The first show - 'The Bookworms move house' is currently on BBC's iPlayer.
Each week's show will be added - search under the childrens genre.

The US and UK editions of the Financial Times ran this story today which also features on FT.com discussing the impact of Sesame Street worldwide with a focus on today's first airing of Sesame Tree on BBC.

The great new Sesame Tree website produced by BBCNI is now live.
And here's a summary of the series, programme by programme...

We've almost lost count of the amount of television, radio and press interviews we have given for Sesame Tree.
Everything from the Financial Times in New York, to broadcast journals and our own local press too.



This morning it was BBC World radio which went out quite literally across the world on two programmes, 'The Word Today' and 'World Update'.

Our production of Sesame Tree will be shown on BBC2 Northern Ireland FIVE TIMES a week!
First episode transmission is Saturday 5 April and every week for 20 weeks.

Saturdays @ 6.15am and repeated at 6.45am
Sundays @ 6.15am and repeated at 6.45am
Tuesdays @ 2pm

So look out for 100 Sesame Tree airings starting 5 April!

Click here for a higher quality version of the edited Sesame Tree preview found on bbc.co.uk
You will need Quicktime (www.quicktime.com) and a broadband connection.

We've just delivered all 20 episodes of Sesame Tree to BBCNI for broadcast. We're enormously proud of them and are delighted that they are not only visually beautiful, but are woven around important educational and moral teaching.

The show is broadcast on Saturdays on BBC2 at 7.15am on Saturdays and repeated on Sundays at the same time.
First show is Saturday 5th April!

We have released a 9 minute preview of the series on BBC's iPlayer. Click here to view.
Here is a newsreel from Irish News TV

Irish News TV have posted this video report on their website of the Sesame Tree launch

Here is a roundup of current news stories online about our Sesame Tree production (with grateful thanks for our wonderful friends at our PR company!)

Sesame Tree on Wikipedia (we didn't create this!)
The Muppet Wiki


BBC - The official Sesame Tree website
BBC - Sesame Tree
BBC - Sesame Tree preview on iPlayer - 11 March 2008
BBC - From Stormont to Sesame Tree - 11 March 2008
BBC - Bert and Ernie in Belfast Debut - 11 March 2008
BBC - Sesame wannabes begin auditions - 25 September 2007


Belfast Telegraph - A specisl treat for the Duke - 12 March 2008
Belfast Telegraph - Meet the trio in the tree - 8 November 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Meet the Muppets - 26 October 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Ulster on way to Sesame Street - 10 October 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Sesame Tree - An open door for young stars - 25 September 2007

News Letter - Paul's acting the muppet - 4 April 2008
News Letter - Bert and Ernoe talk Norn Iron - 25 September 2007
News Letter - Children's show takes root in Ulster - 9 November 2007

Irish News - My Kind of job... - 10 April 2008
Irish News - Open Sesame for North's Muppets - 1 April 2008


Sesame Workshop - Muppets arrive in Belfast
Sesame Workshop - Residents of Sesame Tree unveiled
Sesame Workshop - Search begins for Sesame Tree Cast


The Stage - Branching out: The Sesame Tree - 4 April 2008
Northern Ireland Screen - Sesame Tree debuts on BBC - 13 March 2008
UK Film & Television news - Muppets mania in Belfast - 11 March 2008
Worldscreen.com - Sesame Tree to debut on BBC Northern Ireland - 11 March 2008
Virgin Radio - Duke Special & Sesame Tree
4NI - Northern Ireland's own Sesame Tree launched - 11 March 2008
Belfast Child - Bert and Ernie in Belfast debut - 11 March 2008
The Optimist - Bert and Ernie promote respect - 11 March 2008
Queens University - Sesame Street comes to Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive - Stormont for Sesame Street - 11 March 2008
Unreality TV - Sesame Tree comes to Northern Ireland
NI4Kids - Wake up to Sesame Tree - 4 April 2008
Alan in Belfast - Northern Ireland muppetry coming soon
The Ireland Funds

The Press release for Sesame Tree was released yesterday and within the space of 24 hours, we had recorded 1 x TV interview, 6 x Radio interviews and given interviews to 10 newspapers. It all feels a bit dizzy - but great!

Here are some links to the production online:

Sesame Workshop - Press Room

BBC NEWS - Sesame Street's new NI residents
UTV - Sesame Street comes to NI

Belfast Telegraph - Open Sesame as Street prepares to hit airwaves
The Stage - Sesame Street set for Northern Ireland remake
World Screen - Inferno Group to produce NI Sesame Street
Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild - Hit Kids TV Show for NI
Bank Independent (USA)
Televisionpoint.com - SixteenSouth to produce Northern Ireland's Sesame Street (India)

Corks 96fm - Sesame Street comes to NI
Limericks Live 95FM - Sesame Street comes to NI
Dublins Q102 - Sesame Street comes to NI


and of course...

Slugger O'Toole - Big Bird for Belfast

We are thrilled and delighted to be commissioned to create and produce Sesame Tree - the new Sesame Street Northern Ireland production for the people of Northern Ireland. We have assembled a great team of writers, producers and researchers and are currently in pre-production, creating the show concepts and designing the two new puppets that we will feature (and the secondary characters that we have developed too). These will be built for us by the Jim Henson company in New York.
Does it get any better than this?