Sisimpur hits BTV soon

(R-L) Fuad Chowdhury, Gene George, Sara Zaker, Mamunur Rashid and Ratan Paul at the media screening of Sisimpur

Speaking at the media screening of Sisimpur held at Hotel Sheraton on April 10, the makers of the programme said that the series will target 3-6- year- old children and encourage them to learn a range of cognitive, social and emotional skills related to literacy, numericals, health, diversity, family and community, and Bangladeshi culture through humour, music, fantasy and daily life situations. In addition, the series develops local capacity in early childhood education, research, content development, production, and educational outreach.

Sisimpur features four Muppets, specially developed for Bangladesh. The characters include: Halum, a tiger who enjoys playing and laughing, even when things go wrong; Shiku, a curious jackal who comes from a long line of clever family members, but is actually very naïve; Tuktuki, a 5-year-old extrovert girl, who enjoys being helpful but usually does 10 things at once; and Ikri Mikri, an affectionate 3-year-old who tries to do things by herself but doesn't always succeed.

Each of the first 13 episodes will be broadcast Fridays at 9:05am and then repeated at 2:05pm on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.