Click here to watch Beddybyes on RT\u00c9 Player.<\/a><\/p>\nBeddyByes follows best friends MeMo and BaBa as they travel across Planet BeddyByes on a journey towards bedtime.<\/p>\n
The first series has already expanded internationally, with Disney Kids & Family acquiring US television rights for Disney Jr and global streaming rights for Disney+.<\/p>\n
It has also been picked up by broadcasters including YLE in Finland, NRK in Norway and ABC in Australia.<\/p>\n
According to distributor Blue Ant Media, the series recorded 3.7 million viewing hours on BBC iPlayer in its first 28 days, later rising to 10.4 million hours.<\/p>\n
It also received six Kidscreen nominations, with Dawn French winning Best Voice Acting for her role as Gramma Leeba.<\/p>\n
JAM Media chief executive and co-founder John Rice said the company\u2019s new partnerships represented “strong international validation of the commercial potential” of BeddyByes.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re very proud our Irish creative IP has attracted international broadcasters, distributors, retailers and consumer products partners,” he said.<\/p>\n
Moose Toys, which produces products based on Bluey, is the global master toy partner for BeddyByes, with the first plush toys due later this year.<\/p>\n
The interactive board book BeddyByes: Time for BeddyByes will be published by Ladybird on 22 October, with three further titles planned for 2027.<\/p>\n
Suzanne Kelly, Head of Children\u2019s & Young People\u2019s Content at RT\u00c9, described BeddyByes as “one of the most important series in our animation offering for preschoolers”.<\/p>\n
“In one season it has established itself as a firm favourite with both our preschool audience and very importantly their parents,” she said.<\/p>\n
The second series will introduce new locations and characters, including the Wild Patch and an underwater world beneath Lullaby Lake.<\/p>\n
BeddyByes was produced in Belfast with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland and is produced by JAM Media for CBeebies and RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish animated preschool series BeddyByes is to return for a second series after RT\u00c9 and the BBC commissioned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-627598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}