Charlie and Lola: Volumes 1 and 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.

Series 1
Set 1
Episode 1: I WILL NOT EAT A TOMATO
Lola is a very fussy eater, she won’t eat mushrooms, or peas or fishfingers and she will never ever eat a tomato! Charlie helps her to discover that peas are really green drops from Green Land and mashed potato is cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji. But will she eat that tiny weeny tomato? Never! But she might just eat a moonsquirter

Episode 2: ON MY OWN
Today Lola wants to do everything that’s anything all on her own. In the park, Charlie and his friend Marv persuade her that a see saw won’t “see” or “saw” with only one person. When the boys get on the other end up goes Lola, high in the sky, where she sees things she could only dream of. And, what’s more, she saves Marv and Charlie from the ever-so evil pirates. All on her own.

Episode 3: I'M 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.

Episode 4: 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?

Episode 5: I'M IN THE SUN
It’s the school play and Lola is determined to be The Sun. She knows the part will be hers because yellow is her favourite colour. She was born to play the sun! Imagine her disappointment when she finds out that she’s a leaf. And not only that, she’s a boring brown autumn leaf. But, with Charlie’s help, Lola discovers how leaves are far from boring. And when the big day arrives, Lola is the best leaf in the whole wide forest.

Episode 6: WE CAN LOOK AFTER YOUR DOG
Lola and her friend Lotta know everything there is to know about dogs. So they are really pleased when Marv lets them look after Sizzles in the park. They stroke him, they pat him, they groom him. It is all going well - until Sizzles disappears. And when they find him, there isn’t just one Sizzles, but two! How will they tell them apart?

Episode 7: I'VE WON
Lola simply has to win all of the time. She can run faster than a cheetah, she can bounce higher than a kangaroo, and she can stand on one leg for longer than a flamingo. She beats Charlie at snakes and ladders by climbing up a slippery snake. Could this be cheating? But when Charlie wins the race round the park, a tired little Lola points out that you don’t have to win all the time... or maybe you do.

Episode 8: I LIKE MY HAIR
It is time for Charlie and Lola to get their hair cut. But something is bothering Lola and she does not want to tell us what it is. She just wants to keep her hair completely the way it is. Lola wants her hair long, so that she can sit on it and look like a princess. Then Charlie wonders if she is scared. Absolutely not! She’s not scared of the snippy scissors, of hairdressers, of anything! But don’t let that hairbrush get near my knots...

Episode 9: I'M REALLY EVER SO NOT WELL
Charlie has promised Marv that he’ll play football with him but poor Lola has a very nasty cold and is stuck in bed. She begs Charlie to stay with her. Charlie tries all sorts of ways of making her feel better but a butterfly chase Flutterby Mountain finally does the trick. Will Charlie ever make it to his football match?

Episode 10: I'M HURRYING, I'M ALMOST NEARLY READY
Charlie wants Lola to hurry or they will be late for school. But there are so many exciting things to do on the way that Lola keeps getting distracted. There’s colouring, and dancing with clouds, playing hopscotch on musical pavements and giggling with hysterical hedgehogs. Charlie has to come up with a cunning ruse to get his little sister to hurry up... You wouldn’t want to miss Dragon Day at school, would you?

Episode 11: 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?

Episode 12: 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.

Episode 13: IT WASN'T ME
Charlie wins first prize at school for his fantastic homemade rocket which he made from 10 yoghurt pots and some extra wide tin foil. As he puts his rocket safely away on the top shelf he explains to Lola that the rocket really isn’t a toy and she must absolutely promise not to touch it or play with it. Then Lola and her imaginary friend, Soren Lorenson, find that they have to transport an elephant back to the jungle, Soren persuades Lola that the rocket is a really good idea. But it isn’t. Whoops!

Set 2
Episode 1: ITS A SECRET
Lola has to keep Charlie’s birthday surprise a big secret. And it’s really, really hard to keep secrets. To stop Lola from telling him, Charlie decides to try to guess the surprise by coming up with the most extraordinary suggestions. Through this he discovers it is old and big and scary. But nothing could ever have prepared Charlie for the best birthday surprise ever.

Episode 2: I LOVE GOING TO GRANNY & GRANDPA'S
Granny and Grandpa’s house is by the sea where there are pony rides and lovely things to eat, a big dressing-up box and Caspar the Cat. But Lola is worried that Soren Lorenson, her imaginary friend, might miss her while she is away. Charlie solves that problem. Then she says she cannot go away because Mum and Dad might miss her. Charlie comes up with another solution. But Lola still doesn’t want to go to Granny and Grandpa’s. Why? Ohhh, it is because she might miss Mum and Dad. Can Charlie put her little troubled mind to rest?

Episode 3: WOBBLY TOOTH
Lola is horrified because she has her first ever wobbly tooth and she does not ever, never want her wobbly tooth to fall out. She does not want a big gap in her teeth, even if Charlie does say that she will grow another one which is stronger and better. No, Lola’s tooth is absolutely not going to fall out... Until she discovers there is a Tooth Fairy! Who brings PRESENTS! Suddenly, she cannot get that tooth out fast enough.

Episode 4: SAY CHEESE
To please Mum, Lola is determined to stay clean and tidy for her very first school photograph. And Lola’s not very good at staying clean and tidy. What makes it even harder to achieve is that there is a water-tray, school lunch and painting class before the school photograph happens. But, as ever, Charlie and Lola find a way of producing a really absolutely, very special photo of Lola after all.

Episode 5: I'M NOT KEEN ON SPIDERS
Lola likes all sorts of creepy crawlies; she is just not keen on spiders. Charlie tries to show Lola that spiders are not bad at all, in fact they are really quite clever. He shows her that spiders can walk upside down, and build fantastic webs that are bouncy like trampolines. Soon Lola gets very attached to a little spider they have found in the house and, before we know it, she has given him a name, made him his own house, found him a friend and is throwing a spider tea-party.

Episode 6: SNOW IS MY FAVOURITE & MY BEST
Snow is on the way and Lola is bursting with excitement. Lola just loves snow. After she finally gets to sleep, she wakes up the next morning to find that everything has gone completely, extremely white! Charlie, Lola, Marv, Sizzles and Lotta have a wonderful time in the park. They make snow angels, and have snow races, and Lotta and Lola even make a snow dog. Snow really is the best thing ever! Until it melts. Charlie helps a very disappointed Lola see that snow is even more special because it is not there all of the time.

Episode 7: 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!

Episode 8: I MUST TAKE EVERYTHING
Lola is packing to go to Lotta’s for the night. And she is packing everything because her and Lotta are going to play Cinderella! This means that Charlie and Marv can have the whole bedroom to themselves to set up an enormous race track of their own. Disaster strikes when Lola realises she has left her suitcase at home, and Charlie and Marv find they are missing a really important piece of track. Imagination comes to the rescue in the form of a teaspoon and an intergalactic space race. But where exactly did that missing bit of track go?

Episode 9: 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.

Episode 10: I'M FAR TOO EXTREMELY BUSY
Lola simply does not have time to play today; she is far too extremely busy organising her office full of mermaids, running her own café, dentist and library. She’s far too busy to play with Charlie, or Lotta, or even her imaginary friend Soren Lorensen. So she could not possibly find the time to play Charlie’s new card game, Flip Flop. However, when Marv comes round to play cards, Lola is not sure that being extremely busy all the time is quite such a good idea.

Episode 11: I WANT TO BE BIGGER
Life is just not fair when you are always the smaller one.: You can’t go to bed late, you can’t get your own pink milk and you can’t go on the Super Dooper Loop the Looper ride at the fair. Lola does everything she can to make herself taller: imagining she’s a sunflower, a skyscraper and even the tallest mountain in the world. Charlie tries to point out all the advantages of being small, and they even swap places. But Lola remains unconvinced. Only the sight and noise of the really scary Loop the Looper makes her change her mind.

Episode 12: MY LITTLE TOWN
Sharing the My Little Town play set that Granny and Grandpa gave them proves a bit of a challenge for Charlie and Lola. Lola wants big flowers and trees and butterflies and a zoo house, while Charlie wants an airport with a control tower and a huge runway. Before long, Charlie gets quite carried away, hogs the whole game and is intent on saving his little world. Lola is understandably very upset. Can she forgive Charlie and help him out with the Martian invasion?

Episode 13: BUT I AM AN ALLIGATOR
Dressing up is one of Lola’s absolutely favourite things to do. And now she has this fabulous new alligator costume, she is never going to take it off, not ever! Snap! Snap! Snap! To Charlie’s embarrassment, Lola wears her alligator costume everywhere: the supermarket, the park... she even plans to wear it for her school talk entitled All about Me! Oh No! Whatever can Charlie do to stop her making a fool of herself?

Series 2
Set 1
Episode 1: I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYES
Charlie and Marv go swimming, Lola decides to play 'Spies' with her imaginary friend Soren Lorenson. The two intrepid detectives spy a removal van outside the flats and they become convinced that a big Ogre is moving in next door! Then they change their minds... it’s not an Ogre, it’s a Wolf! Or perhaps a whole family of hungry wolves!! When Charlie comes home, he says that’s impossible, wolves can’t possibly be moving in next door! He decides to sort things out once and for all. But who will answer the door?

Episode 2: IT IS ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY NOT MESSY
Lola refuses to admit that their shared bedroom is messy: “it’s just all spread out!” Try as he might, Charlie simply can’t make Lola see that having a tidy room can be a good thing. He points out that it is not just her room, it’s his too – but she won’t have it. In the end, desperate measures are called for; Charlie decides to move out! Will this be enough to encourage Lola to tidy up?

Episode 3: I AM EXTREMELY MAGIC
Charlie is Magic. Lola knows this for a fact. He has a new magic set and he can make coins appear from behind her ears! Lola wants to be magic too. She practices and practises and practises, but the magic just doesn’t seem to work and she cannot make her magic white rabbit disappear. Then suddenly something magic really happens!

Episode 4: THIS IS ACTUALLY MY PARTY
Lola is determined to make Charlie’s birthday party the best birthday party ever! The problem is that Lola’s idea of a good party is fairycakes, dancing and pink things, whereas Charlie prefers monsters, green and things that go squidge. As Charlie says “Monsters don’t like pink!” Lola can’t help but hijack Charlie’s party and Charlie is none too pleased... until a few of his monster friends gobble up the fairycakes!

Episode 5: HOW MANY MORE MINUTES?
Long car journeys and rainy days can be pretty boring, but a dentist's waiting room, where there is absolutely nothing to do, is definitely the most boring place of all. The lady at the desk seems determined to ruin any fun that Charlie and Lola start to have. But even she can’t stop Charlie and Lola from turning a dull old water-cooler, fish tank and tooth poster into an epic pirate adventure on the high seas!

Episode 6: I AM COLLECTING A COLLECTION
Charlie’s is only missing one dinosaur for his immaculate collection and it’s the hardest one to get... the Gigantasauras! Lola is inspired to start her very own collection. But what should she collect? Leaves? Water? Hippos? Eventually Lola ends up with her own totally unique collection of things... but what is it? Charlie has to guess and the stakes are high. If he guesses correctly he could win his precious Gigantasauras.

Episode 7: MY BEST BEST BESTEST FRIEND
Lola and Lotta are best best friends. They do everything together. Then a new girl arrives at school and Lotta seems rather taken with her. Lola starts to feel left out. Inconsolable that Lotta may not like her anymore Charlie and Marv come to the rescue, and Lola realises that of course Lotta is still definitely her best friend. Phew! For one brief moment it looked like life may never be the same again!

Episode 8: LUCKY, LUCKY ME!
Lola is convinced she’s the luckiest person in the whole wide world, especially when Granny and Grandpa send her and Charlie the money to go and see the new ‘Bat Cat’ film. ‘Bat Cat’ is her favourite! Then things start to go wrong and Lola’s luck runs out. Or has it?

Episode 9: BUT THESE SHOES ARE MY FAVOURITE AND MY BEST
Lola’s extremely most favourite red shiny shoes no longer fit, and Dad insists that she gets a new pair of shoes. Lola is not having any of it; her old red, shiny shoes are her favourite and she is definitely not going to change them, not ever! No other shoes are as grippy, or bouncy or shiny or red as her old favourite red shiny shoes!! After trying on hundreds of other shoes, Dad makes her get some brown shoes with big buckles. But will Lola ever learn to like them?

Episode 10: I REALLY WONDER WHAT PLANT I'M GROWING
Charlie is growing a big tomato plant and Lola wants to grow something too. Mum gives her a seed and Lola can’t help but imagine a whole host of exotic and exciting plants that her seed might grow into: a biscuit plant or a butterfly plant or maybe even a singing plant! Charlie tries to teach her that first of all she has to learn to look after her plant... but Lola’s is far too excited. She can’t wait to see what her seed may grow into!

Episode 11: CHARLIE IS BROKEN
Charlie and Lola’s well-rehearsed circus act for Granny and Grandpa is put in jeopardy when poor Charlie breaks his arm playing football with Marv. Lola and Soren Lorensen try to nurse him back to health and cheer him up. But will Lola find anything for poor “broken” Charlie to do in the circus?

Episode 12: I WILL BE ESPECIALLY VERY CAREFUL
Lola is overjoyed when Lotta finally agrees to do swaps. Lola can borrow Lotta’s brand new fluffy white coat in exchange for Lola’s clippy handbag – just until tomorrow. In spite of promising to be extremely very careful, things don’t quite go as planned for Lola. How can she possibly own up to Lotta that her brand-new white fluffy coat is lost?

Episode 13: YES I AM, NO YOU’RE NOT
Charlie and Lola are looking forward to going to see a Chinese puppet show. But they are in a squabbling mood. In fact, today they do nothing BUT squabble. Will they ever “simmer down” and learn how to talk nicely to each other?

Set2
Episode 1: I AM REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CONCENTRATING
It’s Lola’s first ever school sport’s day and, after much deliberation, she decides to enter the Egg and Spoon race – the most difficult race of all. How is she ever going to keep her egg on her spoon? The answer is concentration, and lots of it!

Episode 2: WILL YOU PLEASE STOP MESSING ABOUT
Charlie can only watch his favourite TV Show “Space Family Hudson” after he and Lola have completed some little jobs for Mum and Dad. Lola can’t help but get distracted, and every job becomes a wonderful game. For Charlie, these games are not fun, time is running out and he’s going to miss his favourite programme of all time. Charlie begs Lola to hurry. But will 'Space Family Hudson' have to wait for another day?

Episode 3: I COMPLETELY KNOW ABOUT GUINEA PIGS
Mrs Hanson has chosen Lola to look after Bert, the class guinea pig, for the school holidays. Lola makes sure she knows everything about guinea pigs. That is everything except where to find him when Bert the guinea pig totally and utterly disappears!

Episode 4: WHAT IF I GET LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?
A surprise school trip is planned and as Charlie, Marv and Lotta speculate about where it might be, Lola starts to worry that she might get lost. Bright clothes, whistles and pebbles all come into play in an attempt to avoid getting lost. Finally, however, the school trip takes them to a place where you are meant to get lost! A maze!

Episode 5: WELCOME TO LOLALAND
Charlie and Marv are trying to do their Spanish homework which sparks an interest in Lola to speak Spanish too. The boys say she is too young to speak Spanish. So Lola decides she wants to go to Spainland... now! But the boys say that is totally impossible. Nothing is impossible for Lola so she and Soren Lorenson invent their own land – Lolaland and their own language Lola Language!

Episode 6: PLEASE MAY I HAVE SOME OF YOURS?
On a trip to the zoo Lola is keen to buy a seal toy for her bath but unfortunately she spends all of her pocket money by the time she gets to the zoo shop. In fact, Lola is having one of those days when she can’t seem to save anything for later. Charlie helps out, as ever, and is later rewarded by his grateful little sister, who finally gets the hang of saving!

Episode 7: CAN YOU MAYBE TURN THE LIGHT ON?
Lola isn’t scared of the dark. She just wants the bedroom door open, the window blind up and the light on – that’s all! Well perhaps she is a little scared of the dark because that’s when the Ogre comes! Charlie tries to rid his sister of her fear of the dark. Finally, she lets him get to the end of the story book revealing the happy ending with the Ogre. Lola then insists on having the light off because she and her friendly Ogre can’t possibly sleep unless it is totally dark!

Episode 8: YOU CAN BE MY FRIEND
Marv and Charlie are off to the insect house and Marv’s little brother Morton is coming round to play with Lola. Lola is very excited and is sure that Morton will be her new friend who lives down the stairs. However, Morton is very shy indeed and Lola has to draw on all her resources to get him to play with her at all. Will Morton smile if Lola tries hard enough? Who wouldn’t!

Episode 9: I WISH I COULD DRAW EXACTLY MORE LIKE YOU
Everybody in the whole school has to make a picture of their house for open visiting school day. Charlie, Marv, Lola and Lotta all decide to make their pictures round at Charlie and Lola’s. Lotta, who prides herself on being really good at drawing houses, suddenly can’t draw anymore! The others all find a way of inspiring Lotta and soon there’s absolutely no stopping her.

Episode 10: I MISS OUR MOUSE TOO MUCH Charlie and Lola love Charlie’s pet mouse, Nibbles. They even take him to school where he shows off his extremely clever tricks. But mice don’t live for very long and when Nibbles dies, Lola doesn’t think she could ever have a pet mouse again. The arrival of Tickles, the most tickliest mouse in the world, proves her wrong.

Lola is in a superstitious mood. There are so many unlucky things you can do. Charlie plays along with this but Lola’s imagination gets carried away. If you step on the cracks, do bears really jump out at you? Or is it crocodiles? Or maybe lions? How can Charlie persuade Lola that some of these things are simply not true?

Episode 12: LOOK AFTER YOUR PLANET Charlie and Lola are on a recycling mission. Soon they involve the whole school determined to enter a competition that could win them all a real tree to plant! But time is running out and they are in serious danger of failing to collect enough recyclable items. Where will the last few cans and bottles come from in order for them to get their real tree?

Episode 13: TOO MANY BIG WORDS Usually Lola just loves going to school but recently she is not so keen. It’s all the counting and the writing and the reading. Especially the reading. Poor Lola is feeling the pressure. But who better to help her deal with it than Charlie. Before long Lola is actually reading her new storybook and not just making it up!

"...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
“...delightful..."- Times Educational Supplement
“Kids’ Choice ... promising ... a rich streak of fantasy and discovery...”- Daily Mail
A delicious blend of images, video and animation.”- Sydney Morning Herald
“A delight for adults and their offspring.” -Sunday Mail
“The minimalist animation is rather sweet.”- Weekend Australian

Production Credits
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

You may enjoy this smash BBC-produced Disney Playhouse hit as much as your children or grandchildren! Delight the little ones with Charlie and his little sister, Lola, who is small and very funny. The sibling sensations, dubbed "a brilliant brother-sister act" (Animation Magazine) conjure fantastical worlds and magical adventures only a child could invent. Based on the award-winning children's picture books by Lauren Child, Charlie and Lola features realistic dialogue, glorious music and inventive sound effects that truly resonate with kids. "Using the voices of real children and a bagful of animation techniques and textures, it looks and sounds like no other show"—TV Guide.

Volume 1 includes the following episodes from Series 1:
I will not ever, never eat a tomato
We do promise honestly we can look after your dog
I'm far too extremely busy
It's a secret
I love going to Granny and Grandpa's just that....
I'm just not keen on spiders
I'm really ever so not well

Volume 2 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