3rd and Bird is a pre school series following the treetop lives of a community of different birds. Having been asked to review this latest edition from cBeebies, I dutifully sat down with my two year old daughter, and when I asked her a few minutes into the first episode whether she liked the programme, I got no response whatsoever, which, for those of you who have not had the pleasure, means - YES she absolutely definitely does!
A thoroughly engaging, tuneful fair, 3rd & Bird has loveable characters in abundance and catchy tunes galore. My daughter was so engaged that by the third episode she was singing and dancing along with the theme tune and asking for more each time an episode ended - you cannot get a better endorsement than that...
When watching the christmas special: "A very Squooky Christmas' there was almost no consoling her as the three main characters Samuel, Rudy and Muffin attempted to reunite the lost little mouse; Squooky with his parents on Christmas Eve. You'll be pleased to know of course that all turned out well with some valuable life lessons learnt along the way, community spirit and team work are a few of the things touched on and all episodes have similar themes.
Although there are the obvious stereotypes, they are harmless; the style conscious and rude french "Missy' and the slightly crazy country bumpkin and stuck in 70s Kiwi 'Mrs Billingsley'. A musical bonanza using both original and well known tunes interspersed within each episode taking your child on the tree top journey with what will undoubtedly become well loved and favourite characters, thoroughly enjoyable and would definitely say - get your pre schoolers to watch it!
