way, eventually getting a taste of the trifle himself. The Box pays the Twirlywoos a visit. Leaves flies up out of the open Box. They are blown across the Big Red Boat and Peekaboo blows them straight back. The Twirlywoos follow the leaves this way and that way as The Box and Peekaboo blow the leaves to each other, over and over again.

More About Smaller

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos watch an artist make his clay sculpture's head smaller. The Twirlywoos then have a go and make the whole sculpture smaller and smaller until it is smaller than the Twirlywoos! The Twirlywoos are visited by the Piece of Paper. The Piece of Paper folds itself up smaller and smaller and smaller still! Peekaboo comes out of his hole to see what is going on and the Piece of Paper unfolds itself so that it covers Peekaboo!

More About Inside

Neil Nunes. Stop-motion preschool programme about the adventures of four inquisitive Twirlywoos. The Twirlywoos watch a man polish a suit of armour. As he is polishing, the man drops the cloth inside the suit of armour. He cannot reach it and goes off to get another cloth, taking the helmet with him. Great BigHoo manages to fall inside the armour and Toodloo jumps in after him - Chickedy and Chick soon follow! What fun will the Twirlywoos have in the suit of armour? Back inside The Big Red Boat, The Box comes to visit the Twirlywoos. There are strange noises coming from the open box. Chickedy and Chick jump inside to investigate. Great BigHoo and Toodloo join them inside too. The Box suddenly jumps about and The Twirlywoos all leap out but there is still a strange noise coming from The Box. What could it be?

More About Fitting Together

The Twirlywoos watch a lady trying to make a picnic bench, fitting planks of wood together. Her dog comes to tell her it is time for a walk. Whilst she is away, the Twirlywoos start fitting together the planks of wood, but are they following the instructions for the picnic bench or making something completely different?

More About Next to

The Twirlywoos watch a waiter set a wedding table in a marquee. The waiter places plates and cutlery next to each other. The Twirlywoos then decide to help out by getting items from outside and placing them next to the plates until there is an entire garden's worth of items on the table. The bride and groom enter and are amazed.

More About Open and Close

An artist is drawing a dog in a room. The dog wants to go out, so the artist opens the door. After a while, the artist opens the door again and calls the dog back inside. The Twirlywoos decide to open and close the door to let the dog in and out.

More About Faster and Faster

The Twirlywoos watch a man practising his tennis strokes using a machine to shoot the balls to him. Once all the balls have been fired by the machine, the man collects up the balls and refills the machine, setting the dial to start again. Great BigHoo turns the dial and the balls come out faster and faster.

More About On and Off

The Twirlywoos learn about On and Off by watching a man trying shoes on and taking them off in a shoe shop. Later, they encounter an octopus that jumps on and off everyone it sees.

More About Spinning

The Twirlywoos visit a school hall. They see a teacher pick up different coloured hoops and set them spinning, so they try to spin hoops themselves.

More About Outside

The Twirlywoos are in a hairdresser's salon. They watch as the hairdresser puts all his signs outside the shop. Whilst the hairdresser is busy, the Twirlywoos decide to put everything outside - including the customers.

More About Twirling

The Twirlywoos find themselves in a sports hall. They watch a gymnast dance whilst twirling a ribbon. Toodloo copies the gymnast, twirling a ribbon. Chickedy and Chick join in and Great BigHoo tries too but he ends up twirling his ribbon around Toodloo, Chickedy and Chick.

More About Connecting

The Twirlywoos watch a farmer connect fence panels together to make a pen for his sheep. The sheep dog herds the sheep into the pen. Whilst the farmer is having a doze, the Twirlywoos build an enclosure around him by connecting more fence panels together.

More About Soft

The Twirlywoos are stroking a lady's soft, fluffy hat. Toodloo runs off underneath the hat and Great BigHoo, Chickedy and Chick chase after it. A lady walking her dog strokes the hat, a man eating his sandwiches accidently tries to eat it and a bald man enjoys wearing it.

More About Full

The Twirlywoos watch a man picking apples in an orchard. His basket is full, so he empties the apples into a box - but it's too small. He puts the box in his truck and goes off to find a bigger one. While he's gone, the Twirlywoos decide they want to try picking apples themselves. Before long, the whole truck is full of apples!

More About Collecting

The Twirlywoos are watching some children collecting shells on a beach. The Twirlywoos decide they'd like to try collecting shells too - but it's not long before they start collecting lots of other things they find on the beach. Then, back on the Big Red Boat, the Twirlywoos get a visit from the Robot, but there's a mishap and the Twirlywoos find themselves collecting all of his nuts, bolts and cogs!

More About Down

The Twirlywoos watch two men carry some furniture down the stairs in a block of flats. When the men take a break, the Twirlywoos see if they can help by carrying some things down. First they take a painting down and then a chest of drawers, but when they try to take a wardrobe down it topples right down the stairs!

More About Louder and Louder

The Twirlywoos are in a kitchen watching a man making a cup of tea. As he waits for the kettle to boil, he starts tapping out a rhythm with his spoon on the cup, gradually getting louder and louder. The Twirlywoos join in, and with everyone tapping their own rhythm, the noise in the kitchen gets louder and louder still.

More About Pulling

The Twirlywoos watch a man whose car is stuck in the mud. The man tries pulling the car free with a rope but it won't budge. When the man goes off to phone for help, the Twirlywoos step in and try pulling the car out of the mud themselves. Chickedy and Chick try pulling, then Toodloo tries pulling, but the car is still stuck. Finally, when all the Twirlywoos work together they manage to pull the car out of the mud.

More About More and More

The Twirlywoos are on a beach watching a boy build sandcastles. He makes more and more sandcastles, and the Twirlywoos decide they want to help. They build more and more sandcastles too, and it's not long before the whole beach is full. On the Big Red Boat something's wrong with the fruit tea machine - it keeps producing more and more grapes but no tea! As the grapes turn into a great big bunch, it's up to Chickedy and Chick to try and fix it.

More About Wrapping

The Twirlywoos find themselves in a hospital and watch a nurse wrapping a man's leg in bandages. When the nurse leaves the room, the Twirlywoos decide they'd like to have a go at wrapping bandages themselves. The Twirlywoos end up wrapping both of the man's legs to the bed, but he doesn't notice because he's too busy watching TV! On the Big Red Boat, the Piece of Paper visits the Twirlywoos and also wants to try wrapping. First Peekaboo is wrapped up, then Chickedy and Chick are wrapped up, followed by Toodloo and finally Great BigHoo. Eventually all the Twirlywoos are wrapped up together!

More About Hiding

The Twirlywoos visit an hotel and find themselves hiding behind a line of suitcases. One by one, the porter takes each suitcase away, and the Twirlywoos move down the line, hiding behind different cases. When there is only one suitcase left, the Twirlywoos have nowhere else to hide. Instead of coming out from their hiding place, they take their hiding place with them, much to the porter's confusion!

More About Joining Up

The Twirlywoos find themselves in an office watching a very bored man who is entertaining himself by joining up some paperclips. When he's gone, Great BigHoo empties the whole box of paperclips on to the desk and starts joining them up too. It's not long before all of the Twirlywoos are joining up paperclips, and soon the room is filled with paperclip chains! Back on the Big Red Boat, the Twirlywoos learn more about joining up when they have to try and put the fruit tea machine back together.

More About Going Over

The Twirlywoos are in a field with an obstacle course. They watch an athlete going over the hurdles and decide to try going over them themselves. As the hurdles get bigger, going over gets harder and harder. Great BigHoo gets stuck at the top of a rope hurdle, but his misfortune helps the athlete out! On the Big Red Boat the Twirly Rings are going over and over the Twirlywoos - but where will they land?

More About Balancing

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More About on Top of

The Twirlywoos are in a supermarket watching a shop assistant stacking toilet rolls on top of each other. When the assistant leaves to assist a customer, the Twirlywoos decide to help! Great BigHoo jumps on to the shelf and starts throwing toilet rolls to Toodloo, Chickedy and Chick. Before long, the stack of toilet rolls is so high it nearly reaches the ceiling! Back on the Big Red Boat, the Twirlywoos get a visit from the Very Important Lady. She sings so loudly that she falls apart and it's up to the Twirlywoos to put her sections back on top of each other and put her back together!

More About Pop

The Twirlywoos are in a room full of model aeroplanes watching a model maker starting a new project. As the man unpacks the parts of his model plane, he can't help but pop some of the bubble wrap packaging. The Twirlywoos think this looks like great fun, and they decide to pop the bubble wrap too - much to the man's surprise! Back on the Big Red Boat, the Twirlywoo Screen entertains with a bubble-blowing fish. Soon there are bubbles everywhere, just waiting to be popped!

More About All Gone

The Twirlywoos are watching a lady planting carrot seeds in a vegetable patch. She places the seeds in rows in the planter and covers them up with soil until they're all gone. When the lady goes into her shed, Toodloo decides to try planting seeds too. Soon, all the Twirlywoos are planting seeds - as well as feeding some to the chickens - and it's not long before the seeds are all gone! Back on the Big Red Boat, the Twirlywoos get a visit from the Stop Go Car and some bouncy green peas!

More About Out

The Twirlywoos are by the coast and they watch as a tired walker takes a rest on a bench. While he's sitting down, he takes a map out of his bag to check his route. The Twirlywoos are feeling curious and, without him realising, they decide to take lots of other things out of the man's bag too! Back on the Big Red Boat, the Twirlywoos get a visit from the Robot and to their surprise lots of cubes come out of the Robot. The cubes turn into little Robots who proceed to go in and out of the Big Red Boat again and again. Will they stay in or will they stay out?

More About Behind

The Twirlywoos are at a theatre, watching as the actors play their parts. The scene changes and new props are moved on to the stage. The Twirlywoos help by moving some extra props on to the stage, but are they the right props? What is happening behind the actor? Back on the Big Red Boat, the Octopus pays a visit. Peekaboo is sure there is something behind him.

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CBeebies

Four fruit tea-loving, birdlike characters named Great BigHoo, Toodloo, Chickedy and Chick sail away from their world to ours, seeking adventure and fun wherever they go.

Twirlywoos

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