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Transcript: It's Time for a Folk Tale
Jojo & Gran Gran: It’s Time for a Folk Tale.
Descriptive Transcript
[Logo] B.B.C.
DESCRIPTION: An illustration features Jojo, a little girl with curly black hair holding a stuffed toy panda and an older woman, Gran Gran, with greying curly black hair.
SINGER: 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 Jojo’s daddy, a man with short black hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and glasses. Jojo’s parents. smile.
SINGER: Take my hand and come with me.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo runs outside with her toy panda and takes Gran Gran’s hand.
SINGER: On a journey through our streets.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran walk down a city sidewalk. They wave to Ned, a bearded man walking his small dog, Monty.
SINGER: We'll say hello to everybody that we meet.
DESCRIPTION: Ned waves before being pulled away by Monty. On a rainy day, Jojo and Gran Gran wear raincoats and carry umbrellas.
SINGER: 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.
SINGER: 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.
SINGER: 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 neighbour, Cynthia, a grey-haired woman, waters flowers in her front yard. Jojo and Gran Gran wave on their way to Gran Gran’s house.
SINGER: 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.
[Episode title] It’s Time for a Folk Tale.
JOJO: It’s time for a folk tale.
[Opening credits] Written by Gemma Bedeau.
GRAN GRAN NARRATING: It was a crisp winter day. The trees were bare, the air was frosty, and JoJo and Gran Gran, that's me, were meeting with the Nature Club in the park.
DESCRIPTION: By the park café, Gran Gran follows Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie over to Cynthia. At a table, Cynthia stands with a decorative pot. They all wear winter jackets.
CYNTHIA: Hello, Nature Club!
GROUP: Hi, Cynthia!
[Cynthia chuckling]
CYNTHIA: Today, we're going on a special storytelling walk.
GRAN GRAN: And we've got a special guest joining us.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pulls out her fully charged tablet with a green battery icon. She turns the tablet toward Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie, revealing Great Gran Gran on a video call.
JOJO: Great Gran Gran!
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Hello, everybody!
JOJO, ISAIAH AND ALFIE: Hello!
[Children giggling]
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Today, I am going to tell you a folk tale.
GRAN GRAN: A folk tale is a story that is passed down through different generations.
JOJO: Ooh! I love stories.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: It's about a spider called Anansi.
ISAIAH: Ooh! I love spiders.
[Children giggling]
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Well, Anansi the spider gets a pot of knowledge, which is full of everything to know about the world.
CYNTHIA: And along the way, we're going to fill our pot of knowledge with things found in nature. Are you ready?
[Children cheering]
ISAIAH: Yay!
JOJO: Uh-huh.
ALFIE: Yes, we are!
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In a kitchen, in live action, a girl with her long brown hair tied back in a ponytail wears a purple and orange cardigan over denim overalls and a yellow t-shirt.
BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: Anansi's story is a folk tale that people tell each other.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short black hair wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt about owls sits next to a boy with short, light brown hair wearing a long-sleeved shirt with planets.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: Anansi is a tricky spider. Like this.
DESCRIPTION: Both boys pretend to crawl like a spider.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: And he's a sneaky spider, like this.
DESCRIPTION: The boys pretend to climb like a spider.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: And he's a mischievous spider.
DESCRIPTION: The boys put their hands together and wiggle their fingers. In a bedroom, a girl with her long, dark brown hair in a high ponytail wearing a dark blue zipper sweater with colourful dots over a yellow blouse. The long-haired girl sits next to a boy with short, dark brown hair. The brown-haired boy wears a colourful monster sweater.
BROWN-HAIRED BOY: In one Anansi story, Anansi tricked Turtle because he was greedy, and he ate all the food.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: He doesn't like to share lot, lots of things with other people.
DESCRIPTION: In front of a fireplace, a boy with short black hair wearing a dark blue, long-sleeved Greek mythology shirt sits next to a girl with short black hair wearing an orange cardigan.
BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: At the end of all Anansi stories, there is always a lesson that everybody should learn.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with her long black hair tied back, wearing a green cardigan, sits next to a girl with her long, curly black hair tied up, wearing a white zipper sweater with spots of colour.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: My Granddaddy used to tell me these stories.
DESCRIPTION: In the bedroom, the long-haired girl looks thoughtful.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Anansi stories get passed down from one person to another person to another person. And so on.
[Whooshing]
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the park, Gran Gran leads the Nature Club walk with Great Gran Gran on the tablet. Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie follow, with Cynthia behind them carrying the pot.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Long, long ago, when the world was young, the birds didn't know how to use twigs to build nests.
DESCRIPTION: On the park path, Gran Gran pauses. Cynthia points toward a bird’s nest in a tree. A bird in the nest flies away, and a twig falls out. It lands among other twigs on the ground.
JOJO: Let's put the twigs in the pot!
CYNTHIA: In they go, to our pot of knowledge.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie drop twigs in the pot.
JOJO: Great!
DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere on the path, Gran Gran pauses near a worker sweeping up leaves into piles.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: And the trees didn't know how to make leaves.
[Children laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Wearing a blue sweater, Ned’s dog Monty jumps into a pile of leaves.
NED: Monty!
[Children laughing]
ALFIE: Oh, it's Monty!
DESCRIPTION: Monty pulls Ned toward the Nature Club.
[Monty barking]
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo waves.
JOJO: And Ned.
DESCRIPTION: Ned waves back and jogs down the path with Monty.
[Jojo gasping]
JOJO: Let's add the leaves to our pot of knowledge!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie drop leaves into the pot, and the walk continues to the playground, where a spider lies in its web between two tree branches.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: And the spiders didn't know how to spin webs.
JOJO: But why didn't they know?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo looks at Great Gran Gran on the tablet, the battery icon now yellow with half a charge.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Because the Sky God kept all the knowledge of the world safe in a pot.
DESCRIPTION: Cynthia crouches and opens the decorative pot.
CYNTHIA: Just like our pot!
GREAT GRAN GRAN: One day, the Sky God asked Anansi the spider to look after the pot of knowledge.
ALFIE: Ooh!
ISAIAH: Ah, yes!
JOJO: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: The walk continues to a wooded area with pinecones scattered across the grass among tall pine trees.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Ah, look a tall pine tree. Perfect for the next part of our story.
JOJO: Let's collect the pinecones!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie add pinecones to their pot of knowledge. Cynthia puts the lid on the pot.
CYNTHIA: Now, what would you do with a pot of knowledge?
JOJO: I would share it with my friends.
ISAIAH: Yes, everyone should know things.
DESCRIPTION: Alfie nods. The battery icon on Gran Gran’s tablet reaches read.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: But Anansi didn't want anyone else to know things. He didn't want to share. And said, "I'll keep the knowledge all to myself!"
[Children gasping]
JOJO: Oh! That's not fair!
GREAT GRAN GRAN: So, Anansi –
[Tablet beeping]
DESCRIPTION: The battery icon flashes, then the tablet shuts down.
[Children gasping]
JOJO: Oh no! The tablet has run out of battery!
ALFIE: But... but... what happened next?
GRAN GRAN: Well, I could finish telling you the story.
CYNTHIA: Oh, brilliant idea, Gran Gran.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran puts the tablet back in her purse.
ISAIAH: Yay!
ALFIE: Yes!
JOJO: Yay!
GRAN GRAN: Where were we? Ah, yes. So, with the pot tied by a thread, Anansi scurried up the tree as fast as his eight spider legs could carry him. But then, snap! The thread broke, and the pot tumbled to the ground and smashed.
DESCRIPTION: Cynthia sets her pot on the ground on its side. She opens the lid and the twigs, leaves and pine cones spill out.
[Children gasping]
JOJO: Then what happened?
GRAN GRAN: All the knowledge was let out of the pot, and everyone could learn about the world.
JOJO: Yes!
ISAIAH AND ALFIE: Yay!
[Cynthia laughing]
ALFIE: The birds could learn how to build a nest.
ISAIAH: And the trees could learn how to make leaves.
JOJO: And the spiders could learn how to spin webs.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, that's right!
JOJO: Hmm. But we couldn't collect a spider in our pot.
GRAN GRAN: Hmm. I think it's time for a Gran Gran plan.
[Celebratory music plays]
GRAN GRAN: We can make a spider, with all the things we've collected.
CYNTHIA AND CHILDREN: Oh, yes!
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The Nature Club lays out twigs on the ground and forms the shape of a spider. Cynthia passes a twig to Isaiah. Alfie collects fallen leaves. The leaves fill the body of the spider. Jojo places pinecones on the spider as eyes. The Nature Club admire their creation.
ALFIE: Our spider looks so good!
JOJO: Gran Gran, do you think our spider looks like Anansi?
GRAN GRAN: I think it looks just like Anansi. Do you know, folk tales can change depending on the storyteller?
CYNTHIA: So you can make up a new ending.
[Children cheering]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In a spider web made of twigs, Cynthia and Gran Gran sit on the ground. Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie stand around the twig spider.
JOJO: After the Sky God gave Anansi the pot of knowledge, he was excited to share it with his friends.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo snuggles Panda.
JOJO: He shared it with the birds.
ISAIAH: So the birds knew how to build nests.
DESCRIPTION: Cynthia and Gran Gran wiggle the front legs of the spider.
[Jojo imitating a bird tweeting]
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: And he shared it with the trees.
ALFIE: So the tall trees knew how to make leaves!
DESCRIPTION: Alfie throws a handful of leaves in the air, and they rain down over the spider.
JOJO: And Anansi shared the pinecones with the animals.
ALFIE: So they knew how to find food.
JOJO: Anansi found out that sharing is kind, and he knew how to spin a beautiful web.
JOJO, ALFIE AND ISAIAH: The end!
CYNTHIA: I love the web you've made.
GRAN GRANL Oh! What a wonderful folk tale.
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In a learning centre, in live action, a woman with long, tightly braided brown hair wears a green dress featuring leaves and jungle animals. A group of children wearing headbands with animal ears sit on a bench facing her.
CHILD NARRATOR: This is Wendy. She is going to tell us a folk tale about Anansi the spider. It's called Anansi Goes To Lunch.
DESCRIPTION: A painting features a spider, Anansi, wearing a red hat.
WENDY: One bright, sunny day, Anansi was taking a walk to the market.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy plays a stirring xylophone drum.
[Xylophone drum rattling]
WENDY: And he bumped into his friend, Hippo.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy looks toward two children wearing hippo ears.
CHILDREN WEARING HIPPO EARS SHOUTING: Anansi!
WENDY: They invited him to lunch. "What are you cooking for lunch?" asked Anansi.
CHILDREN WEARING HIPPO EARS SHOUTING: Rice and peas!
WENDY: How will I know when it's ready? Anansi got a piece of cloth, and he wrapped the cloth around his waist. "Just give me a tug on the end of here as soon as lunch is ready."
DESCRIPTION: Wendy ties a piece of orange cloth around her waist and passes the end to the children wearing hippo ears.
WENDY: So Anansi walked through to the forest.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy plays the xylophone drum.
[Xylophone drum rattling]
WENDY: And this time, he bumped into elephants.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy looks toward three children wearing elephant ears.
CHILDREN WEARING ELEPHANT EARS SHOUTING: Anansi!
WENDY: "What are you cooking?" asked Anansi.
CHILDREN WEARING ELEPHANT EARS SHOUTING: Macaroni pie!
WENDY: They invited him to lunch, too. "I would love to come for lunch. But how will I know when the food is ready?" He decided to tie another piece of material around his waist. "Give me a little tug, and I will come running."
DESCRIPTION: Wendy ties another cloth around her waist and passes the end to the children wearing elephant ears.
WENDY: Well, he strode further and further, deeper and deeper into the forest. And this time, he bumped into the zebras. Wendy turns toward two children wearing zebra ears.
CHILDREN WEARING ZEBRA EARS SHOUTING: Anansi!
WENDY: They invited him to lunch. "But what are you cooking for lunch?" said Anansi.
CHILDREN WEARING ZEBRA EARS SHOUTING: Salt fish fritters!
WENDY: Give me a tug on the end of here when your delicious salt fish fritters are ready.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy hands the end of a third piece of cloth to the children wearing zebra ears.
CHILD NARRATOR: And then...
WENDY: Anansi was being pulled from the left!
DESCRIPTION: The children wearing hippo ears gently pull Wendy toward them from the left.
WENDY: Pulled from the right!
DESCRIPTION: The children wearing zebra ears gently pull Wendy toward them from the right.
WENDY: He was being pulled from the middle!
DESCRIPTION: The children wearing elephant ears gently pull Wendy toward them from the middle.
WENDY: He was being pulled so much that eventually, he just... ugh. Slumped down. And his waist became pulled tight, so thin. He was so sorry that he had been so greedy, trying to go to all of those lunches. And from that day on, spiders' waists have always been teeny-tiny small.
[Children applauding]
CHILD NARRATOR: We love listening to the folk tale!
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s house, Jojo sits on the living room couch with Gran Gran. Gran Gran holds her tablet with Great Gran Gran on a video call.
JOJO: So, Anansi shared the pots of knowledge. The end.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: How wonderful, JoJo! You are an excellent storyteller.
JOJO: You and Gran Gran were great, too.
[Great Gran Gran chuckling]
GREAT GRAN GRAN: I have to go. Have fun telling more stories! Bye-bye, you two!
GRAN GRAN: Bye, Mama!
JOJO: Bye, Great Gran Gran!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran wave to Great Gran Gran. The video call ends, and Gran Gran sets her tablet aside.
JOJO: I liked hearing the folk tale about Anansi and his pot of knowledge.
GRAN GRAN: And I liked sharing it with you.
JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran!
[Gran Gran chuckling]
GRAN GRAN: I love you too, JoJo!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran puts her arms around Jojo, and they share a hug.
[Gentle, uplifting music plays]
[End credits] Jojo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Cynthia, Teresa Gallagher. Isaiah, Oscar Coleman. Alfie, Sonny Shaw. Great Gran Gran, Llewella Gideon. With thanks to Wendy Shearer.
[Logo] Jojo & Gran Gran.
Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Series Director Ben Halliwell. Producer Charlotte Bushell. Produced in association with A.P. Productions. B.B.C. Studios Kids and Family Productions for B.B.C. Copyright B.B.C. 2024. Distributed by B.B.C. Studios.
Descriptive Transcript
[Logo] B.B.C.
DESCRIPTION: An illustration features Jojo, a little girl with curly black hair holding a stuffed toy panda and an older woman, Gran Gran, with greying curly black hair.
SINGER: 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 Jojo’s daddy, a man with short black hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and glasses. Jojo’s parents. smile.
SINGER: Take my hand and come with me.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo runs outside with her toy panda and takes Gran Gran’s hand.
SINGER: On a journey through our streets.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran walk down a city sidewalk. They wave to Ned, a bearded man walking his small dog, Monty.
SINGER: We'll say hello to everybody that we meet.
DESCRIPTION: Ned waves before being pulled away by Monty. On a rainy day, Jojo and Gran Gran wear raincoats and carry umbrellas.
SINGER: 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.
SINGER: 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.
SINGER: 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 neighbour, Cynthia, a grey-haired woman, waters flowers in her front yard. Jojo and Gran Gran wave on their way to Gran Gran’s house.
SINGER: 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.
[Episode title] It’s Time for a Folk Tale.
JOJO: It’s time for a folk tale.
[Opening credits] Written by Gemma Bedeau.
GRAN GRAN NARRATING: It was a crisp winter day. The trees were bare, the air was frosty, and JoJo and Gran Gran, that's me, were meeting with the Nature Club in the park.
DESCRIPTION: By the park café, Gran Gran follows Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie over to Cynthia. At a table, Cynthia stands with a decorative pot. They all wear winter jackets.
CYNTHIA: Hello, Nature Club!
GROUP: Hi, Cynthia!
[Cynthia chuckling]
CYNTHIA: Today, we're going on a special storytelling walk.
GRAN GRAN: And we've got a special guest joining us.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pulls out her fully charged tablet with a green battery icon. She turns the tablet toward Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie, revealing Great Gran Gran on a video call.
JOJO: Great Gran Gran!
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Hello, everybody!
JOJO, ISAIAH AND ALFIE: Hello!
[Children giggling]
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Today, I am going to tell you a folk tale.
GRAN GRAN: A folk tale is a story that is passed down through different generations.
JOJO: Ooh! I love stories.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: It's about a spider called Anansi.
ISAIAH: Ooh! I love spiders.
[Children giggling]
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Well, Anansi the spider gets a pot of knowledge, which is full of everything to know about the world.
CYNTHIA: And along the way, we're going to fill our pot of knowledge with things found in nature. Are you ready?
[Children cheering]
ISAIAH: Yay!
JOJO: Uh-huh.
ALFIE: Yes, we are!
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In a kitchen, in live action, a girl with her long brown hair tied back in a ponytail wears a purple and orange cardigan over denim overalls and a yellow t-shirt.
BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: Anansi's story is a folk tale that people tell each other.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short black hair wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt about owls sits next to a boy with short, light brown hair wearing a long-sleeved shirt with planets.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: Anansi is a tricky spider. Like this.
DESCRIPTION: Both boys pretend to crawl like a spider.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: And he's a sneaky spider, like this.
DESCRIPTION: The boys pretend to climb like a spider.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: And he's a mischievous spider.
DESCRIPTION: The boys put their hands together and wiggle their fingers. In a bedroom, a girl with her long, dark brown hair in a high ponytail wearing a dark blue zipper sweater with colourful dots over a yellow blouse. The long-haired girl sits next to a boy with short, dark brown hair. The brown-haired boy wears a colourful monster sweater.
BROWN-HAIRED BOY: In one Anansi story, Anansi tricked Turtle because he was greedy, and he ate all the food.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: He doesn't like to share lot, lots of things with other people.
DESCRIPTION: In front of a fireplace, a boy with short black hair wearing a dark blue, long-sleeved Greek mythology shirt sits next to a girl with short black hair wearing an orange cardigan.
BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: At the end of all Anansi stories, there is always a lesson that everybody should learn.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with her long black hair tied back, wearing a green cardigan, sits next to a girl with her long, curly black hair tied up, wearing a white zipper sweater with spots of colour.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: My Granddaddy used to tell me these stories.
DESCRIPTION: In the bedroom, the long-haired girl looks thoughtful.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Anansi stories get passed down from one person to another person to another person. And so on.
[Whooshing]
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the park, Gran Gran leads the Nature Club walk with Great Gran Gran on the tablet. Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie follow, with Cynthia behind them carrying the pot.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Long, long ago, when the world was young, the birds didn't know how to use twigs to build nests.
DESCRIPTION: On the park path, Gran Gran pauses. Cynthia points toward a bird’s nest in a tree. A bird in the nest flies away, and a twig falls out. It lands among other twigs on the ground.
JOJO: Let's put the twigs in the pot!
CYNTHIA: In they go, to our pot of knowledge.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie drop twigs in the pot.
JOJO: Great!
DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere on the path, Gran Gran pauses near a worker sweeping up leaves into piles.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: And the trees didn't know how to make leaves.
[Children laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Wearing a blue sweater, Ned’s dog Monty jumps into a pile of leaves.
NED: Monty!
[Children laughing]
ALFIE: Oh, it's Monty!
DESCRIPTION: Monty pulls Ned toward the Nature Club.
[Monty barking]
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo waves.
JOJO: And Ned.
DESCRIPTION: Ned waves back and jogs down the path with Monty.
[Jojo gasping]
JOJO: Let's add the leaves to our pot of knowledge!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie drop leaves into the pot, and the walk continues to the playground, where a spider lies in its web between two tree branches.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: And the spiders didn't know how to spin webs.
JOJO: But why didn't they know?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo looks at Great Gran Gran on the tablet, the battery icon now yellow with half a charge.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Because the Sky God kept all the knowledge of the world safe in a pot.
DESCRIPTION: Cynthia crouches and opens the decorative pot.
CYNTHIA: Just like our pot!
GREAT GRAN GRAN: One day, the Sky God asked Anansi the spider to look after the pot of knowledge.
ALFIE: Ooh!
ISAIAH: Ah, yes!
JOJO: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: The walk continues to a wooded area with pinecones scattered across the grass among tall pine trees.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: Ah, look a tall pine tree. Perfect for the next part of our story.
JOJO: Let's collect the pinecones!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie add pinecones to their pot of knowledge. Cynthia puts the lid on the pot.
CYNTHIA: Now, what would you do with a pot of knowledge?
JOJO: I would share it with my friends.
ISAIAH: Yes, everyone should know things.
DESCRIPTION: Alfie nods. The battery icon on Gran Gran’s tablet reaches read.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: But Anansi didn't want anyone else to know things. He didn't want to share. And said, "I'll keep the knowledge all to myself!"
[Children gasping]
JOJO: Oh! That's not fair!
GREAT GRAN GRAN: So, Anansi –
[Tablet beeping]
DESCRIPTION: The battery icon flashes, then the tablet shuts down.
[Children gasping]
JOJO: Oh no! The tablet has run out of battery!
ALFIE: But... but... what happened next?
GRAN GRAN: Well, I could finish telling you the story.
CYNTHIA: Oh, brilliant idea, Gran Gran.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran puts the tablet back in her purse.
ISAIAH: Yay!
ALFIE: Yes!
JOJO: Yay!
GRAN GRAN: Where were we? Ah, yes. So, with the pot tied by a thread, Anansi scurried up the tree as fast as his eight spider legs could carry him. But then, snap! The thread broke, and the pot tumbled to the ground and smashed.
DESCRIPTION: Cynthia sets her pot on the ground on its side. She opens the lid and the twigs, leaves and pine cones spill out.
[Children gasping]
JOJO: Then what happened?
GRAN GRAN: All the knowledge was let out of the pot, and everyone could learn about the world.
JOJO: Yes!
ISAIAH AND ALFIE: Yay!
[Cynthia laughing]
ALFIE: The birds could learn how to build a nest.
ISAIAH: And the trees could learn how to make leaves.
JOJO: And the spiders could learn how to spin webs.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, that's right!
JOJO: Hmm. But we couldn't collect a spider in our pot.
GRAN GRAN: Hmm. I think it's time for a Gran Gran plan.
[Celebratory music plays]
GRAN GRAN: We can make a spider, with all the things we've collected.
CYNTHIA AND CHILDREN: Oh, yes!
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The Nature Club lays out twigs on the ground and forms the shape of a spider. Cynthia passes a twig to Isaiah. Alfie collects fallen leaves. The leaves fill the body of the spider. Jojo places pinecones on the spider as eyes. The Nature Club admire their creation.
ALFIE: Our spider looks so good!
JOJO: Gran Gran, do you think our spider looks like Anansi?
GRAN GRAN: I think it looks just like Anansi. Do you know, folk tales can change depending on the storyteller?
CYNTHIA: So you can make up a new ending.
[Children cheering]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In a spider web made of twigs, Cynthia and Gran Gran sit on the ground. Jojo, Isaiah and Alfie stand around the twig spider.
JOJO: After the Sky God gave Anansi the pot of knowledge, he was excited to share it with his friends.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo snuggles Panda.
JOJO: He shared it with the birds.
ISAIAH: So the birds knew how to build nests.
DESCRIPTION: Cynthia and Gran Gran wiggle the front legs of the spider.
[Jojo imitating a bird tweeting]
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: And he shared it with the trees.
ALFIE: So the tall trees knew how to make leaves!
DESCRIPTION: Alfie throws a handful of leaves in the air, and they rain down over the spider.
JOJO: And Anansi shared the pinecones with the animals.
ALFIE: So they knew how to find food.
JOJO: Anansi found out that sharing is kind, and he knew how to spin a beautiful web.
JOJO, ALFIE AND ISAIAH: The end!
CYNTHIA: I love the web you've made.
GRAN GRANL Oh! What a wonderful folk tale.
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In a learning centre, in live action, a woman with long, tightly braided brown hair wears a green dress featuring leaves and jungle animals. A group of children wearing headbands with animal ears sit on a bench facing her.
CHILD NARRATOR: This is Wendy. She is going to tell us a folk tale about Anansi the spider. It's called Anansi Goes To Lunch.
DESCRIPTION: A painting features a spider, Anansi, wearing a red hat.
WENDY: One bright, sunny day, Anansi was taking a walk to the market.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy plays a stirring xylophone drum.
[Xylophone drum rattling]
WENDY: And he bumped into his friend, Hippo.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy looks toward two children wearing hippo ears.
CHILDREN WEARING HIPPO EARS SHOUTING: Anansi!
WENDY: They invited him to lunch. "What are you cooking for lunch?" asked Anansi.
CHILDREN WEARING HIPPO EARS SHOUTING: Rice and peas!
WENDY: How will I know when it's ready? Anansi got a piece of cloth, and he wrapped the cloth around his waist. "Just give me a tug on the end of here as soon as lunch is ready."
DESCRIPTION: Wendy ties a piece of orange cloth around her waist and passes the end to the children wearing hippo ears.
WENDY: So Anansi walked through to the forest.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy plays the xylophone drum.
[Xylophone drum rattling]
WENDY: And this time, he bumped into elephants.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy looks toward three children wearing elephant ears.
CHILDREN WEARING ELEPHANT EARS SHOUTING: Anansi!
WENDY: "What are you cooking?" asked Anansi.
CHILDREN WEARING ELEPHANT EARS SHOUTING: Macaroni pie!
WENDY: They invited him to lunch, too. "I would love to come for lunch. But how will I know when the food is ready?" He decided to tie another piece of material around his waist. "Give me a little tug, and I will come running."
DESCRIPTION: Wendy ties another cloth around her waist and passes the end to the children wearing elephant ears.
WENDY: Well, he strode further and further, deeper and deeper into the forest. And this time, he bumped into the zebras. Wendy turns toward two children wearing zebra ears.
CHILDREN WEARING ZEBRA EARS SHOUTING: Anansi!
WENDY: They invited him to lunch. "But what are you cooking for lunch?" said Anansi.
CHILDREN WEARING ZEBRA EARS SHOUTING: Salt fish fritters!
WENDY: Give me a tug on the end of here when your delicious salt fish fritters are ready.
DESCRIPTION: Wendy hands the end of a third piece of cloth to the children wearing zebra ears.
CHILD NARRATOR: And then...
WENDY: Anansi was being pulled from the left!
DESCRIPTION: The children wearing hippo ears gently pull Wendy toward them from the left.
WENDY: Pulled from the right!
DESCRIPTION: The children wearing zebra ears gently pull Wendy toward them from the right.
WENDY: He was being pulled from the middle!
DESCRIPTION: The children wearing elephant ears gently pull Wendy toward them from the middle.
WENDY: He was being pulled so much that eventually, he just... ugh. Slumped down. And his waist became pulled tight, so thin. He was so sorry that he had been so greedy, trying to go to all of those lunches. And from that day on, spiders' waists have always been teeny-tiny small.
[Children applauding]
CHILD NARRATOR: We love listening to the folk tale!
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s house, Jojo sits on the living room couch with Gran Gran. Gran Gran holds her tablet with Great Gran Gran on a video call.
JOJO: So, Anansi shared the pots of knowledge. The end.
GREAT GRAN GRAN: How wonderful, JoJo! You are an excellent storyteller.
JOJO: You and Gran Gran were great, too.
[Great Gran Gran chuckling]
GREAT GRAN GRAN: I have to go. Have fun telling more stories! Bye-bye, you two!
GRAN GRAN: Bye, Mama!
JOJO: Bye, Great Gran Gran!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran wave to Great Gran Gran. The video call ends, and Gran Gran sets her tablet aside.
JOJO: I liked hearing the folk tale about Anansi and his pot of knowledge.
GRAN GRAN: And I liked sharing it with you.
JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran!
[Gran Gran chuckling]
GRAN GRAN: I love you too, JoJo!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran puts her arms around Jojo, and they share a hug.
[Gentle, uplifting music plays]
[End credits] Jojo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Cynthia, Teresa Gallagher. Isaiah, Oscar Coleman. Alfie, Sonny Shaw. Great Gran Gran, Llewella Gideon. With thanks to Wendy Shearer.
[Logo] Jojo & Gran Gran.
Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Series Director Ben Halliwell. Producer Charlotte Bushell. Produced in association with A.P. Productions. B.B.C. Studios Kids and Family Productions for B.B.C. Copyright B.B.C. 2024. Distributed by B.B.C. Studios.
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