U.K. Deal for Sesame Workshop Series
NEW YORK, October 5: Disney UK will launch Sesame Workshop’s Play with Me Sesame on November 1 with two new Muppets created exclusively for the channel, Kit and Domby.
The series features classic Sesame Street characters Ernie, Bert, Grover and Prairie Dawn and is a co-production with Noggin, which airs the series in the U.S. The new additions, Kit and Domby, will appear in wraparound segments. The U.K. version will also feature local live action segments to reflect the lives of British children.
“Sesame Street, and by extension, Play With Me Sesame, is an engaging evergreen brand,” said Jennifer Monier-Williams, Sesame Workshop’s VP of global television distribution. “It's much more than letters and numbers. It’s a celebration of children as thinking individuals, reaching for a bigger world and embracing life’s challenges. We hope many more families will become part of our family with the launch of Play With Me Sesame on Disney UK. This is a rich and diverse brand that can easily be adapted into any broadcaster's schedule.”