Mr Bloom's Nursery - New Series!
|10:39 UK time, Monday, 9 January 2012
Ello! Mr Bloom here (well actually it’s Ben, as I’m not wearing welly boots or speaking with a Northern accent) and there’s good news for any budding Tiddlers out there because the 2nd Series of Mr Blooms Nursery begins today. Yes, we’ve been hard at work during 2011 with the veggies and whole new bunch of Tiddlers to bring you another 26 episodes of horticultural hoo hah.
It’s been an absolute pleasure to work on another series and I hope I can say we all had a blast in the process. But it wasn’t all fun and games (although there were some fantastic games of French cricket during lunch breaks at the Allotment). There were lows, such as the day we had to film in and around a rather persistent hailstorm!?! They were the size of frozen peas, no word of lie! But then there were the highs such as hanging out with the new arrivals...
There are two new characters Tom and Barbara (cue the bird doing a loop the loop, for those of you who’re old enough to remember The Good Life and spot our little homage…!) They’re a couple of potatoes who reside high up on a shelf in the nursery looking down over everything. They’re a lovely addition to the Veggies and add a real comic touch as they wheeze along to their own gags!
In fact there are all manner of bells and whistles on the new series of Mr Blooms Nursery and I really hope you like them:
Sebastian is back and more debonair than ever. Whereas in Series 1 he was largely tasked with introducing the final song and dance, this time around he features throughout the main storylines of many of the episodes. Well, you can’t keep a good Aubergine down can you…?!
Compo had a few improvements too! Compo 2.0 we called him – as Mr Bloom has added a few gadgets over the past few months. A periscope, a model railway in one particularly awesome episode and a wash-spin-n-dry cycle to name but a few!
Finally, and most excitingly of all we’ve a one-off Mr Bloom Special episode as part of the series. It’s a standalone episode which shows Mr Bloom and the Veggies leave the Nursery behind and take to the trusty Compo Car when a group of Tiddlers ask for their help in transforming a derelict plot of land. I won’t say too much more at this stage .... but watch this space – it’s due to transmit at the end of this series (around end of March).
All in all, 2011 was a great year for us. The first series was well received and we were lucky enough to win the Royal Television Society North West Award for Best Children’s Programme. *
Most importantly, we were given the opportunity to make this second series, which has been nothing short of delightful. This time around we’ve really tried to enhance the show without tinkering too much to the existing formula. Thanks to all the team who helped put the series together – such a wonderful bunch of creative (mad) people.
I hope you enjoy the added extras and in the words of Tom and Barbara, 'Laters Taters!'
* Ben is being modest here – not only did the series win that award, but he himself was nominated for a Children’s BAFTA for Best Performer – a fantastic achievement!
(Ed)
For Mr Bloom's Nursery games, songs clips and more, check out the Mr Bloom's Nursery Website
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At 19:30 9th Jan 2012, NatalieJ1981 wrote:I'll be watching (*cough* I mean my munchkins will be).. For my daily Mr Bloom fix ;-)
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At 20:26 9th Jan 2012, Lou wrote:Fab news! Our 16th month old adores Mr Bloom's Nursery and I'll be series-recording on my V+ box so she has a steady stream of episodes to jig along to. I even catch myself singing 'meet the veggies' on the way to the tube in the morning (ahem). Asking if she wants to watch a Mr Bloom always gets a big smile from her and a vigorous nod of the head.
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At 21:03 9th Jan 2012, Kitty wrote:We love Mr Bloom - it's really got my little one interested in gardening. She especially loves it when you all dance! Keep up the good work.
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At 09:35 10th Jan 2012, Jen wrote:Fantastic show, thanks Cbeebies!
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At 11:28 10th Jan 2012, Berrybizzle wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 13:37 10th Jan 2012, sarahsamandjosh wrote:Brilliant news. My two boys love this show, and a great calming agent in the run up to bath & bedtime routines. Will look out for the Compo out and about story. Thanks Mr Bloom & CBeebies.
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At 20:55 11th Jan 2012, cricketsmum wrote:When is there a DVD coming out? We have moved to New Zealand and badly miss Mr Bloom and the veges. It is a brilliant thing when a 2.5 year old can name aubergines and demand we buy one in the supermarket!
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At 13:54 12th Jan 2012, royzkeane wrote:Excellent programme!
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At 13:57 12th Jan 2012, mummysmunchie wrote:what a fantastic show my 3 month old son loves it,whenever he hears meet the veggies song he squeals with delight.Please bring out some soft toy veggies soon!!
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At 10:16 20th Jan 2012, Potsmith wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 12:19 20th Jan 2012, twinmum wrote:Where do the children who appear on the show come from?? My 4 yr old keeps saying he NEEDS to go to Mr Blooms nursery!!! Is this at all possible or are they stage school children?
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At 14:49 20th Jan 2012, Bel wrote:My daughter loves this programme.she asked me if we could go and see mr bloom. I said I didn't know where he lived so she told me behind the red door. Then next time the programme was on pointed out the red door (which obviously I had never noticed!) to me. Are there any plans for a live show? Pleeeeeeeeeease!!!
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At 17:15 20th Jan 2012, lisa wrote:Ohhh yeahh mr bloom back on
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At 11:39 22nd Aug 2012, Shanika wrote:Hi Mr. Bloom,
Your show is fantastic! My daughter who is 5 has always loved watching it. She also has learnt to love eating vegetables more now than before, thanks to your show. Everyday she would ask me, "mummy when can I be a tiddler at Mr Bloom's nursery?". I really don't know the answer to that.
How do children get to take part on your show? Pleeeeeeease let me know.
Thank you.
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At 12:17 4th Oct 2012, holly wrote:My 3 year old says shes going to marry mr Bloom because hes nice :)
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