Davenport also banned any computer generated imagery (“quite a fight”), instead turning to puppetry, stop-motion animation and homemade effects. “Children are fascinated by real objects,” he says. “They will be able to see the weave of the fabric, the joins in the wallpaper, the printing on the wallpaper. There’s a joy in seeing the messiness.” Davenport’s ideas were pretty radical at the time – incorporating the likes of Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky into his surreal stories – but that didn’t stop people criticising Teletubbies. Stephen Byers, the schools minister at the time, even said it represented a “dumbing down” of British culture, due to its supposedly unintelligible language. “I think the rigour in which it was constructed was largely missed,” he says. The programme was created by Andrew Davenport, whose credits also include pre-school hits Teletubbies and In The Night Garden.

One petrified parent said: “When something is THIS disturbing for adults and still appealing to children it makes me feel like they know exactly what they're doing and just seeing how far they can push it at this point.” Pepi Nana is the favourite doll of the child we see putting her to bed in the Toy House at the beginning of every Moon and Me episode. Davenport, 53, who has a BSc in speech sciences, conducted his own academic research before embarking on the project. “I was interested in the literary storm of ‘toy house’ stories in the middle of the nineteenth century which are still in print today,” Davenport told i. A major investment, the fifty-episode Moon and Me is a series of gentle stories about a family of comical toy friends living in a Toy House, and the adventures they all share with a magical visitor, Moon Baby. A Hollywood entertainment company, Bento Box Entertainment, partnered with Davenport’s Foundling Bird business to bring to produce Moon and Me, which is designed to relax toddlers and prepare them for sleepy-time. Magical Toy HouseFrom little girls to grown-ups, everyone simply loves Moon And Me Toys that makes it one of the most loved toys in recent generations.

Davenport emerged with “a show that wears its emotional heart on its sleeve. Pepi Nana and her friends share books, write letters to each other, draw pictures, make things, invent things and go in search of adventure together.” ‘Tiddle-toddle’ After finding two paper crowns, Pepi Nana and Little Nana decide to be the Big Princess and the Little Princess. The Little Princess goes to visit the Big Princess's big castle. More Michael Towner, Commissioning Editor at CBeebies, said it was “vital” for children to experience quality UK-originated pre-school programming. We just hadn’t prepared for that kind of interest at all,” says Davenport. “People’s relatives were getting doorstepped, which is a surprising place to be in thanks to a pre-school children’s television programme. And the show took on a meaning of its own in the culture that was a little uncontrollable, which in hindsight was fine, but did mean a lot of things were said about it that weren’t true.”Describing how he managed to sign up Buble for the bedtime series, Davenport told BBC Breakfast: “I was pretty surprised to see the Iggle Piggle song (from In The Night Garden) being sung by none other than Michael Buble. Meanwhile one person added: “The clown? He's called Colly Wobble. Pretty sure his side job is harvesting organs.” The show creator said: “I was amazed to see Michael Bublé sing the Igglepiggle song from In the Night Garden in a TV interview, so cheekily asked if he would like to perform a song in Moon and Me. Numerous playing situations should be conducted with this fantastic product, and it is strong & long-lasting, making it a great selection for your youngster’s playthings. There is nothing better than playing with the Moon And Me Dolls House All the friends are reading books together and thinking of their favourite stories. Colly Wobble's favourite story is a song about a 'Horsey in the House'!

Voice activated play allows your little one to pretend call the Moon & Me characters and develop listening and role-play skills with the 6 exciting activities! The whole thing only comes together fully at the very last minute, so you never really know how it’s going to go down until the audience get to see it.” From the age of 8, they will be interested in more complex activities, sports, strategy items, audio-visuals and experiments. From this stage, they will construct their own identity.Given that every morning since our interview, my daughter has woken up and asked “Where’s Pepi Nana?” repeatedly until we put it on, I think he’s probably going to be ok. Voiced by actress Nina Sosanya, the series breaks new ground in its technical ambition and is based on the latest insights into how pre-school children explore their innate curiosity. In The Night Garden and Teletubbies creator One read of the original pitch was all it took to convince us that Andrew had, once again, come up with an idea so beautifully simple yet rich and ambitious in scope that we couldn’t not have it,” he said. Moon And Me aired for the first time in January and is by the creator of Teletubbies Credit: WARNING: Use of this image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' Digital Picture Pepi Nana is the favourite doll of the child we see putting her to bed in the Toy House at the beginning of every episode. The 22-minute tales each feature Nana writing a magical letter to her friend Moon Baby, who visits the Toy House for tea and a story.