Key Stage: 1

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Episode Length 15 min

Party enthusiast Thomas Ticker introduces young children who are preparing to celebrate religious and cultural festivals in the UK.

Episode 1: Christmas
Katie and Hannah from Winton are preparing for Christmas. They make a Christmas card, mince pies, take part in a performance at their church and even meet Father Christmas and his reindeers. A sand artist helps tell the nativity story, and Thomas Ticker receives special news that he's going to become an uncle, as a new baby is to born into his family.
Episode 2: Norouz
Brother and sister Berzin and Benifer from London are preparing for Norouz - a festival celebrated by Zoroastrians and which marks the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. They paint eggs, grow wheat seeds and visit their Fire Temple. There is also the traditional story of Jamsheed, the kind shepherd who rescues people and animals.
Episode 3: St Patrick's Day
Aidin and Orla from Downpatrick are preparing for St Patrick's Day. The girls make a St Patrick's Day hat and celebrate at a parade in their home town, while children act out the life story of St Patrick, who got kidnapped by pirates.
Episode 4: Holi
Sumedh from Birmingham is preparing for Holi - the Hindu festival of colour. He makes traditional sweets and plans a colourful messy surprise for his Dad. The Sapnay School of Dance perform a vibrant Bollywood-style dance.
Episode 5: St David's Day
Children from St David's in Wales are busy preparing for St David's Day. They make a huge dragon for the St David's Day parade and wear traditional Welsh clothes. Children act out the life story of St David and Thomas Ticker makes some daffodils out of egg cartons.
Episode 6: Purim
Twins Eden and Lulu from London are getting ready for the Jewish festival of Purim. They choose fancy-dress costumes to wear on the day and prepare bags of goodies to give to their friends as well as making graggers or noisemakers before they go to synagogue. There's the story of brave Queen Esther and Thomas Ticker has fun with his own dressing up box.
Episode 7: Vaisakhi
Sarbjot from Gravesend is busy preparing for the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi. He helps prepare food at his Gurdwara, before going out on the parade route to see lots of colourful dancers and drummers. Shadow puppets help tell the story of Guru Gobind Singh.
Episode 8: Chinese New Year
Abbie from Liverpool is busy preparing for the Chinese New Year celebrations. She wears traditional Chinese clothes, performs as part of her singing group and takes to the street with her family for the parade and firecracker display. There's also the story of how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac decided who would have which year named after them.
Episode 9: Easter
Toby from Lancashire is preparing for Easter. He picks spring flowers with his friends, meets some baby lambs and chicks, and makes an Easter garden at church before going on an Easter Egg Hunt. A sand artist helps tell the story of Easter Sunday.
Episode 10: Carnival
Myriam from London is preparing for Notting Hill Carnival. She chooses her costume, and gets dressed ready to dance. She makes jerk chicken and coleslaw for a barbeque with her friends and family. The Paddington Arts Centre performs an energetic steel pan performance.
Episode 11: Eid-ul-fitr
Amirah and her family from Manchester are preparing for the Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Fitr which occurs after Ramadan. She prepares onion pakoras with her Mum and visits the Mosque before visiting her extended family. Children help make a giant artwork of a Mosque using only seeds and lentils.
Episode 12: Wesak
Shelin from Glasgow is preparing for the Buddhist festival of Wesak. She makes a special card as a surprise for her Mum and helps make a lantern and food for the celebration. Children help make an awesome sand sculpture of an elephant which is made to help tell a traditional Buddhist story.
Episode 13: St Andrew's Day
George and Archie from St Andrew's in Scotland are busy preparing for St Andrew's Day. They make shortbread for their neighbour and get dressed in their kilts before enjoying a torchlit street party. Children play the bagpipes and a school use their uniforms to make a giant Saltire flag.
Episode 14: St George's Day
Twins Sam and Matthew from Bedfordshire love knights and are getting ready for St George's Day. They make a St George shield, a dragon mask and a traditional English picnic before going to a special event where they see St George defeat the dragon.

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