To celebrate Heritage Month this year, BBC Studios will be translating seven Sleepy Time Stories on CBeebies into an African language, from Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans. The dubbed episodes will air on CBeebies, DStv channel 306, between 2nd September – 29th September every day from 7pm.
CBeebies is BBC Studios’ dedicated pre-school channel on DStv, providing children aged six years and under a range of programming designed to encourage learning through play. Sleepy Time Stories will help little ones wind down after a day of excitement and get ready for bedtime.
Pierre Cloete, the Commercial Director at BBC Studios in Africa says “To mark heritage month and celebrate the diversity of our nation, we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of our African languages with the help of our pre-school channel, CBeebies. As CBeebies is for little learners, translating a selection of the Sleepy Time Stories to 4 languages will allow our little viewers and parents to learn or develop their language skills while enjoying the shows throughout September”.
The translated shows will be:
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- The Elves and the Shoemaker (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- The Enormous Radish (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- The Fox and the Hen (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- The Magic Porridge Pot (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- The Ugly Duckling (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- Three Little Pigs (Isizulu, Sesotho, Tsonga to Afrikaans)
- Bluey S2 Set 1 Episode 26: Sleepy Time (to only be translated to Isizulu)
The episodes will also be available to stream on BBC Studios Africa YouTube.
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