Little Howard's Big Question
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| Genre | Edutainment |
| Created by | Howard Read |
| Written by |
Howard Read Chris Chantler |
| Directed by | Bruce Webb Dermot Canterbury |
| Starring | Howard Read |
| Voices of | Howard Read |
| Opening theme | "I Love Monkeys" |
| Composer(s) | Chris Banks |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Pete Davies |
| Location(s) | London |
| Editor(s) | Anuree De Silva, Scott Flyger, Miland Suman, Lee Bamsey, Alex Hare at Locomotion |
| Camera setup | Lee York |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One/CBBC Channel |
| Original release | 8 January 2009 – 31 July 2012 |
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Little Howard's Big Question is a 2009–12 BBC One/CBBC children's edutainment programme starring Howard Read as Big Howard and his six-year-old animated friend, Little Howard. The programme was first broadcast on 8 January 2009, running for a series of 13 episodes. Series 2 began airing on 6 October 2010, and series 3 began on 18 May 2011. It had a bonus episode on 31 July 2012.
Animated boy Little Howard and his live-action guardian Big Howard live together in Purley, London. Each episode typically begins with a short comedy sketch, which inspires Little Howard to blow a loud animated klaxon and ask a "big question" on a related topic. After a credit sequence involving an animated monkey song-and-dance routine, the remainder of the programme investigates possible answers to the big question, using a combination of research, expert advice, fantasy, and song.
Further assistance is provided by Mother, a pink (series 1) or orange (series 2/3) anthropomorphic personal computer that wears clothes and feels emotions.
Although the programme is broadcast on the BBC, which does not show commercial advertising, each episode features a comedy "advertising break" with imaginary products vaguely related to the big question. Similarly, a frequent element throughout the series is the use of humorous pop culture references to appeal to an adult audience, and which would fly over younger viewers' heads.
On 16 November 2011, the episode Why do Things Have to Die? from series 2 won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Children’s Television Script.
Series 1 began airing on 8 January 2009. Performers who appeared in series 1 included: Kirsten O'Brien,Lucy Porter,Justin Edwards,Ishia Bennison, and David Penn.
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