Beyond Rights is pleased to confirm that it is expanding its kids catalogue for MIPCOM with the acquisition of three new titles and three returning series.

Olga Da Polga (13 x 11), which is being taken to the market for initial pre-sales, is a charming pre-school title about a loveable and highly imaginative guinea pig who loves telling tales. Created by the legendary children’s writer Michael Bond (Paddington Bear), the series is being brought to TV screens for the first time in a live-action drama with wonderful talking animals and gorgeous animation. Olga Da Polga is being produced by Maramedia for CBeebies and has a cast that includes Greg Hemphill (Still Game) and Julie Wilson-Nimmo (Balamory).

Beyond Rights has acquired two series of Dot To Dot Productions’ Makeaway Takeaway (23 x 30 in total). Produced for CITV, this fantastic comedy art and craft show sees the presenter, comedian Bec Hill, fulfil the wishes of young customers by delivering art to their doors. Bursting with unique makes, top tips, and inspirational art ideas, she experiments with recycled materials and uses her funny bones to make young viewers laugh along the way.

The final new title is Wow That’s Amazing (30 x 15), produced for CBBC by Beyond Productions North in the UK. Based on a 2018 title, produced for Super RTL by Beyond Productions in Australia, this lively and informative show, presented by Owain Wyn Evans and Tilly Lockey, features kids conducting fascinating experiments, solving mind-bending puzzles, and performing magic tricks that can be recreated at home with everyday materials and objects.

Returning series are The World According to Grandpa series two (25 x 11), a second series of Hey You! What If…? (26 x 5) and a fourth series of Gym Stars (20 x 30).

The award-winning The World According to Grandpa, produced by Saffron Cherry Productions for Channel 5 Milkshake! and S4C, is a vibrant and charming blend of live-action and animation, built around the tall tales and silly nonsense of Grandpa, played by Don Warrington. In each episode, he whisks one of his four grandchildren away on his sofa into colourful new worlds, answering their questions with outlandish, humorous answers.

Part science programme and part unbelievable spectacle, Hey You! What If…? features crazy thought experiments brought to life with CGI and special effects. The second series takes more ridiculous questions – such as: Have you ever wondered what would happen if you could walk on the ceiling? Or fly like a superhero? Or, if you ate nothing but burgers? – and answers them in a unique and mischievous way. Hey You! What If…? Is produced by Screen Glue for CBBC in the UK and ABC Australia.

Gym Stars, produced by Drummer TV for CBBC, is a reality series that goes behind the scenes to find out about the lives of some of the UK’s most promising and dedicated young gymnasts. Featuring young sports stars aged from 8–18, we follow as they travel the country and the globe to compete, aiming to win medals at major events including the British and World Championships and the Olympics.

Sarah McCormack, Beyond Rights’ EVP of acquisitions comments: “We are delighted to add such wonderful new titles to our growing kids’ catalogue and are excited to present them to buyers in Cannes. Makeaway Takeaway and Wow That’s Amazing are both fun, colourful and energetic series that contain lots of brilliant ideas to keep kids engaged. Meanwhile, being able to launch second series of The World According to Grandpa, Hey You! What If…? and Gym Stars, will help provide essential volume for buyers looking to build strong franchises for their channel brands and kids’ programming blocks. We are also thrilled to start pre-sales conversations around Olga Da Polga. This Michael Bond creation, while not as well-known as Paddington, is every bit as charming and Maramedia is the perfect producer to bring this loveable character and her world to the screen.”