Doordarshan and ABC to launch 'Bananas in Pyjamas' for kids

Doordarshan (DD) in collaboration with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is going to launch award winning series 'Bananas in Pyjamas' for the kids from April 26.

It will be aired every Sunday at 10:30 am on DD National.

"The launch of Australia Plus Kids' Programming on DD National is a joyous occasion for it would help Indians better appreciate Australia and its culture. I also look forward to ABC helping us in getting across to Australian audience to let them closely know and understand India, its heritage and its culture. I wish all success to this beginning," Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar said.

B1 and B2, as the characters are known have been one of the most successful children's television programmes ever to have come out of Australia. Sold to more than 80 countries around the world, the two bananas have been invited to the White House, helped open the Sydney Olympic Games and are loved by missions of pre-schoolers the world over.

The series feature stories and music that are fun and playful and is set in Cuddlestown where the Bananas live with their friends the teddies, Lulu, Morgan and Amy and the mischievous Rat in the Hat.

From April 26, they will be joined on DD National by another Australia's most loved children's characters - Giggle and Hoot. Jimmy Giggle and his own pal Hoot live in a world where curiosity and imagination rule and where the ordinary is extraordinary.

The 'Bananas in Pyjamas' and Giggle and Hoot are produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, one of the world's pre-eminent producers of quality pre-school television and online children's content and is brought to DD National by ABC's International Broadcasting Service Australia Plus.