Baby Jake
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Baby Jake is a BBC
children's television programme broadcast in the UK and first aired on 27 June 2011.. The programme features Jake, a 10-month old baby. Jake is the youngest of ten children all living in a windmill
with their parents. Each episode features Jake embarking on an adventure with a host of magical characters including Pengy Quin (a penguin
), the Hamster
nauts, Nibbles the Rabbit
and Sydney the Monkey
.
The show features a child narrator and all ten children are depicted in real life, although Baby Jake is given a multi-angle photographic face on an animated body. Jake's babbling is translated by his 5-year old brother Isaac. Isaac is voiced by a real-life 5-year-old boy, in a move described by the Guardian
as "a risk" since the majority of successful children's television is narrated by adults.
The programme cost £1.85m to produce, half of which was funded by CBeebies
with the rest hoped to be recouped from selling the programme abroad. Darrall Macqueen Ltd
produced the series, and Maddy Darrall was quoted by the Metro as gaining inspiration for the show from watching her 7-year-old nephew understanding her 1-year-old son..
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
children's television programme broadcast in the UK and first aired on 27 June 2011.. The programme features Jake, a 10-month old baby. Jake is the youngest of ten children all living in a windmill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
with their parents. Each episode features Jake embarking on an adventure with a host of magical characters including Pengy Quin (a penguin
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
), the Hamster
Hamster
Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven genera....
nauts, Nibbles the Rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
and Sydney the Monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
.
The show features a child narrator and all ten children are depicted in real life, although Baby Jake is given a multi-angle photographic face on an animated body. Jake's babbling is translated by his 5-year old brother Isaac. Isaac is voiced by a real-life 5-year-old boy, in a move described by the Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
as "a risk" since the majority of successful children's television is narrated by adults.
The programme cost £1.85m to produce, half of which was funded by CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
with the rest hoped to be recouped from selling the programme abroad. Darrall Macqueen Ltd
Darrall Macqueen Ltd
Darrall Macqueen Ltd is an entertainment company based in the United Kingdom. They are best known for children's television programmes, most notably Smile and Baby Jake, although they also release web, mobile and enhanced television content...
produced the series, and Maddy Darrall was quoted by the Metro as gaining inspiration for the show from watching her 7-year-old nephew understanding her 1-year-old son..