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Children's favourites Chris and Pui come back to play on CBeebies

Show Me Show Me

From Monday 6 July on CBEEBIES

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Popular presenters Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee are asking their young fans to pick up their toys and join them in a playroom high in the sky when they return to CBeebies with their enchanting new show, Show Me Show Me, from Monday 6 July. With games, songs, stories and adventures, Chris and Pui fire young viewers' imaginations and encourage them to play along at home.

At the very top of a 10-storey tower block, Chris and Pui await them in a beautiful, bright playroom with their new playful pals, including Mo Mo Bot the robot, Stuffy the squishy cube, Toddler Tom the felt doll, little knitted Miss Mouse and Teddington the teddy bear. Together, they are waiting to play with viewers in the playroom and go out to explore the real world in a series of gentle adventures. Each day, Chris, Pui and their friends explore two themes that have relevance in young children's lives – from pianos to penguins, farms to feathers and cuddles to cornflakes; anything can become the start of an adventure.

"We really want children at home to join in the fun, so everything we do is about interacting with our young viewers," says Chris. "When we play with our toys, we hope that viewers will bring their favourite toys to sit with them and join in with whatever we're doing."

Pui adds: "We want to encourage imaginative play and find adventure in everyday objects. Show Me Show Me is about exploring and investigating the world around us and our playroom is a fun and magical place in which to do that."

All viewers need to do for a magical play date is enter the lift, press the button, count the floors from one to 10 and begin a musical journey to the top floor. There they'll find a place alive with vibrant colours and amazing décor, twinkling fairy lights, mysterious tunnels, a gigantic tea cup and a magical green tree. It's a very special place for stories, adventures and discovering the world – and who knows who will be next to arrive in the lift?

"The playroom's point of inspiration was a Japanese bookstore – so everything was multi-layered and soft and had a flowing feeling," producer Allan Johnston explains. "We also created little areas that could mirror children's experience of playgroup – like a little stage area, a reading area and a make and do area – but without making those too rigid. When you watch little children they never go the most direct route somewhere – they'll go through a tunnel, climb over a wall and then eventually get there, exploring as they go – so we wanted to mirror that in the set, too."

Also joining in the fun on Show Me Show Me is Penelope, an inquisitive blue koala with a colourful coterie of friends and family including Stromboli the blue dog, Cesarine the white bear and Aladdin the little tiger. These adorable animated adventures follow Penelope's everyday life at school and at home as she explores the world around her. The animation is based on the Penelope books, written by Anne Gutman and illustrated by Georg Hallensleben, which have been sold in 14 languages with over two million copies in print worldwide.

"Show Me Show Me is an incredibly intimate and imaginative series which showcases what Chris and Pui do best – connecting with children at home and encouraging them to join in and learn new things while playing," says Controller of CBeebies, Michael Carrington. "We hope children at home feel as though Chris and Pui have come to play specifically with them and we're really excited to have them back at the heart of the CBeebies schedule."

As main channel presenters of CBeebies, Chris and Pui formed an inimitable double act, loved by children, parents and carers. After seven years fronting Discover And Do and The Bedtime Hour, the duo put their heads together to start developing a new show and, under the creative direction of Something Special producer Allan Johnston, Show Me Show Me was born.