
Abracadabra
The adventures of two unlikely friends. Ruby performs a magic trick that looks as if she has pulled a rainbow out of a hat, so Big and Small try to copy her.
Ruby shows Big and Small a magic trick that looks as if she has pulled a rainbow out of a hat. In reality it's a very beautiful coloured scarf, but Big and Small are both really impressed, believing it to be a real mini rainbow, and want to make their own rainbows.
Big tries to work out the science behind creating a rainbow. He carefully measures out coloured ingredients in precise proportions - although the resulting mixtures tend to cause explosions. Small thinks that it's done by magic and hurls a made-up magic potion into a hat: all he creates is a mess. When the house is in chaos Ruby reveals that it wasn't a rainbow, it was a scarf. They accidentally manage to create a rainbow cake from all their activities, so everything turns out happily.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Voice of Big and Small | Lenny Henry |
| Actor | Lenny Henry |
| Voice of Twiba and Ruby | Imelda Staunton |
| Actor | Imelda Staunton |
| Director | Wayne Moss |
| Director | Wayne Moss |
| Producer | David Collier |
| Writer | Martha Atwater |
| Producer | Sharon Summerling |
| Producer | David Collier |
| Writer | Martha Atwater |
| Producer | Sharon Summerling |
| Participant | Todd Doldersum |
| Puppeteer | Todd Doldersum |
| Participant | Jason Hopley |
| Puppeteer | Jason Hopley |
| Participant | Jamie Shannon |
| Puppeteer | Jamie Shannon |
| Participant | Caitlin O'Reilly |
| Puppeteer | Caitlin O'Reilly |
| Puppeteer | Darren Pickering |
| Participant | Darren Pickering |
Broadcasts
- Mon 2 Nov 200912:20
Mon 2 Nov 200916:30BBC HD- Tue 8 Dec 200912:20
- Thu 15 Apr 201015:55
- Sat 15 May 201011:30
- Sat 15 May 201016:30
- Mon 28 Jun 201015:55
- Sun 4 Jul 201008:40
- Wed 21 Jul 201008:40
- Sat 14 Aug 201011:30
- Sat 14 Aug 201016:30
- Fri 10 Sep 201012:30
- Wed 24 Nov 201012:30
- Mon 17 Jan 201109:40
- Tue 15 Feb 201109:40
- Sat 19 Mar 201111:15
- Sat 19 Mar 201116:15
- Thu 12 May 201109:30
- Sat 16 Jul 201113:20
- Fri 3 Feb 201208:25
- Wed 21 Mar 201208:25
- Mon 17 Sep 201215:50
- Sat 13 Oct 201209:10
- Sat 13 Oct 201214:10
- Sun 9 Jun 201311:50
- Tue 9 Jul 201308:15