3rd & Bird

3rd & Bird

Title card
Created by Josh Selig
Directed by Jennifer Oxley (Creative Director)
Starring Sam Lewis
Eden Jarrett
Morgan Gayle
Preston Nyman
Michael Fenton Stevens
Charlotte Leslie-Cameron
Anna Nygh
David Beckford
Candida Gubbins
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 50 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Josh Selig
Kay Benbow
Chris Rose
Producer(s) Fred Weinberg
Running time 10 minutes approx.
Distributor BBC
Broadcast
Original channel BBC
Audio format Dolby Surround
First shown in CBeebies
Original run 4 June 2008 – 4 April 2010 (Easter)
Chronology
Related shows Wonder Pets!, Oobi

3rd & Bird is a British television programme aimed at young children, commissioned by Michael Carrington and broadcast on the BBC, which revolves around a community of birds and their adventures. The series premiered on CBeebies in June 2008. Described in its initial press release as "a charming new animated series all about community",[1] the programme format generally involves one or more of the characters encountering a problem which must be solved using the social skills which pre-school children must develop in order to make their way in the world.

3rd & Bird was created by Josh Selig for Little Airplane Productions. Like Selig's previous venture, Wonder Pets!, the show uses an animation style known as "photo-puppetry", in which the animation is created by the use of manipulation of photographs.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

The cast also includes world champion musical whistler, Michael Barimo, whose whistling accompanies the music of the show.

Episodes

The original press release stated that 49 episodes of 3rd & Bird would be made.[2] To date, 25 episodes have been shown from season 1:

Another 24 episodes have been shown for Season 2:

Merchandising

In January 2009, BBC Worldwide announced plans to release 3rd & Bird merchandise, including wooden stacking toys, pull along vehicles, play sets and musical instruments, as well as wheeled toys, including trikes, scooters, and ride-ons.[3] The product line was released in spring 2010.

Two compact discs featuring the 3rd & Bird theme song (along with many other CBeebies show tracks) were released by CBeebies titled CBeebies: Song Time (2010) and CBeebies: The Album (2012).

DVDs/Books

A DVD containing 8 episodes of the series was released in March 2009.,[4] and will be accompanied by a series of books tying in to the show. The DVD release, entitled Bird's The Word!, contains the following episodes:

Fly Muffin!;

Bird Theatre!;

Muffin Express!;

A Chorus for Us!;

To Play or Not to Play!;

The Rudy Show!;

Meet Elliott!;

Costume Party!

A second DVD, Muffin Land!, was released in June 2009, and contained the following episodes:

Muffinland!;

Muffin's Shop!

Dinosaur!;

Go Camping!;

Playhouse!;

Cowgirl!;

Muffin's Plant!;

Baby Jordan!

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