3rd & Bird
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3rd & Bird is a children's animated television series created by Josh Selig and directed by Jennifer Oxley. The series was animated by Little Airplane Productions, which opened a second studio in London to produce it.[4] The show revolves around a community of birds and their adventures. It was broadcast on the BBC's CBeebies channel from 1 July 2008 to 31 July 2010. Described in its initial press release as "a charming new animated series all about community",[5] the show's format generally involves one or more of the characters encountering a problem which must be solved using the social skills which pre-school children must develop in order to make their way in the world.
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Created by | Josh Selig |
Directed by | Jennifer Oxley |
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Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52[1][2] |
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Running time | 10 minutes approx. |
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Network | CBeebies |
Release | 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) – 31 July 2010 (2010-07-31) |
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Oobi, Wonder Pets! |
The show uses "photo-puppetry",[6] an animation style created by Jennifer Oxley that uses photos of real animals and moves them using Adobe After Effects.[7] This same animation style was used for Little Airplane's previous show Wonder Pets! and the scene transitions on Oobi.