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Big and Small

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Children's: Entertainment & Comedy

Learning: Pre-School

The adventures of two unlikely best friends

The adventures of two unlikely best friends. Through funny stories and songs, young viewers can see the world from very different perspectives and learn that fun comes in all shapes and sizes

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Big and Small: Series 1

Lenny Henry

Imelda Staunton

David Collier

Sharon Summerling

Big and Small: Series 1: Episode 1: Something Is Missing

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Series 1

Episode 1

Episode 1: Something Is Missing

Something Is Missing

CBeebies - Big and Small, Series 1, Something Is Missing

Big feels that there is something missing from his house until his first visitor arrives.

The comic adventures of two unlikely best friends. Big feels that there's something missing from his house until his first-ever visitor arrives.

Big wakes up one morning and thinks that something is missing from his house. While he is looking for this something, there is a knock at the door and in walks Small. He is Big's first ever visitor, looking to have fun. 

Big, excited to have a guest, shows Small the garden swing that is hanging from the apple tree, but zooming through the air on a big swing is not a lot of fun for a Small, especially when he ends up with a smooshed nose. 

What is fun, however, is a small model car that Big brings out of his tool shed. Fun, you see, comes in different sizes. Watching Small race around the room makes Big realise what is missing from his house: a Small, and a friend. A best friend. Small, too, has found his best friend and a home.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

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