3rd & Bird
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| Directed by | Jennifer Oxley |
| Starring | Sam Lewis Eden Jarrett Morgan Gayle Michael Fenton Stevens Anna Nygh Charlotte Leslie-Cameron Preston Nyman David Beckford Candida Gubbins |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United Arab Emirates |
| Original language(s) | English Arabic |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 51 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Josh Selig Kay Benbow Chris Rose |
| Producer(s) |
Josh Selig, Fred Weinberg |
| Running time | 10 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) | Little Airplane Productions |
| Distributor | BBC |
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| Original network | BBC |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| First shown in | CBeebies |
| Original release | 4 June 2008 – 31 July 2010 |
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| Related shows | Wonder Pets!, Oobi |
3rd & Bird is a British-Emirati television programme aimed at young children, commissioned by Michael Carrington and broadcast on the BBC, which revolves around a community of birds and their adventures. The series premiered on CBeebies in June 2008. Described in its initial press release as "a charming new animated series all about community", the programme format generally involves one or more of the characters encountering a problem which must be solved using the social skills which pre-school children must develop in order to make their way in the world.
3rd & Bird was created by Josh Selig for Little Airplane Productions. The show uses an animation style known as "photo-puppetry", in which the animation is created by the use of manipulation of photographs (similarly to Selig's previous venture Wonder Pets!).
The cast also includes world champion musical whistler, Michael Barimo, whose whistling accompanies the music of the show.
51 episodes of the series were produced, making up two series.
In January 2009, BBC Worldwide announced plans to release 3rd & Bird merchandise, including wooden stacking toys, pull along vehicles, play sets and musical instruments, as well as wheeled toys, including trikes, scooters, and ride-ons. The product line was released in spring 2010.
Two compact discs featuring the 3rd & Bird theme song (along with many other CBeebies show tracks) were released by CBeebies titled CBeebies: Song Time (2010) and CBeebies: The Album (2012).
A DVD containing 8 episodes of the series was released in March 2009., and will be accompanied by a series of books tying in to the show. The DVD release, entitled Bird's The Word!, contains the following episodes:
Fly Muffin!;
Bird Theatre!;
Muffin Express!;
A Chorus for Us!;
To Play or Not to Play!;
The Rudy Show!;
Meet Elliott!;
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