The delightful and award winning Kiwi kids show Kiri and Lou has just clocked over a whopping 2 million streams on BBC’s streaming platform BBC iPlayer and reached the coveted number one spot for their kids content.

Written and directed by Harry Sinclair with music by Don McGlashan (formerly The Front Lawn) and voiced by comedy greats, Jemaine Clement, Olivia Tennet, Rima Te Wiata, Jaquie Brown, Josh Thomson and Mark Wright, the good news continues with a second series of Kiri and Lou screening on TVNZ 2 from tomorrow, 24 June, at 6.55am, with new episodes also available on TVNZ On Demand.

Made for pre-school children but enjoyed by all the family, the series centres around music, the environment, nature, feelings and friendship, and explores values such as kindness, thoughtfulness and empathy. Each episode follows the charming, prehistoric friends, Kiri and Lou, in a fun adventure story with an emotional theme.

Success in New Zealand and overseas has brought funding for a third series of episodes, and a Kiri and Lou movie is in development.

In addition, the debut album, Kiri and Lou Singalongsongs, will launch for digital download and streaming Monday 29 June. Composed and produced by beloved New Zealand musical duo The Front Lawn, aka Sinclair and McGlashan, the album features songs from Series 1, delighting fans with perennial favourites such as ‘Yum Yum Baronies’ and ‘Look Before You Poo’.

“I feel really excited about this album as it’s the Front Lawn working together again, but on something so completely different,” says Sinclair. “Don and I are having more fun than ever."

The show has attracted international interest for consumer products. Merchantwise (Australia/NZ) and Rocket Licensing (UK) will manage licensing rights in a wide range of categories, including toys and games, stationery, publishing, homewares and apparel, with a focus on sustainable and environmentally conscious product and partnerships, in keeping with the brand’s core values and messaging.

“The heart of the show remains very much in New Zealand but the international accolades have been welcome,” says producer Fiona Copland. “It’s a celebration of ‘New Zealandness’ in many ways, so it’s a thrill that people in other countries seem to get it. We are proud to be taking Kiwi values around the world.”

Most recently Kiri and Lou was a finalist for the prestigious Prix Jeunesse in Europe and won a Cynopsis Best of the Best Award in New York.

The show is currently broadcast in the UK, Australia, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Middle East, Africa, as well as with commissioning broadcasters TVNZ in New Zealand and CBC in Canada. Episodes have screened in cinemas in France, Germany, USA, Russia, China, Poland and South America.

Watch episodes of Kiri and Lou here

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