Maramedia Adds to Kids’ Slate with Hushabye Lullabye

The Scottish indie Maramedia has unveiled the addition of the preschool animated series Hushabye Lullabye to its Marakids brand.

The 10×3-minute show, comprised of a series of short animations, has been commissioned by CBeebies. The musical series aims to calm children with its soft tunes and lullabies. It follows as the alien Dillie Dally climbs aboard the Hushabye Rocket on an interactive and relaxing musical journey of exploration and discovery to Planet Dream.

Together with animators Once Were Farmers and Maramedia, the Scottish collaboration has been created, written and directed by the Glasgow-based television and theater director Sacha Kyle. Maramedia, co-founded by Nigel Pope and Jackie Savery, has had a string of natural-history documentary successes and was joined by former head of BBC Scotland children’s production, Simon Parsons, to bring the series to the Marakids brand.

“We are delighted to be embarking on our first preschool children’s animation series, an exciting addition to Marakids following the launch of previous series Gudrun the Viking Princess for CBeebies,” said Pope.

Julia Bond, commissioning editor for CBeebies, said, “We’re thrilled to be in production on this exciting new animation series. The magical and enchanting world of Hushabye Lullabye brings lullabies, and the connections created by them, to our young audience and the grown-ups in their lives.”

“Once Were Farmers are thrilled to be part of this charming CBeebies commission,” said Will Adams, director of Once Were Farmers. “We’ve really enjoyed helping Sacha realize her vision for Hushabye Lullabye and think young audiences will love the unique and tactile style of animation.”