Becca's Bunch

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Becca's Bunch
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes24
Production
Production companiesJAM Media
Nickelodeon Animation Studio Europe Limited Ltd.
Original release
Network Nick Jr.
Release2 July (2018-07-02) 
12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

Becca's Bunch is a British preschool television series featuring handmade puppet characters that premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Nick Jr. on 2 July 2018 and ended on 13 December 2018. The series premiered in the United States on the Nick Jr. Channel on 24 September 2018.

Contents

Characters

Main

Recurring

Production and broadcast

The series is a production of JAM Media. In June 2018, it was announced that Becca's Bunch would premiere in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Nick Jr. on 2 July 2018. [1] On 19 September 2018, it was announced that the series will premiere in the United States on the Nick Jr. Channel on 24 September 2018. [2] [3] The series was also sold for broadcast on ABC Kids in Australia, KiKa in Germany, CBC Kids in Canada and France Télévisions. Becca's Bunch consists of 52 eleven-minute segments.

Episodes

No.Title [4] [5] Original air date [5] [6] U.S. air date [4] Prod.
code [4]
UK viewers
(millions)
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Legendary Gill" [1] / "Benny & Shelly's Big Day Out"2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) [1] 4 October 2018109N/ATBA
2"Beddy, Set, Go" / "Mayor for a Day"3 July 2018 (2018-07-03)24 September 2018101N/ATBA
3"Rockin' the Wood" / "Mail Mayhem"4 July 2018 (2018-07-04)25 September 2018102N/ATBA
4"Party, Party" / "Tree Talk"5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)26 September 2018103N/ATBA
5"Junior Lifeguard" / "Tent Trouble"6 July 2018 (2018-07-06)27 September 2018104N/ATBA
6"Acorn King" / "Woodness Book of Wagtail Woods"7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)28 September 2018105N/ATBA
7"Wagtastic Four" / "Rock-A-Bye Bunnies"10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)1 October 2018106N/ATBA
8"Wow Me Wagtail" / "Wishing Stone"11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)2 October 2018107N/ATBA
9"Cute Lil' Bug" / "Eye of the Beholder"12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)3 October 2018108N/ATBA
10"Happy Pal'n'Times Day" / "Their Song"13 July 2018 (2018-07-13)2 February 2019110N/ATBA
11"Robobuck" / "Helper Badge"20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)5 October 2018111N/ATBA
12"Mom's Day" / "Fogtail Woods"21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)May 10, 2019112N/ATBA
13"Happy Pinecone Day" / "Stick With Me"22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)8 October 2018113N/ATBA
14"Lost and Found" / "Take a Kid to Work Day"23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)9 October 2018114N/ATBA
15"Right as Rain" / "Stargazing"24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)10 October 2018115N/ATBA
16"The Great Indoors" / "Follow That Float"10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)11 October 2018116N/ATBA
17"Halloween Spooktacular" / "Pumpkin"11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)12 October 2018117N/ATBA
18"Woodland Games" / "Unidentified Fun Object"11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)11 February 2019118N/ATBA
19"Coconuts" / "Wagtail Review"13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)12 February 2019119N/ATBA
20"What's In Store" / "Bird Bunch"15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)13 February 2019120N/ATBA
21"Becca's Big Decision" / "Steven's Surprise"18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)May 6, 2019121N/ATBA
22"Up In The Air" / "Super Sour Power"22 November 2018 (2018-11-22)May 7, 2019122N/ATBA
23"Snowball Rumble" / "Merry Woodsmas"12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)12 December 2018 (126A)
13 December 2018 (126B)
126N/ATBA
24"Runaway Acorns" / "Sylvia Sleuths"13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)10 December 2018 (124A)
11 December 2018 (124B)
124N/ATBA

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2019Kidscreen AwardsBest New SeriesBecca's BunchNominated
Best Non-Animated or Mixed SeriesBecca's BunchNominated

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