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Big Kids is a live-action series co-produced by the BBC and Noggin.[2][3] It premiered on Noggin on 29 January 2001.[3] All 13 episodes were aired on Noggin's sister channel, Nickelodeon, from 9 to 30 March 2001.
History[]
According to the show's developer, Elaine Sperber, the writers "had to tread carefully"[1] to make sure that the content was relevant to both UK and U.S. children. She said, "We had a great relationship with Noggin ... but when you co-produce with North Americans, you always run into problems over British accents and language. We couldn’t use terms like 'snogging' in Big Kids because no one in the U.S. would have understood it."[1] The magazine Kidscreen wrote that "children start drinking far earlier in Britain than they do in North America, so a sequence showing booze being consumed at a school dance had to be watered down."[1]
On Noggin, the show was aired as part of a primetime programming block called "The Hubbub," which allowed viewers to submit comments through Noggin's website and see them live on-air.[4] Noggin grouped the final two episodes as an hour-long special, and they aired on 25 March 2001. Leading up to them, Noggin reran a marathon of the entire series, promoted as the Big Kids Big Marathon. From April 2002 to January 2004, Noggin aired reruns of Big Kids during its nighttime programming block, The N.[5][6][7]
Plot[]
The show follows the lives of the Spiller family: Simon, Kate, and their parents, Sarah, a piano teacher, and Geoff, a doctor. When the family attends a school charity event, a magician named Ming uses Sarah and Geoff in a performance. After the show is over, Kate and Simon realize that their parents have never been properly hypnotized. At seemingly random moments, they black out and begin to act like children.
The two siblings have to deal with keeping their parents under control in their hypnotized state, trying to get their parents to believe what happens when they black out, and trying to discover what triggers the change. Simon tries to keep his parents' hypnosis a secret from his best friend, Jake, who lives across the street and often visits at inopportune times. During trances, Sarah and Geoff engage in behaviour for which they would otherwise scold their children, while Kate and Simon are forced to act like mature adults. According to Noggin, the show was meant to explore "the complex and sometimes chaotic relationship between parent and child."[8]
Eventually, the children convince their parents by showing them filmed footage, and discover that the trigger is "ming", or any word with "ming" in it, just like the hypnotist's name. They finally track down Ming at a fête and convince him to 'unhypnotise' their parents, which appears to restore them to normal. However, their childish behaviour on a carousel leaves the children confused – whether Sarah and Geoff are acting like this deliberately, have fallen back into a state of hypnosis, or perhaps have always had the qualities of 'big kids' is left ambiguous.
Cast[]
- Duncan Duff - Dr. Geoffrey "Geoff" Spiller
- Imogen Stubbs - Sarah Spiller
- Matt Adams - Simon Spiller
- Kelly Salmon - Kate Spiller
- Sam Green - Jake Tyler
- Jasper Britton - Ming
- Amanda Fairbank-Hynes - Becky
- Barnaby Francis - Edward Bagley
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Clarke, Steve (January 1, 2001). "International co-pros: A necessary evil for high-end kids shows". “Big Kids, billed as 'an educational series' and co-produced with the Nickelodeon- and Sesame Workshop-backed U.S. kids channel Noggin”
- ↑ Bernstein, Paula (November 5, 2000). "Noggin adds new series to its lineup".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heffley, Lynne (January 29, 2001). "New on Noggin: 'Team,' Yes, 'Big Kids,' No".
- ↑ Umstead, R. Thomas (June 11, 2001). "Noggin Adds Interactive Series".
- ↑ Connell, Mike (January 3, 2002). "Noggin has tween educon on the brain".
- ↑ Heffley, Lynne (April 1, 2002). "Noggin Is Enrolling in Junior High".
- ↑ "Sunday, late night" (January 25, 2004).
- ↑ Welcome to Noggin: Noggin Programming (2001). Archived from the original on November 3, 2001.
External links[]
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| Daytime block | Phred on Your Head Show • A Walk in Your Shoes (seasons 1–2) • Oobi • Citizen Phoebe • Big Kids • Pinky Dinky Doo • On the Team • The URL with Phred Show • Sponk! • Play with Me Sesame • Jack's Big Music Show • The Upside Down Show | |
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