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Series · 2015 · Animation

What's the Big Idea?

★8.0 2015 3 Seasons Myles McLeod TV-MA

Pre-school animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Because philosophy is too important to leave to grown-ups!

Seasons & episodes

3 seasons · 104 episodes

What is Big?

Episode 01

What is Big?

Aug 21, 2015 · 5 min

No description available.

Why do we go to School?

Episode 02

Why do we go to School?

Jun 22, 2015 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. School is the place where Hugo can learn all kinds of things, like counting and drawing, but it's also a place to meet friends.

What is a Friend?

Episode 03

What is a Friend?

Mar 18, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Am I Kind?

Episode 04

Am I Kind?

Mar 19, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Lily and Felix explain to Hugo all the different ways to be kind, like helping someone who is hurt and taking care of your pets. But when Hugo gives almost all of his balloons away to his friends, he wonders if he's been too kind.

Why do I play?

Episode 05

Why do I play?

Mar 20, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

What does it mean to be fair?

Episode 06

What does it mean to be fair?

Mar 21, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo understands it's good to be fair so everyone can have a turn going down the slide and getting the same amount of sweets. But when Hugo gives the same size cupcakes to his huge yeti friend and a tiny ant, the yeti is still hungry. Is that fair?

What is Jealousy?

Episode 07

What is Jealousy?

Mar 22, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

What is a Hero?

Episode 08

What is a Hero?

Mar 23, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo learns that heroes are not just ones with superpowers - there are also heroes in real life, like firefighters, rock stars and even his granny. Even Hugo can be a hero to someone.

What does it mean to Learn Something?

Episode 09

What does it mean to Learn Something?

Mar 24, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

What is Nature?

Episode 10

What is Nature?

Mar 25, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo goes on a journey to discover that tiny flowers and huge elephants are part of nature, and so are forests and oceans and the wind. But are humans also part of nature?

Can Anything be Art?

Episode 11

Can Anything be Art?

Mar 26, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo explores what art is by looking at all sorts of weird and wonderful paintings, sculptures and photos. And he learns that art can make you feel all kind of feelings!

What makes me Human?

Episode 12

What makes me Human?

Mar 27, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo thinks he's human because he's got legs, ears, eyes, nose and mouth. But his pet spider and his friend the naughty monkey have all those things too! Felix and Lily help Hugo work out what makes humans different.

What is Work?

Episode 13

What is Work?

Mar 28, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Felix and Lily tell Hugo about all different types of work, and Hugo gets to work on a busy construction site.

Am I Always Thinking?

Episode 14

Am I Always Thinking?

Mar 29, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo always has something to think about, whether it's something important like remembering Mum's birthday or scoring a great goal. But is there ever a time when he's not thinking?

Is Everybody Different?

Episode 15

Is Everybody Different?

Mar 30, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo imagines a perfect world where every kid looks, thinks and acts exactly like him. But this gets pretty annoying fast, and Felix and Lily help Hugo learn that variety is the spice of life.

Sad

Episode 16

Sad

Mar 31, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo's friend the yeti is so sad that he's crying his eyes out. Hugo doesn't know why but tries to cheer him up by trying lots of things, like taking him to the circus!

Memory

Episode 17

Memory

Apr 1, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo learns that a brain is kind of like a computer, which can store lots of different thoughts that make him feel and remember all kinds of things, good and bad. Lily and Felix help Hugo figure out how memory works.

Knowledge

Episode 18

Knowledge

Apr 2, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo knows some things because he can see, hear or touch them. But when he wonders if his friend the elephant can fly, Hugo holds his very own experiment to find out.

Decisions

Episode 19

Decisions

Apr 3, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. What's right? What's wrong? 2+2=4 is right, but is Hugo a little boy or a big boy? Sometimes it's hard to decide on the right answer, and the right thing to do.

Advice

Episode 20

Advice

Apr 26, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Everyone needs advice and Hugo does too, especially when his dad helps him get his flying dragon toy working again. But when the big, furry yeti convinces him to climb a huge mountain without even their winter jackets, Hugo learns that not all advice is good.

Home

Episode 21

Home

Apr 5, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo is worried about moving to a new home. Felix and Lily help him learn that a home is a place where you feel safe and spend time with your family. So don't worry Hugo, you can feel the same in another house and make new memories!

Anger

Episode 22

Anger

Apr 6, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. When a cheeky monkey steals Hugo's ice cream, Hugo can't help but feel all hot and bothered ... Is that what you call anger?

Beautiful

Episode 23

Beautiful

Apr 7, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo explores things that are beautiful, from flowers and rainbows to his cool new bike. But he learns that beautiful can be all kinds of things, even Mr Yeti and Mrs Yeti.

Truth

Episode 24

Truth

Apr 8, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo knows some things are true, like elephants are big! But is it true that llamas can skateboard? And is his friend Oscar right that a giant dinosaur still walks the earth? Hugo tries to find the truth.

Pets

Episode 25

Pets

Apr 9, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo learns there are good pets, like dogs and cats, and other pets that are too big, like elephants! Felix and Lily explain that pets are animals you love and take care of, but when a space robot wants to make Hugo his pet, Hugo's not so sure.

Sharing

Episode 26

Sharing

Apr 10, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Felix and Lily show Hugo that it can be fun to share things, like a comic book, or an idea, or your time. But Hugo also learns that sometimes sharing is not a good idea, like sharing his bath with a naughty monkey!

Others

Episode 27

Others

Apr 11, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo wants his friends to like him for his fancy tricks, and his parents and teachers to be proud of him for his super smarts. But he learns that sometimes it's also important that he be himself.

Rules

Episode 28

Rules

Apr 12, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo finds that rules are everywhere, telling you what to do and what not to do, rules in games and rules to keep you safe... but should Hugo always stick to the rules?

Infinity

Episode 29

Infinity

Apr 13, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. The universe is so big, some say it's infinite. Hugo ventures out into space with his trusty robot friend to find out how big infinity really is.

Mind

Episode 30

Mind

Apr 14, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Clever

Episode 31

Clever

Apr 15, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Patience

Episode 32

Patience

Apr 16, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Senses

Episode 33

Senses

Apr 17, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Music

Episode 34

Music

Apr 18, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Obedience

Episode 35

Obedience

Apr 19, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Grown Ups

Episode 36

Grown Ups

Apr 20, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Every kid becomes a grown up, even Hugo. One day, he will have to find a job and might have his own house, maybe with his own family! But can grown-ups act like kids sometimes too?

Growing Up

Episode 37

Growing Up

Apr 21, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo is growing taller all the time. Growing up can be good so you can do exciting things like fly a plane! But with so many things to learn and discover, Hugo wonders if people ever stop growing up.

Fear

Episode 38

Fear

Apr 22, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Oscar is afraid of the naughty monkey, Hugo is afraid of the thunder, and everybody is afraid of a big spider. But together, they learn what fear is and how to fight it.

Dreams

Episode 39

Dreams

Apr 23, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. When Hugo is sleeping, he dreams a lot, about flying with dragons and racing with cheetahs. But even when he's awake, he daydreams he can bounce super high in the sky. Hugo wonders what dreams really are, and how do we know they're not real?

Allowed

Episode 40

Allowed

Apr 24, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo can't wait to grow up so he can drive cars, watch scary movies, and do whatever he wants! But he soon learns that grown-ups don't always have the freedom to play like kids do.

Strength

Episode 41

Strength

Apr 25, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo has a contest of strength with an elephant and a tiny ant, and learns that even an ant is strong for its size. Hugo also learns that he can have a strong mind.

Imagination

Episode 42

Imagination

Apr 26, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo has a great imagination, which helps him conjure up lots of fun and wild games. Felix and Lily show him that he can use his imagination to figure out tough problems and even help people too.

Fight

Episode 43

Fight

Apr 27, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo finds it scary when he sees some big robots fighting, and upsetting when he argues with his friend. But he learns that sometimes people have to fight to defend others from danger. Bravely, Hugo defends a princess from a marauding dragon.

Choice

Episode 44

Choice

Apr 28, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Some choices are easy, like which game to play, and who to play with. But Hugo finds that choosing some things is hard, and sometimes he has no choice at all!

Family

Episode 45

Family

Sep 20, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo has a big family: he has two sisters, a dad, a mum, a granny, uncles, cousins and so many more people - and all these people have a dad, mum and cousins too... what a big family! Maybe someday, Hugo will make his own family too.

Love

Episode 46

Love

Apr 30, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo's friend the yeti loves his teddy, and elephant loves his rollerskates. Hugo learns about love by looking at all the things and people around him and how they make him feel.

Desire

Episode 47

Desire

May 1, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo thinks he needs a monkey to play with, badly. But he doesn't think he needs stuff like books or sleep. Felix and Lily help Hugo understand the things Hugo needs and the things he wants.

Compromise

Episode 48

Compromise

May 2, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Some things are easy to agree on, like snow is cold and the sun is hot. But Hugo finds it harder to agree on other things, like when he wants to play basketball but his friends want to play dolls! They learn to compromise and go on a fun bumper car ride all together!

Preference

Episode 49

Preference

May 3, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Hugo definitely likes some things over others, like Granny's homemade soup, good music and the colour orange. Hugo wonders if the world would be even better if it was only made up of things he likes, and if everything was orange!

Change

Episode 50

Change

May 4, 2013 · 5 min

Preschool animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Lots of things change when they grow up. An egg becomes a bird, a caterpillar becomes a butterfly and a kid becomes a grown up. But Hugo likes some things just the way they are!

Old

Episode 51

Old

Sep 30, 2013 · 5 min

No description available.

Brave

Episode 52

Brave

Oct 1, 2013 · 5 min

Brave

About the series

What's the Big Idea? poster
Audience score
★ 8.0 /10

based on 2 votes

Synopsis

Pre-school animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Because philosophy is too important to leave to grown-ups!

AnimationKids

Cast

3 principal cast

Teresa Gallagher

Teresa Gallagher

雨果(Hugo)(voice)

Isabella Blake-Thomas

Isabella Blake-Thomas

丽丽(Lily)(voice)

Jake Phillips

费利克斯(Felix)(voice)

Where to watch What's the Big Idea?

What's the Big Idea? is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The animation from Myles McLeod has 3 seasons and 104 total episodes, rated 8.0/10 by 2 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does What's the Big Idea? have?

What's the Big Idea? has 3 seasons with 104 episodes in total.

Is What's the Big Idea? still on the air?

What's the Big Idea? is currently in production and returning for new episodes.

What network airs What's the Big Idea??

What's the Big Idea? airs on France 5.

When did What's the Big Idea? first air?

What's the Big Idea? first aired on August 21, 2015.

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