简介：‘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).…