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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

Big and Small: Series 1

Imelda Staunton

Lenny Henry

Big and Small: Series 1: Episode 8: Stormy Weather

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Stormy Weather

Episode 8

Episode 8: Stormy Weather

Series 1

CBeebies - Big and Small, Series 1, Stormy Weather

Small can't wait to see and hear thunder and lightning for the first time.

The adventures of two unlikely best friends. Small is excited when a storm arrives because he wants to see lightning, but Big hides under the stairs for safety.

The adventures of two unlikely best friends.

Twiba tells Small that a thunderstorm is coming. She can tell, because the leaves in her tree are starting to shake. Small has never heard thunder or seen lightning and is really excited. 

But Big seems worried by the prospect of a storm and decides to sit it out in a cupboard under the stairs, taking a pie with him for comfort. When Small hears the first loud cracks of thunder, he is startled and runs into the house, calling out for Big and eventually joining him under the stairs. 

Neither admits they are scared of the storm, however; they just say that they prefer to remain indoors.

But then they hear Ruby calling for help and have to venture out of the cupboard. It turns out that Ruby has only dropped some cheese and needs help carrying it back to her hole. Ruby cannot believe that Big and Small seem to be scared of the storm; it is only loud weather. 

Big and Small agree that it is perfectly OK to admit you do not like thunder or lightning, and that it is sometimes better to be in a cupboard with a friend, eating a freshly-baked cherry pie.

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