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‘What’stheBigIdea?’isCBeebies’firsteverPhilosophyshowforpre-schoolers.TheprogrammetakeschildrenonajourneyofphilosophicalenquirywithHugo,itscentralcharacter.EachepisodebeginswithHugoaskinga‘big’questionsuchas;‘Whatisthedifferencebetweenthinkinganddreaming?’,‘Caniteverbegoodtobeangry?’and‘Whydopeoplefeelsad?’.AsHugotravelsthroughhisbeautifullandscape(andsometimesbeyond,ashesometimesfindsinspirationinouterspace)insearchofunderstanding,hemeetsarangeofcharacters,basedonthebooksofOscarBrenifierandJacquesDesprés.Ashisunderstandingdevelopsineachepisode,Hugoasksmorequestions,designedtodrawtheviewersintoadeeperexplorationoftopicsthataremeaningfultothem,suchasfriends,beauty,imagination,learningandfairness.WehopethatthroughenjoyingHugo’sadventuresintheseries,theywillalsofindthemselvesrelatingtohisexperiencesandmaybedevelopingquestionsoftheirown.Studiesaroundtheworldhaveshownthatregularparticipationinphilosophicalenquirycanhaveawholehostofsignificantbenefits,suchasincreasedacademicattainment,betterrelationshipsandgreaterconfidenceinspeakingtoothers,andmanyprimaryschoolshavestartedincludingsomeelementsofphilosophyintheircurriculums.Childrenofnurseryageandabovearebeingencouragedtothinknotonlycreativelyandcritically,butalsocaringly(listeningtoeachother’sideasandrespectingdifferences)andcollaboratively(buildingoneachother’sideasandworkingtogethertomakemoresenseofthings).