Charlie and Lola (TV series): Difference between revisions

'''''Charlie and Lola''''' is a British [[Flash animation|Flash-animated]] [[children's television series]] based on the popular [[Charlie and Lola|children's picture book series of the same name]] by [[Lauren Child]], produced by [[Tiger Aspect Productions]] for [[CBeebies]]. TheIt showran startedfor on3 series from 7 November 2005.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=43}}</ref> Theto series24 wasApril produced by [[Tiger Aspect Productions]]2008, and has wonwinning multiple [[BAFTA Children's Awards]] awardsthroughout its run. The animation uses a [[collage]] style that emulates the style of the original books.

Charlie has a little sister named Lola; he describes her as "small, and very funny". Lola often gets caught up in situations that she (inadvertently) causes, whether it's running out of money at the zoo and having to borrow Charlie's<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Please May I Have Some of Yours? |series=Charlie and Lola |network=[[CBeebies]] |seasonseries-no=2 |number=15 |airdate=9 October 2006}}</ref> to forgetting her entire suitcase when having a sleepover at a friend's house.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=I Must Take Completely Everything |series=Charlie and Lola |network=[[CBeebies]] |seasonseries-no=1 |number=21 |airdate=5 December 2005}}</ref> These situations are sometimes comedic but often reflect real world problems that younger children may face, such as losing a best friend,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=My Best Best Bestest Friend |series=Charlie and Lola |network=[[CBeebies]] |seasonseries-no=2 |number=9 |airdate=3 July 2006}}</ref> not getting the preferred part in a school play,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=There is Only One Sun and That is Me! |series=Charlie and Lola |network=[[CBeebies]] |seasonseries-no=1 |number=5 |airdate=11 November 2005}}</ref> or becoming too excited about an upcoming event and accidentally ruining it.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=This is Actually My Party |series=Charlie and Lola |network=[[CBeebies]] |seasonseries-no=2 |number=5 |airdate=22 May 2006}}</ref>

When these situations happen, Charlie usually ends up having to solve her problems through imaginative or creative methods, or by explaining to Lola where she went wrong. This is particularly demonstrated in the debut episode, "I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato", where Charlie pretends that her least favourite foods (such as carrots, mashed potatoes, fish fingers, and tomatoes) are more fantastical items in order to encourage her to eat them, such as 'orange twiglets from Jupiter' and 'ocean nibblers from the supermarket under the sea'.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato |series=Charlie and Lola |network=[[CBeebies]] |seasonseries-no=1 |number=1 |airdate=7 November 2005}}</ref> This may encourage young children to eat particular healthy foods that would otherwise come across as undesirable to them.

The series is also notable for its use of children rather than adult voice actors as well as not showing adults, aboth techniquetechniques pioneered by the [[List of Peanuts media#TV Specials|''Peanuts'' television specials]]. Both the books and the show also follow a technique of never showing adults.

** Awarded '''Best|[[BAFTA Children's Programme'''Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestvisionbafta.co.ukorg/awards/pagechildrens/broadcast-awards-2007nominations/?year=2006|title=North WestPast VisionWinners and MediaNominees Broadcast– Children's – Awards 2007– 2006|publisher=North West Vision and Media[[BAFTA]]|accessdate=17 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004051112/http://www.northwestvision.co.uk/page/broadcast-awards-2007|archivedate=4 October 2009}}</ref>