Charlie and Lola: Volume 2

Lola is four and she "will not ever, NEVER eat a tomato!" Sometimes she is "not sleepy and she will not go to bed", and how will she cope when she is really everso ill and may never smile again? It falls to big brother Charlie to win her round, and he uses every trick in the book - logic, humour, and the power of the imagination. Eating yucky, sticky mashed potato instantly becomes an expedition to the top of Mount Fuji tasting spoonfuls of cloud fluff. And tomatoes? They're really moonsquirters from the land of Moon! Using 2D CelAction animation, paper cutout, fabric design, real textures, photomontage and archive footage, all the distinctive style and exuberance of Lauren Child's award-winning picture books come to life. Glorious music and sound effects help to conjure up fantastical worlds that only children could invent, while realistic dialogue, voiced by children, ensures these magical adventures really resonate with kids.

I Am Not Sleepy - Will Lola ever be sleepy enough to go to bed, Charlie wonders? She drinks pink milk with tigers, cleans her teeth with a lion, shoos whales down the plughole and has a pyjama party with some dancing dogs. When at last, Charlie manages to get his little sister to feel sleepy, there's a surprise waiting for him in his bed.

It's My Book - You have to be quiet when you're in a library. But that's very hard for Lola when she can't find her absolutely most favourite book, Beetles Bugs and Butterflies. Charlie introduces her to books about dinosaurs, and books about Romans, and he even takes her into a beautiful Chinese pop-up book. But nothing matches Beetles Bugs and Butterflies. Or does it?

Boo! Made Me Jump - It's ever so easy for Charlie to make Lola jump. But what Lola wants more than anything is to make Charlie jump. This proves quite tricky. Lola tries everything. She asks her best friend Lotta and Marv to help her make Charlie jump. They try hiding, ghosts and really really scary stories. Soon Charlie, too, is longing to jump. Will nothing work?

I Want To Play Music - Introducing Charlie on clarinet and Marv on keyboards! The boys are presenting a piece all about Outer Space, accompanied with music, in front of the whole school tomorrow in assembly. Lola is desperate to join in. But it takes a lot of time and hard work to learn how to play an instrument. Lola is not deterred. Improvising instruments is much more fun and, what's more, Lola's makeshift band turns out to be just what is needed.

The Wonderfullest Picnic - You cannot have a picnic without swirly tennis and boildy eggs and, of course, sunshine. Lola, Lotta, Charlie and Marv are really excited because they have all of those things. But just as the fun is about to begin, the storm clouds gather. Luckily, Charlie knows how the desert people have picnics indoors and a potential disaster turns into the most wonderfullest picnic ever.

You Won't Like This Present As Much As I Do - It is Lotta's birthday, and of course Lola wants to buy her friend the very best present in the whole wide world. She is over the moon when she finds the very thing - a doctor's kit! But it is really hard to give your best friend the best present ever when you really, really like the present yourself!

"...delightful..." -Times Educational Supplement
"...a beautifully animated series. It neatly evokes the distinctive visual style of the original books in stories that tackle the concerns of its target three- to seven-year-olds, credibly and charmingly, in their language. And with plenty of wit, too, it's a parent-friendly newcomer with the look and feel of an instant classic."- Daily Telegraph
"...a sweet and very observant cartoon about an imaginative little girl and her sensible elder brother that will also help with reading ... Lola's tricks will be familiar to any parent, and the cartoon's colourful style will provide children with another reason not to turn off the television and go to bed."- Guardian
"...will keep toddlers transfixed ... [Child's] themes are ordinary - brushing your teeth, eating supper, going to bed - but are brought alive with all the mischief, excitement and frustration of childhood. The result is that kids are fascinated, while parents find it wryly familiar ... Charlie and Lola will undoubtedly catch on, but especially so with mums of the flashcard variety, for whom television needs to do more than just entertain (or babysit). And these are unmistakably middle-class children -nicely drawn, with Cath Kidston-style wallpaper and no cheap computer graphics. The theme tune is catchy without being inane, and the dialogue is done by real children. Lola's voice is especially sweet since she appears to have a very slight chesty cough - like most toddlers. But the acid test is the kids. My own two-and-a-half-year-old was gripped. And I finally got some ironing done."- The Times

Author, Illustrator, Creator & Associate Producer . . . . . . . .. . . . .. Lauren Child
Writers . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Noble, Bridget Hurst, Dave Ingham , Samantha Hill
Director . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kitty Taylor
Art Director .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leigh Hodgkinson
Series Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia Lloyd

Follow the adventures of seven-year-old Charlie and his feisty little sister Lola in this fresh, exuberant, delightfully witty animation based on the award-winning books by Lauren Child.

Using 2D CelAction animation, paper cutout, fabric design, photomontage and archive footage, all the distinctive style and exuberance of the delightful picture books come to life in this magical children's series. Carefully selected music and sound effects help to conjure up fantastical worlds that only children could invent, while realistic dialogue, voiced by actual children, ensures that these wondrous adventures really resonate with kids. As seen on the Disney Channel.

Includes the following episodes from Series 1:
I'm not sleepy and I will not go to bed
But that is my book
Boo! Made you Jump!
I want to play music too
The most wonderfullest picnic in the whole wide world
You won't like this present as much as I do