About this deal
Producer Anne Wood also states: "We became very aware of the anxiety surrounding the care of young children which manifested itself in all kinds of directions, but the one big subject that came up, again and again, was bedtime. As the day fades and the stars come out, visit the magical Night Garden and spend time with a lovely group of toys who are learning all about sharing, caring and having fun.
The characters include Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines, the Wottingers, the HaaHoos, the Ninky Nonk, the Pinky Ponk, the Ball and the Tittifers.The range includes small Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka stuffed toys and a small Ninky Nonk train with detachable carriages.
Hundreds of props would be built too: the majority were spherical flowers resembling pom-poms as well as several types of oversized oval-shaped stones. So this is a programme about calming things down whereas most children's TV is about getting everything up. This started coming into place in 2004 when Davenport created sketches for the characters of Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka. Press Pack – From tot to toddler to tearaway, CBeebies celebrates its fifth birthday (Press release).At the same time, they hear a bedtime story, which is generated by the magical gazebo that sits at the centre of the Night Garden. In January 2009, a spokesman for the BBC confirmed that they had asked Hasbro to change the CGI skin colour of the Upsy Daisy CGI doll following "a handful of complaints".