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Tinga Tinga Tales

Animation

Children's: Entertainment & Comedy

Learning: Pre-School

Stories telling a modern, young audience how animals got their distinctive parts.

Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Eugene Muchiri

Penelope Keith

Karuga Ngigi

Faraaz Meghani

Patrice Naiambana

Johnnie Fiori

Shaun Parkes

Lenny Henry

Tameka Empson

Miriam Margolyes

Edward Kwach

Johnny Daukes

Meera Syal

Eric Wainaina

Bruce Hobson

Bridget Hurst

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2: Episode 11: Why Bees Sting

Why Bees Sting

Episode 11

Episode 11: Why Bees Sting

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All the animals love the bees, until their precious honey begins disappearing.

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. There is a honey shortage in Tinga Tinga and something has to be done. Luckily, Tortoise has a cunning plan.

There was a time when bees didn't sting. All the animals loved the bees and they especially loved their sweet and yummy honey. The trouble started when all the precious honey began disappearing and there was a honey crisis in Tinga Tinga. Something had to be done. Luckily, clever old Tortoise had a cunning plan.

Series 2

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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.

Stories telling a modern, young audience how animals got their distinctive parts

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