{"id":21995,"date":"2021-12-02T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:01:08","slug":"aardman-launches-preschool-spin-off-of-morph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/aardman-launches-preschool-spin-off-of-morph\/","title":{"rendered":"Aardman Launches Preschool Spin-Off of Morph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aardman has launched <em>The Very Small Creatures<\/em>, a new stop-motion series for 1- to 3-year-olds, on Sky Kids.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Very Small Creatures<\/em> is the first spin-off of Aardman&#8217;s <em>Morph<\/em> series, and it follows the adventures of five toddler-like clay creatures who explore a child&#8217;s play area. All episodes are available on Sky Kids in the U.K., Germany and Italy, and a bonus Christmas episode is set to release on December 19.<\/p>\n<p>Aardman&#8217;s Lucy Izzard is making her series directorial debut with <em>The Very Small Creatures<\/em>. She said, \u201cI&#8217;m delighted to be able to share my five new besties with you today. I hope these colorful characters thrill, excite and entertain a whole new host of very small people, as they watch The Very Small Creatures leap, bounce and \u2018bottom-pop\u2019 around their screens with all the joyous fun that curiosity brings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Murphy, director of kids&#8217; content for the U.K. and Republic of Ireland at Sky, added, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be a child to find Aardman\u2019s incredible stop motion animations truly enchanting. 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