Bluey Book Reads Lines Up Two Festive Episodes

BBC Studios Digital Brands and Ludo Studio have made two new Christmas-themed Bluey Book Reads for the Bluey YouTube channel and website.

“Christmas Eve with Verandah Santa,” read by Australian comedian and TV presenter Adam Hills (The Last Leg), sees Bluey, Bingo and Muffin play a game to avoid peeking at their presents. In “Christmas Swim,” read by Australian Olympic medal-winning swimmer Ian Thorpe, Bluey’s new toy Bartlebee handles his first Heeler Christmas.

“Christmas Eve with Verandah Santa” is now available to watch on the Bluey YouTube channel and website. “Christmas Swim” will go live on December 1, and it will mark the launcch of the official Bluey digital advent calendar.

Bluey Book Reads is a Ludo Studio and BBC Studios Digital Brands production. It is produced by Sasha Folker and Alice England for Ludo Studio and Siobhan McKenna for BBC Studios Digital Brands.

Season two of Bluey Book Reads is set to launch next year.

“My kids are honestly more impressed that I’m reading a Bluey book than anything I’ve ever done,” Hills said. “That includes going to the Coronation, meeting Lady Gaga or the time I made pumpkin soup in an actual pumpkin.”

Thorpe commented, “When I was invited to read ‘Christmas Swim,’ I couldn’t resist diving right in (so to speak). Celebrating Christmas outdoors is such an iconic part of Aussie life; being a passionate swimmer, this story felt like a perfect fit. I hope all the Bluey fans around the world enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed bringing it to life.”

“We’ve been bowled over by the brilliant response from Bluey fans to the first series of our book reads, so we just had to celebrate Christmas family fun with two more—and who better to voice them than Aussie icons Adam Hills and Ian Thorpe,” added Chris Allen, director of content for BBC Studios Digital Brands.