Twirlywoos

My 2 year old just laughs and laughs when she watches this and she watches it so intently. It's a nice break from listening to nursery rhymes all day and it's actually entertaining.

My daughter loves this show. Her favourite character is Peekaboo, the little sea creature that squirts ink from its backside to create a screen. Not only that, but she has learned so much about the world from watching this. It is clearly aimed at very young children and speaks to them simply and clearly. Linda Bassett is the perfect narrator. Toddlers learn through repetition and this show teaches them in that style. To anyone unsure about this show I would tell them to try and watch it through a child's eyes. The joy it brings my daughter tells me it is an excellent programme with lots to teach her.

It was such a great show but they got rid of it on Netflix. I will never forgive Netflix because it was my favorite show. They explored and never talked. I wish everyone did that. They were interesting creatures. Every episode was funny and a cool adventure. The intro changed ew. The narrator was disgustingly annoying. Other than that I loved it sooooooooooooooooooooooooou much.

Ok new person speaking now so this show was amazing hate that Netflix removed it but also removed this great show on my moms birthday. This show had a lot of interesting things in it I love the twirlywoos they are so interesting always have stuff to do and it is funny now for the other person who had said something about this show was my friend I do agree that the narrator was annoying but not there fault on my point of view because I don't really know how to explain but I just think some people voice is annoying but that is all me and my friend had to say about this show it is good but Netflix plssssssess put it back onnnnnnn. Thank you so much for reading this if you did have a great day 0.0.

This show is simple fun and outstanding. It has really aided in my daughter in understanding concepts from full and empty, slow and fast, loud and quiet and everything in-between.

Wonderful show! Thank you, one of the best children's show out there. Particularly in contrast with all of the garbage that is out there

Anne Wood, the brain behind Tellytubbies and In The Night Garden, uses her tried and tested formula to create Twirlywoos.

It's so obviously an Anne Wood creation. The similarities are so obvious they shouldn't need stating, but here they are:

• cute, colourful characters that are clearly related to each other in an unspecified way; - aside from the narrator, language has been reduced to squeaky noises and funny sounds; - fabulously detailed set; - no real storyline, just a routine through which the characters get a chance to see into the human world; - use of space/stops to give children opportunities to respond/interpret.

The problem with Twirlywoos isn't that it's bad - it's that it seems to be little more than a repackaging of Wood's previous creations. Instead of Tinky-Winky, Dispy, Laa-Laa and Po (or Upsy-Daisy, Iggle-Piggle, Makka Pakka and the Tombliboos) we have Great Big Hoo, Toodle-oo, Chickadee, Chick and Peekaboo. It's good to look at, but for all the talk it's hardly original.