Produced by Anne Wood and Andy Davenport, the creators of Teletubbies, In the Night Garden is a gentle programme designed to have a calming effect on children and to help reduce the anxiety associated with bedtime.

Each episode begins with a child tucked up in bed as Igglepiggle travels in his boat towards the Night Garden. There, he meets the Garden’s many colourful characters, including Makka Pakka, a toy who lives in a cave in the Garden and who loves to wash things, especially the other characters’ faces. There’s also Upsy Daisy, a dolly who loves nothing more than to dance around the Garden, and the Tombliboos, three pepper-pot toys who love to make lots of noise playing their piano and banging their drums.

Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi, In the Night Garden won a BAFTA Children’s Award in 2007 for Best Preschool Live Action programme.

In the Night Garden begins on Monday, 10 September at 18:30 on CBeebies, channel 306 on DStv.