Jojo and Gran Gran

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[Text reads] B.B.C.

DESCRIPTION: An illustration shows a little girl with black hair holding a stuffed toy panda and an older woman with grey hair.

SONG: Jojo and Gran Gran.

[Uplifting music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In an animated world, a door opens, revealing JoJo’s mummy, a woman with tightly braided black hair, and her daddy, a man with short black hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and glasses. JoJo’s parents smile.

SONG: Take my hand and come with me.

DESCRIPTION: Jojo runs outside with Panda and takes Gran Gran’s hand.

SONG: On a journey through our streets.

DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran walk down a city sidewalk. They wave to Ned, a bearded man walking with Monty, his small dog.

SONG: We'll say hello to everybody that we meet.

DESCRIPTION: Ned waves before Monty pulls him away. On a rainy day, Jojo and Gran Gran wear raincoats and carry umbrellas.

SONG: Through the year, as seasons change, exploring every day, we take our time to stop and play.

DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran jump in puddles. On a sunny day, they walk into a park. A red double-decker bus passes by the park.

SONG: And when the springtime blossom turns to summer sun, Jojo likes to get outside, Gran Gran always makes it fun!

DESCRIPTION: On another day, Jojo and Gran Gran roll down a grassy hill. In the fall, Jojo throws leaves in the air.

SONG: When the autumn rainfall turns to winter snow, I know a special place, a place where we can go.

DESCRIPTION: In the winter, Jarrod, a black-haired man with a neatly trimmed beard, makes a snowman. He waves as Jojo and Gran Gran walk by in their winter coats. In the Spring, Gran Gran’s grey-haired neighbour, Cynthia, waters the flowers in her front garden. Jojo and Gran Gran wave on their way to Gran Gran’s house.

SONG: Take my hand, we're heading home with Jojo and Gran Gran.

DESCRIPTION: JoJo and Gran Gran walk to Gran Gran’s front door.

[Title] Jojo and Gran Gran.

[Title] It’s Time to Hear an Orchestra.

[Opening Credits] Written by Alison Ray.

[Upbeat music plays, birds sing]

DESCRIPTION: Leaves on the trees in front of a large building are red and yellow. As Gran Gran and JoJo approach the building doors, a yellow and grey boat passes on the water nearby. They stop by a window with a Captain Chloe poster.

GRAN GRAN NARRATES: It was a bright autumn afternoon. The leaves were changing colour and falling from the trees. And JoJo and Gran Gran, that's me, were visiting the concert hall.

JOJO: Whoa! Panda and I have never seen an orchestra before.

GRAN GRAN: You're going to love it.

[JoJo giggles]

JOJO: And it's a Captain Chloe story!

GRAN GRAN: Yes! A story told using music.

[JoJo giggles]

JOJO: Yay!

DESCRIPTION: JoJo takes Gran Gran’s hand, and they enter the concert hall. In the foyer, they meet Isaiah and Anton. JoJo and Isaiah hug.

JOJO: Hi, Isaiah and Anton.

ANTON: Hi, you two.

ISAIAH: Hi!

GRAN GRAN: Hiya.

DESCRIPTION: Isaiah gestures at a nearby poster featuring his daddy, Joshua, who holds a clarinet, and a conductor.

ISAIAH: We've come to watch my daddy in the orchestra. He's playing a solo. Dad's made some Good Luck biscuits.

[Lid clicks]

DESCRIPTION: Anton takes the lid off a container of cookies.

ANTON: They're for the interval.

JOJO: Ooh!

[Chimes]

ANNOUNCER: Welcome, everyone. It's time to take your seats. The Captain Chloe Orchestra will be starting soon.

GRAN GRAN: Ooh!

JOJO: I can't wait to see the orchestra!

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In live-action, two girls sit in a room. The taller girl wears her curly, dark brown hair in a ponytail. She wears a pink shirt with a bird on the front. The second girl wears her dark brown hair in two braids. She wears a pink-and-white striped shirt.

GIRL WITH TWO BRAIDS: An orchestra is a group of people that play different instruments and make some type of music.

DESCRIPTION: In a living room, a boy with short brown hair wears a purple shirt with a giraffe on the front. He moves his arms, imitating a conductor.

SHORT-HAIRED BOY: You see someone called a conductor, and they use a stick and do this telling people when to go.

DESCRIPTION: In a dining room, a boy with short dark brown hair wears a colourful shirt with houses and rainbows. Beside him, a girl with long, dark brown hair in pigtails wears a bright green, striped shirt with two flamingo heads. They both move their hands, imitating a conductor. Near a staircase, a girl wears her long brown hair pulled away from her face. She wears a pink sweater with a red heart. She imitates moving a bow on a violin.

BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: There are different sections in an orchestra. Some play the violin.

DESCRIPTION: The girl with the two braids and the girl with her hair in a ponytail imitate playing a violin. Near the staircase, the brown-haired girl pretends to play a trumpet.

BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: Some play the trumpet.

DESCRIPTION: In a living room, a brown-haired girl with her hair in two pigtails pretends to play a trumpet. The brown-haired boy sitting beside her watches. He wears a grey and green shirt.

[Girl imitates trumpet, both giggle]

DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired girl pretends to play a drum.

BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: Some play the drum.

[Hands rustle]

DESCRIPTION: The girl with the two braids and the girl with her hair in a ponytail pretend to play drums. In a living room, a girl and a boy sit together. The girl wears her brown hair twisted into two buns and a floral blouse. The boy has short brown hair and wears a grey, red, and yellow shirt with large eyes on the front.

SHORT-HAIRED BOY: Some people in an orchestra play the cello.

DESCRIPTION: In the dining room, the boy with the colourful shirt and the girl with the striped flamingo shirt pretend to play cellos. The short-haired boy and the girl with her hair twisted into buns also pretend to play cellos. In their living room, the girl with the two braids and the girl with her hair in a ponytail pretend to play triangles.

GIRL WITH TWO BRAIDS: This is the triangle.

BOTH: Ding! Ding! Ding!

DESCRIPTION: In the living room, a brown-haired girl with her hair in two pigtails pretends to play a trumpet. The brown-haired boy sitting beside her watches. He wears a grey and green shirt.

BROWN-HAIRED BOY: A symbol crashes together like—

[Both clap]

BROWN-HAIRED BOY: That.

GIRL WITH PIGTAILS: Really loud!

DESCRIPTION: In their living room, the girl with the two twisted buns and the short-haired boy sit together. They imitate playing trombones.

SHORT-HAIRED BOY: There's a trombone in an orchestra, too. Woo! Woo! Woo!

[Whoosh, instruments tuning]

DESCRIPTION: In the animation, in the concert hall, JoJo, Gran Gran, Isaiah, and Anton sit a few rows back from the stage. On the stage, Joshua holds his clarinet and sits with the rest of the orchestra beneath a large screen.

JOJO: Wow!

ISAIAH: I can see Daddy! There he is.

JOJO: What instrument is Joshua playing, Gran Gran?

GRAN GRAN: It's called the clarinet. It makes a beautiful sound.

[Audience applauds]

DESCRIPTION: At the front of the stage, the conductor faces the audience and bows. In the audience, JoJo and Isaiah sit on booster seats.

JOJO WHISPERS: Who's that?

ISAIAH: That's the conductor.

JOJO WHISPERS: A conductor! What do they do?

[Background chatter]

GRAN GRAN WHISPERS: We're about to find out.

[JoJo gasps]

DESCRIPTION: Captain Chloe appears on the screen over the orchestra.

JOJO: Captain Chloe!

[Orchestra plays, tense percussion music plays, JoJo gasps]

DESCRIPTION: On the screen, Captain Chloe looks at lightning in the cloudy sky. The ship sails in rough water.

JOJO: It's a storm!

[Tense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: On the screen, Captain Chloe stands on the bow of the ship at the edge of a waterfall.

JOJO: Oh, no!

[Orchestra stops playing, audience applauds]

DESCRIPTION: On the screen, Captain Chloe disappears, and it goes blank.

JOJO: Is it already finished? I want to find out what happens next.

[Background chatter]

ANTON: This is the interval.

ISAIAH: It's like a little break for everyone.

JOJO: Oh!

ANTON: Would you like to come and see Joshua? We're meeting him in the foyer.

GRAN GRAN: Ooh! We'd love to! Come on!

DESCRIPTION: Anton carries the cookies and walks to the foyer with the others. Isaiah runs to Joshua and hugs his leg.

ISAIAH: Well done, Daddy!

JOJO: The orchestra has been amazing so far.

JOSHUA: Oh, I'm so glad you're enjoying it. Not long until my solo now.

ANTON: We've baked you a Good Luck Biscuit. You're going to be amazing.

DESCRIPTION: Anton holds out the container, and everyone takes a cookie.

JOSHUA: Aw, thanks.

ISAIAH AND GRAN GRAN: Mmm!

ISAIAH: Daddy.

JOSHUA: Uh-huh?

ISAIAH: How will you know when to do your solo?

[Footsteps tap]

DESCRIPTION: The conductor walks past carrying her baton. She smiles and waves.

JOSHUA: Ah, that's the conductor's job. The conductor brings all the different instruments in at the right time and helps us play together.

[Upbeat music plays]

GRAN GRAN: It's a bit like a chef baking some biscuits.

ANTON: Yes, when a chef bakes biscuits, they have to make sure all of the ingredients are added at the correct time and mixed up with a spoon.

JOSHUA: Yep! And instead of a spoon, the conductor uses their trusty baton.

[Joshua chuckles]

JOJO: Wow! The conductor has a very important job.

[Chimes]

ANNOUNCER: Please take your seats for the final part of this afternoon's orchestra performance.

JOSHUA: I'd better head back. Enjoy the final part of the story.

ISAIAH: Good luck, Daddy!

[Whoosh, upbeat music notes play]

DESCRIPTION: Everyone waves as Joshua walks away. In the concert hall, the audience sits in their seats, and the picture of Captain Chloe at the edge of the waterfall appears on the screen over the orchestra. The conductor moves her baton, and the orchestra plays.

[Adventure music plays]

DESCRIPTION: JoJo and Isaiah smile at each other. On the screen, Captain Chloe swings on a vine to shore and then jumps on rocks to cross a river. She looks at a mermaid blowing into a seashell.

JOJO: It's the musical mermaid.

[Chimes, clarinet music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Joshua plays his solo.

ISAIAH: It's Daddy!

[Chimes, clarinet music plays, orchestra music plays, JoJo gasps, music continues]

DESCRIPTION: On the screen, Captain Chloe smiles as she runs away from a breaking rope bridge.

JOJO: Come on, Captain Chloe!

[Orchestra music plays]

DESCRIPTION: On the screen, Captain Chloe stands on a beach beside a treasure chest, smiling. She throws gold coins in the air.

JOJO: Yes! The treasure!

[Audience applauds, cheers]

DESCRIPTION: On the stage, the conductor bows and gestures at the orchestra.

[Audience applauds]

JOJO: That was great!

ISAIAH: Daddy! You are amazing!

[Audience applauds, whistles]

DESCRIPTION: On the stage, Joshua stands and smiles.

JOJO: I'd like to be in the orchestra when I'm older.

GRAN GRAN: What instrument would you like to play?

JOJO: I don't want to play an instrument. I'd like to be a conductor.

[Upbeat music plays, whoosh, background chatter, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: JoJo pretends to conduct. In live-action, five people enter a foyer. A woman with long black hair holds the hand of a boy with a buzz cut wearing a red jacket.

BOY NARRATES: Me and my family are going to listen to an orchestra play some music.

DESCRIPTION: The boy and his family walk to a sales counter where a bearded young man sits at a computer.

TICKET SELLER: Evening!

BOY: Five tickets, please.

TICKET SELLER: Of course! There you go.

DESCRIPTION: The bearded young man, who is the ticket seller, gives the boy five tickets. Behind the boy, a teenage girl with a ponytail, a young man with short black hair, and a man wearing glasses and a hat smile.

BOY AND BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN: Thank you.

TICKET SELLER: Thank you. Have a nice day.

BOY AND BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN: Thank you.

[Background chatter, instruments tuning]

DESCRIPTION: The family sits in their seats, with the boy between the black-haired woman and the teenage girl. On the stage, the orchestra tunes their instruments.

BOY NARRATES: We are in our seats, and we're waiting for the orchestra to start. They're nearly ready.

[Audience applauds]

DESCRIPTION: A boy carries a clarinet onto the stage, followed by the conductor.

BOY NARRATES: This is Shea. He is going to play the clarinet.

[Audience applauds, orchestra plays]

DESCRIPTION: Shea stands near the front of the stage, playing his clarinet. The conductor conducts the teenagers and children playing instruments in the orchestra.

BOY NARRATES: There are lots of different instruments in an orchestra.

[Orchestra plays, Shea plays the clarinet]

BOY NARRATES: The conductor helps the musicians play together.

[Orchestra plays, audience applauds]

DESCRIPTION: In the audience, the boy with the buzz cut smiles as he watches the orchestra.

BOY: Wow! That was excellent! We love watching the orchestra play.

[JoJo hums, Gran Gran chuckles]

DESCRIPTION: On the stage, the orchestra stands. Back in Gran Gran’s kitchen, Gran Gran stands by the stove as JoJo sits at the table and pretends to conduct an orchestra. A ring of toys sits facing her on the table.

GRAN GRAN: Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed your first orchestra, JoJo.

[Light music plays]

JOJO: We loved it! Thanks for taking us.

[Gran Gran chuckles]

GRAN GRAN: Please, can I have my wooden spoon back? I'll need it to make dinner.

JOJO: Oops.

[JoJo giggles]

DESCRIPTION: JoJo gives Gran Gran the spoon.

JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran.

[Gran Gran chuckles]

DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran picks JoJo up.

GRAN GRAN: I love you too, JoJo.

DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran holds Jojo close, and they both smile.

[Gentle, uplifting music plays]

[End credits] JoJo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Anton, Arun Blair-Mangat. Isaiah, Oscar Coleman. Joshua, Kayi Ushe. Music by Joss Peach, Jamie Salisbury, Ellie Wyatt. Theme sung by Sharlene Hector. Based on Characters Created by and Associate Producer Laura Henry-Allain. Producer Charlotte Bushell. Executive Producers: Tony Reed, Ros Attille. Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Series Director Ben Halliwell.

Logo: Jojo & Gran Gran.

[End credits] Produced in association with A.P. Productions. B.B.C. Studios Kids and Family Productions for B.B.C. C Beebies. Copyright B.B.C. 2023. Distributed by B.B.C. Studios