Raa Raa - Ooh la la!      (26.05.11)
  

   Raa Raa the Noisy Lion and his jingly-jangly jungle-bound
   buddies roared, crashed, tooted and banged on to CBeebies
   on May 9th and there's a multi-talented talented triumvirate
   behind the scenes, bringing the stop-motion animals to life.

   There's Keith Chapman and Curtis Jobling, for starters. The
   series was conceived by Curtis and co-produced by Chapman
   Entertainment. The duo rubbed shoulders on "Bob the Builder",
   of course. And the third member of the tean? It's Mackinnon
   & Saunders, the puppet masters who worked with Mr Jobling
   on "Frankenstein's Cat".

   And there's more. A number of the crew have hopped on
   board Raa Raa's jungle train from HOT Entertainment, like
   Geoff Walker, Chapman Entertainment's Studio Director. It's
   enough to make you go "gaga"!

   As for the 26 x 10min series, well, it's a perfect pre-schooler.
   Lorraine Kelly introduces us to Raa Raa the noisy young lion,
   Huffty the elephant, Topsy the giraffe, Crocky the crocodile,
   Zebby the zebra and Ooo Ooo the monkey as they gambol
   around their jungle home, making friends, learning lots of
   communicable new words and sounds and above all, making
   lots and lots of noise. The Hound already has a soft spot
   for Ooo Ooo - it's a monkey thang - but all of them are
   instant tots tv stars...

   "Raa Raa the Noisy Lion" is currently airing on CBeebies
   every week day at 3:30pm.

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