BBC and RTÉ have commissioned a second series of BeddyByes, the original animated preschool series created and produced by award-winning Irish studio JAM Media.
The new 52 x 11-minute series doubles the total number of episodes to 104. Production is now underway across JAM Media’s studios in Dublin and Belfast, with delivery scheduled for autumn 2027. Broadcast details will be announced by the commissioners in due course.
The commission comes as BeddyByes prepares to make its retail debut this October, with products from global master toy partner Moose Toys and publishing partners Penguin Random House Children’s Licensing under the Ladybird imprint, and Random House Kids.
Series 2 will take best friends MeMo and BaBa into previously unexplored parts of Planet
BeddyByes. New adventures will bring them to the Wild Patch and beneath the Lullaby Lake aboard GoGo Sub, where they will discover an underwater world and meet a playful new octopus, alongside a host of new characters.
While the world of the series is growing, BeddyByes will retain the warmth, gentle humour, tactile visual style, original music and reassuring rhythm that defined its first series. Each episode will continue to follow MeMo and BaBa as they move from imaginative play and discovery towards the comfort and calm of bedtime.
The recommission follows a very strong audience response to Series 1.
For Series 2, our ambition is to make Planet BeddyByes bigger, not louder. The Wild Patch, GoGo Sub and the new underwater world give MeMo and BaBa wonderful new places to explore, while the warmth, humour and reassuring journey towards bedtime remain at the heart of every episode.
This commission is a major vote of confidence in the show and in the enormously talented teams behind it in Dublin and Belfast. It is also particularly special to announce the new series around Cartoon Forum, where we first introduced BeddyByes to the international industry four years ago.”
The first season has established a growing international footprint. Disney Kids & Family acquired U.S. linear television rights to the series for Disney Jr. and global SVOD rights for Disney+. Broadcast partners also include YLE in Finland, NRK in Norway and ABC in Australia. The series received six nominations and a Best Voice Acting win for Dawn French as Gramma Leeba at Kidscreen, and was named one of the Top 50 shows on Disney+ by the New York Times.
That momentum is now extending beyond the screen, with the first BeddyByes products launching in October 2026. Moose Toys’ first UK toy range will be available through The Entertainer, Argos and Amazon, while BeddyByes will make its publishing debut with the interactive board book BeddyByes: Time for BeddyByes, published in the UK by Penguin Random House Children’s Licensing, under the Ladybird imprint, and in the US by Random House Kids. Three additional titles will follow in early 2027, with further products and categories coming to market as the brand continues to expand beyond the screen.
BeddyByes was produced in Belfast with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland and is produced by JAM Media for CBeebies and RTÉ. The Executive Producers for JAM Media are Alan Shannon and John Rice, with Beth Gardiner and Grace Loughrey serving as Executive Producers for CBeebies, and Suzanne Kelly as Executive Producer for RTÉ.
Blue Ant Media handles international distribution and manages the global consumer products programme for BeddyByes, with Bulldog Licensing serving as the property’s UK licensing agent.
