{"id":24118,"date":"2022-11-02T09:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T13:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hey-duggee-special-introduces-ukrainian-characters\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:25:35","slug":"hey-duggee-special-introduces-ukrainian-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hey-duggee-special-introduces-ukrainian-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Duggee Special Introduces Ukrainian Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has teamed up with Mother London and Animagrad to introduce the Ukrainian animation characters Mavka and Swampy the Kittyfrog in a new <em>Hey Duggee<\/em> special, <em>The Welcome Badge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Mavka and Swampy the Kittyfrog are from the Ukrainian animated film <em>Mavka. The Forest Song<\/em>. The characters speak Ukrainian and are welcomed by Duggee, the Squirrels and Hummingbirds with <em>The Welcome Song<\/em>, which includes translations of Ukrainian phrases.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey Duggee<\/em> narrator Alexander Armstrong voices the story. He is joined by children from the U.K. and recently arrived from Ukraine, who all sing the words of the song in their native language.<\/p>\n<p>The special is available across all <em>Hey Duggee<\/em> social channels YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, HeyDuggee.com and on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>Harriet Newby-Hill, VP of marketing for kids and family at BBC Studios, said, \u201cWe are delighted to team up with Mother and Animagrad and feel very proud that <em>Hey Duggee<\/em> is playing its part to help children coming to the U.K. from Ukraine feel welcome in such a charming and educational way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix Richter, partner at Mother London, added, \u201cCollaborating together on this project to help thousands of children see the value of friendship, across language barriers, has been an absolute privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has teamed up with Mother London and Animagrad to introduce the Ukrainian animation characters Mavka and Swampy the Kittyfrog in a new Hey Duggee special, The Welcome Badge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":24119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3671],"class_list":["post-24118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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