Sesame Workshop announced today the launch of a brand-new comedic animated preschool series Bea’s Block,which will screen on all Sky Kids platforms in the U.K. and Ireland from October. The show was produced as part of the ongoing content partnerships between Warner Bros. Discovery and Sesame Workshop (the global impact nonprofit behind Sesame Street).
Bea’s Block is a ‘kindness adventure’ centered on a compassionate and curious five-year-old named Bea and her two best friends, Ty and Lexi. The characters look like wooden blocks, allowing them to exhibit a unique physical humor as they zip, stack and hop their way through their diverse and inclusive Blocktown neighborhood.
“Bea’s Block models kindness through friendship by showing how to be empathetic, compassionate, and respectful to others,” said Kay Wilson Stallings, Sesame Workshop’s Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Development and Production Officer. “Bea and her friends always want to help but it can take a little time to find the best way how. The series was created with the educational approach and heart you’ve come to expect from the maker of Sesame Street.”
Award-winning production studio A Productions developed the animation and design look of Bea’s Block. Based in Bristol, U.K., the studio has also animated the Sesame Street specials Sesame Street The Nutcracker, The Monster at the End of This Story and Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy.
The series will launch on Sky this October, screening at 9 a.m. and repeated at 4:30 p.m., U.K. time.
