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What's the Big Idea?

Season 1 · 52 episodes · Aug 21, 2015

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    Episode 1

    What is Big?

    Aug 21, 2015

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    Episode 2

    Why do we go to School?

    Jun 22, 2015

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. School is the place where Hugo can learn all kinds of things, like counting and drawing, but it's also a place to meet friends.

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    Episode 3

    What is a Friend?

    Mar 18, 2013

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    Episode 4

    Am I Kind?

    Mar 19, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Lily and Felix explain to Hugo all the different ways to be kind, like helping someone who is hurt and taking care of your pets. But when Hugo gives almost all of his balloons away to his friends, he wonders if he's been too kind.

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    Episode 5

    Why do I play?

    Mar 20, 2013

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    Episode 6

    What does it mean to be fair?

    Mar 21, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo understands it's good to be fair so everyone can have a turn going down the slide and getting the same amount of sweets. But when Hugo gives the same size cupcakes to his huge yeti friend and a tiny ant, the yeti is still hungry. Is that fair?

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    Episode 7

    What is Jealousy?

    Mar 22, 2013

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    Episode 8

    What is a Hero?

    Mar 23, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo learns that heroes are not just ones with superpowers - there are also heroes in real life, like firefighters, rock stars and even his granny. Even Hugo can be a hero to someone.

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    Episode 9

    What does it mean to Learn Something?

    Mar 24, 2013

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    Episode 10

    What is Nature?

    Mar 25, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo goes on a journey to discover that tiny flowers and huge elephants are part of nature, and so are forests and oceans and the wind. But are humans also part of nature?

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    Episode 11

    Can Anything be Art?

    Mar 26, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo explores what art is by looking at all sorts of weird and wonderful paintings, sculptures and photos. And he learns that art can make you feel all kind of feelings!

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    Episode 12

    What makes me Human?

    Mar 27, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo thinks he's human because he's got legs, ears, eyes, nose and mouth. But his pet spider and his friend the naughty monkey have all those things too! Felix and Lily help Hugo work out what makes humans different.

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    Episode 13

    What is Work?

    Mar 28, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Felix and Lily tell Hugo about all different types of work, and Hugo gets to work on a busy construction site.

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    Episode 14

    Am I Always Thinking?

    Mar 29, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo always has something to think about, whether it's something important like remembering Mum's birthday or scoring a great goal. But is there ever a time when he's not thinking?

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    Episode 15

    Is Everybody Different?

    Mar 30, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo imagines a perfect world where every kid looks, thinks and acts exactly like him. But this gets pretty annoying fast, and Felix and Lily help Hugo learn that variety is the spice of life.

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    Episode 16

    Sad

    Mar 31, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo's friend the yeti is so sad that he's crying his eyes out. Hugo doesn't know why but tries to cheer him up by trying lots of things, like taking him to the circus!

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    Episode 17

    Memory

    Apr 1, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo learns that a brain is kind of like a computer, which can store lots of different thoughts that make him feel and remember all kinds of things, good and bad. Lily and Felix help Hugo figure out how memory works.

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    Episode 18

    Knowledge

    Apr 2, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo knows some things because he can see, hear or touch them. But when he wonders if his friend the elephant can fly, Hugo holds his very own experiment to find out.

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    Episode 19

    Decisions

    Apr 3, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. What's right? What's wrong? 2+2=4 is right, but is Hugo a little boy or a big boy? Sometimes it's hard to decide on the right answer, and the right thing to do.

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    Episode 20

    Advice

    Apr 26, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Everyone needs advice and Hugo does too, especially when his dad helps him get his flying dragon toy working again. But when the big, furry yeti convinces him to climb a huge mountain without even their winter jackets, Hugo learns that not all advice is good.

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    Episode 21

    Home

    Apr 5, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo is worried about moving to a new home. Felix and Lily help him learn that a home is a place where you feel safe and spend time with your family. So don't worry Hugo, you can feel the same in another house and make new memories!

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    Episode 22

    Anger

    Apr 6, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. When a cheeky monkey steals Hugo's ice cream, Hugo can't help but feel all hot and bothered ... Is that what you call anger?

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    Episode 23

    Beautiful

    Apr 7, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo explores things that are beautiful, from flowers and rainbows to his cool new bike. But he learns that beautiful can be all kinds of things, even Mr Yeti and Mrs Yeti.

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    Episode 24

    Truth

    Apr 8, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo knows some things are true, like elephants are big! But is it true that llamas can skateboard? And is his friend Oscar right that a giant dinosaur still walks the earth? Hugo tries to find the truth.

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    Episode 25

    Pets

    Apr 9, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo learns there are good pets, like dogs and cats, and other pets that are too big, like elephants! Felix and Lily explain that pets are animals you love and take care of, but when a space robot wants to make Hugo his pet, Hugo's not so sure.

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    Episode 26

    Sharing

    Apr 10, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Felix and Lily show Hugo that it can be fun to share things, like a comic book, or an idea, or your time. But Hugo also learns that sometimes sharing is not a good idea, like sharing his bath with a naughty monkey!

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    Episode 27

    Others

    Apr 11, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo wants his friends to like him for his fancy tricks, and his parents and teachers to be proud of him for his super smarts. But he learns that sometimes it's also important that he be himself.

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    Episode 28

    Rules

    Apr 12, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo finds that rules are everywhere, telling you what to do and what not to do, rules in games and rules to keep you safe... but should Hugo always stick to the rules?

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    Episode 29

    Infinity

    Apr 13, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. The universe is so big, some say it's infinite. Hugo ventures out into space with his trusty robot friend to find out how big infinity really is.

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    Episode 30

    Mind

    Apr 14, 2013

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    Episode 31

    Clever

    Apr 15, 2013

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    Episode 32

    Patience

    Apr 16, 2013

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    Episode 33

    Senses

    Apr 17, 2013

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    Episode 34

    Music

    Apr 18, 2013

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    Episode 35

    Obedience

    Apr 19, 2013

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    Episode 36

    Grown Ups

    Apr 20, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Every kid becomes a grown up, even Hugo. One day, he will have to find a job and might have his own house, maybe with his own family! But can grown-ups act like kids sometimes too?

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    Episode 37

    Growing Up

    Apr 21, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo is growing taller all the time. Growing up can be good so you can do exciting things like fly a plane! But with so many things to learn and discover, Hugo wonders if people ever stop growing up.

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    Episode 38

    Fear

    Apr 22, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Oscar is afraid of the naughty monkey, Hugo is afraid of the thunder, and everybody is afraid of a big spider. But together, they learn what fear is and how to fight it.

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    Episode 39

    Dreams

    Apr 23, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. When Hugo is sleeping, he dreams a lot, about flying with dragons and racing with cheetahs. But even when he's awake, he daydreams he can bounce super high in the sky. Hugo wonders what dreams really are, and how do we know they're not real?

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    Episode 40

    Allowed

    Apr 24, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo can't wait to grow up so he can drive cars, watch scary movies, and do whatever he wants! But he soon learns that grown-ups don't always have the freedom to play like kids do.

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    Episode 41

    Strength

    Apr 25, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo has a contest of strength with an elephant and a tiny ant, and learns that even an ant is strong for its size. Hugo also learns that he can have a strong mind.

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    Episode 42

    Imagination

    Apr 26, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo has a great imagination, which helps him conjure up lots of fun and wild games. Felix and Lily show him that he can use his imagination to figure out tough problems and even help people too.

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    Episode 43

    Fight

    Apr 27, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo finds it scary when he sees some big robots fighting, and upsetting when he argues with his friend. But he learns that sometimes people have to fight to defend others from danger. Bravely, Hugo defends a princess from a marauding dragon.

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    Episode 44

    Choice

    Apr 28, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Some choices are easy, like which game to play, and who to play with. But Hugo finds that choosing some things is hard, and sometimes he has no choice at all!

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    Episode 45

    Family

    Sep 20, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo has a big family: he has two sisters, a dad, a mum, a granny, uncles, cousins and so many more people - and all these people have a dad, mum and cousins too... what a big family! Maybe someday, Hugo will make his own family too.

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    Episode 46

    Love

    Apr 30, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo's friend the yeti loves his teddy, and elephant loves his rollerskates. Hugo learns about love by looking at all the things and people around him and how they make him feel.

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    Episode 47

    Desire

    May 1, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo thinks he needs a monkey to play with, badly. But he doesn't think he needs stuff like books or sleep. Felix and Lily help Hugo understand the things Hugo needs and the things he wants.

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    Episode 48

    Compromise

    May 2, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Some things are easy to agree on, like snow is cold and the sun is hot. But Hugo finds it harder to agree on other things, like when he wants to play basketball but his friends want to play dolls! They learn to compromise and go on a fun bumper car ride all together!

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    Episode 49

    Preference

    May 3, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo definitely likes some things over others, like Granny's homemade soup, good music and the colour orange. Hugo wonders if the world would be even better if it was only made up of things he likes, and if everything was orange!

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    Episode 50

    Change

    May 4, 2013

    Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Lots of things change when they grow up. An egg becomes a bird, a caterpillar becomes a butterfly and a kid becomes a grown up. But Hugo likes some things just the way they are!

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    Episode 51

    Old

    Sep 30, 2013

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    Episode 52

    Brave

    Oct 1, 2013

    Brave