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Transcript: It's Time to Braid Hair
Jojo and Gran Gran: It’s Time to Braid Hair.
Descriptive Transcript
[Logo] B.B.C.
DESCRIPTION: An illustration features Jojo, a little girl with curly black hair, holding a stuffed toy panda, and Gran Gran, an older woman 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 mummy and daddy 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 to Braid Hair.
JOJO: It’s time to braid hair!
[Opening credits] Written by Jasmine Richards.
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
GRAN GRAN NARRATING: It was a cold winter morning. The trees were bare. The air was frosty. And JoJo and Gran Gran, that's me, were booking an appointment at the hairdresser's.
DESCRIPTION: On a winter day, people walk down the sidewalk past a post office, barbershop, hairdresser's and ice cream shop. At the hairdresser’s, Jojo and Gran Gran stand at the reception desk with Gran Gran’s hairdresser, Charlene, in their winter coats and scarves. Charlene has long, locked black hair with the ends dyed purple and pink.
Jojo looks at shelves of hair products. Charlene checks a calendar on the computer.
CHARLENE: Hm, let me see. Oh! I've got space this afternoon.
GRAN GRAN: That'd be perfect. Thank you, Charlene! We can come back after lunch. Can't we, JoJo?
JOJO: Wow!
GRAN GRAN: JoJo?
JOJO: This bottle is Panda purple.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo holds Panda next to a purple spray bottle. Next to the spray bottle, an orange container features a young girl with a braided heart on the side of her head.
JOJO: And what's this tub for?
CHARLENE: That one's our mango hair butter. You comb it through your hair, and it smells amazing!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran picks up a tub of mango hair butter.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, we'll take some home with us. I used to braid your mummy's hair a bit like this when she was younger, but my braids weren't as tricky.
CHARLENE: My mum taught me how to braid my hair too, and now, I teach other people with my video lessons.
DESCRIPTION: Charlene shows Jojo a video on a tablet of herself braiding a heart with a young girl’s hair.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: Make sure you have one hand holding one section...
JOJO: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Charlene pauses the video. Jojo looks at Gran Gran.
JOJO: Can we please braid my hair when we get home, Gran Gran? And can you do it like this?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo points to the young girl on the tub of mango hair butter.
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: We'll give it a try.
JOJO: Panda, we're going to braid my hair!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo snuggles Panda.
[Whooshing]
[Cheerful music plays]
DESCRIPTION: A girl with tightly braided black hair and white and clear beads in a high ponytail, wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt, sits next to a girl with long, curly black hair tied up, wearing a white blouse with a floral collar.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: You can have lots of different hairstyles. You can have, um, a bun, or an afro, or braids.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short brown hair, wearing a green, blue and orange sweater with a monster graphic, sits next to a girl with her long brown hair in a ponytail, wearing a blue zipper sweater over a yellow blouse.
BROWN-HAIRED BOY: My favourite hairstyle is spiky.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with long black hair and bangs, wearing a floral light blue dress, sits next to a boy with short, dark brown hair, wearing a grey-and-white striped, long-sleeved shirt with emergency vehicles.
BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: My mummy does plaits in my hair.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short black hair, wearing a dark blue and white striped, long-sleeved shirt, sits next to a boy with short blond hair, wearing a light blue, venomous creature graphic t-shirt.
BLOND-HAIRED BOY: I've got a spray for my hair that, um, that it keeps it up and it smells all lemony.
DESCRIPTION: The blond-haired boy runs his fingers through his hair. A boy with short black hair in tight braids wears a blue long-sleeved shirt with an owl graphic.
BOY WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: When I have my hair done, I have to sit really still.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR. My aunt does my mum's hair, and she braids it into a plait.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: My sister's braids, they are golden.
BOY WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: My mum does my hair. My auntie does my hair. My nan does my hair.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with her long, curly black hair in a bun, wearing a pale pink cardigan, sits next to a girl with her long black hair in braided pigtails, wearing a dark pink cardigan.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: Sometimes I braid my mum's hair with my auntie.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: I like when I have beads in my hair 'cause I can wave it around.
DESCRIPTION: The girl with tightly braided hair waves her braids around.
[Beads clanking]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s house, Jojo stands beside a small table with Panda and various hair supplies laid out, including a hair dryer, a wide-tooth comb, a spray bottle, the tub of mango hair butter and multiple hair clips. Gran Gran stands beside her.
JOJO: We're ready!
GRAN GRAN: Hang on. We forgot one thing.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran places a cushion from the couch on the floor in front of the table. She adds another, then Jojo adds a third.
JOJO: Maybe we need one more. Panda likes to be comfy.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran adds a fourth cushion to the pile on the floor.
GRAN GRAN: How's that?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran helps Jojo climb onto the pile of cushions, then takes a seat on the couch next to her tablet.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: What can I do to help?
GRAN GRAN: Hm. I think it's time for a Gran Gran plan.
[Celebratory music plays]
GRAN GRAN: Why don't you follow Charlene's video and tell me what's next? It's been a long time since I braided your mummy's hair.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pulls up Charlene’s video on her tablet.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Yay!
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In Charlene’s video, Charlene pulls bobble hair ties out of a young, black-haired girl’s long, thick curly hair.
JOJO: First, we need to take out my bobbles.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran takes out Jojo’s bobble hair ties.
GRAN GRAN: There we go.
JOJO: Charlene says to spray my hair with the special spray.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran sprays Jojo’s hair with the spray bottle.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Now, separate my hair.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran separates Jojo’s hair with the wide-tooth comb.
JOJO: Next, it's time for the leave-in conditioner.
GRAN GRAN: That's the mango butter.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs the mango butter off the table. She takes the lid off the container and smells the butter.
JOJO: Mm. It smells lovely, Panda.
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo hands Gran Gran the container and Gran Gran smells the butter.
GRAN GRAN: Mm, it does. Doesn't it?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran scoops mango butter onto her finger. She spreads it across Jojo’s hair and lightly softens the curls.
JOJO: Charlene says use the hair dryer to stretch my hair.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran blow-dries Jojo’s hair with a comb attachment.
[Hair dryer blowing]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs a clip off the table.
JOJO: Here's a clip, Gran Gran.
GRAN GRAN: Thank you!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo clips hair clips onto Panda’s ears. Four different clips hold down sections of Jojo’s hair. Gran Gran unclips one section and runs the comb through the hair.
GRAN GRAN: Now, it's time to start braiding. You can see what I'm going to do by watching Charlene's video.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, pink clips separate the young black-haired girl’s hair like Jojo’s.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: So, make sure you have one hand holding one section and your other hand holding the other two sections. I've even got a rhyme for this bit.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Charlene gathers a small section of the young black-haired girl’s hair.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: Take your sections, one, two, three. Then you need to follow me. Take the left side. Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle! Your turn.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Charlene starts braiding the small section of the young black-haired girl’s hair.
GRAN GRAN: Right, JoJo. Take the left side. Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran braids a small section of Jojo’s hair. Later, nearly all of Jojo’s hair is in tight braids. Gran Gran frowns at the right side of Jojo’s head with half of a heart braid.
GRAN GRAN: Um... Hm.
JOJO: What's wrong, Gran Gran?
GRAN GRAN: This bit here is a little tricky, JoJo.
[Gran Gran gasping]
GRAN GRAN: Does Charlene's video show us what to do?
JOJO: Yes!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo plays a video.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: Now, for a heart corn row.
DESCRIPTION: In Charlene’s video, Charlene makes a heart with braids.
GRAN GRAN: Ah, in St. Lucia, and here, that can be called a "cane row," JoJo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran makes a heart with braids on the side of Jojo’s head.
GRAN GRAN: Braids aren't a fiddle. Yay!
JOJO: Is it finished, Gran Gran?
GRAN GRAN: Almost. Do you want to do the last braid?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran holds a mirror in front of Jojo.
JOJO GIGGLING: Yes!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs the ends of the heart braid.
JOJO: Take the left side. Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo finishes the braid.
JOJO: I did it, Gran Gran!
GRAN GRAN: Just one thing left to do.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran grabs a squeeze bottle. She squeezes oil between Jojo’s braids and rubs it in.
GRAN GRAN: Hair oil can look after your scalp. What do you think?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran sets the hair oil aside, and Jojo looks at her reflection in the mirror.
JOJO: I love it.
DESCRIPTION: At the hairdresser’s, Gran Gran follows Jojo over to Charlene.
JOJO: Charlene!
CHARLENE: Hey, JoJo. Hey, Gran Gran.
[Charlene gasping]
CHARLENE: Whoa! Look at your braids, JoJo. They're brilliant!
JOJO: Thanks, Charlene. I really love my hair.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo shakes her head, and her braids sway. Charlene sniffs the air.
[Charlene sniffing]
CHARLENE: Ooh! It smells amazing.
JOJO: That's the mango butter!
CHARLENE: You've both done a great job.
GRAN GRAN: Oh! We followed your video, Charlene.
JOJO: And, I learnt the braiding rhyme.
CHARLENE: Oh!
JOJO: Take the left side. Fetch the middle.
CHARLENE: Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle! I'm so happy my rhyme helped you. Do you know what makes braids even more fun?
JOJO: What?
CHARLENE: Beads.
JOJO: Oh! Do you have any Panda-coloured beads, Charlene?
CHARLENE: Let's have a look. Shall we?
DESCRIPTION: Charlene grabs jars of beads from her workstation.
CHARLENE: A-ha! I've got some purple beads, and, some white ones.
JOJO: Panda loves them!
[Whooshing]
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In live action, a black-haired woman carries a chair over to a table with a mirror. A girl wearing her long black hair in a bun carries hair supplies, including combs and a jar of conditioner, over to the table.
GIRL NARRATING: Today, my Auntie Char is cutting my hair.
AUNTIE CHAR: You got everything, Corrine?
CORRINE: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Corrine, the girl with her black hair in a bun, stands at the table.
CORRINE NARRATING: I have conditioner, combs, a brush, and hair oil.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine lays out the conditioner, combs, brush and hair oil on the table.
AUNTIE CHAR: Got the cushion.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char places a cushion on the chair.
CORRINE NARRATING: I need to be comfy because plaiting hair takes time.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine hops onto the chair. Auntie Char unties Corrine’s bun.
CORRINE NARRATING: We're starting with leave-in conditioner.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char spreads leave-in conditioner across Corrine’s hair.
AUNTIE CHAR: Is it cold?
CORRINE: A little bit.
CORRINE NARRATING: It makes my hair nice and soft. Then we brush my hair to take all the tangles out.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char brushes Corrine’s hair, then massages Corrine’s head.
AUNTIE CHAR: How does that feel?
CORRINE: Mm, nice.
[Auntie Char quietly laughing]
CORRINE NARRATING: I'm having a style called "single plaits." Auntie Char is starting at the bottom of my head.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char separates a small portion of Corrine’s hair at the bottom of her head, then quickly braids it into a tight braid.
CORRINE NARRATING: My Auntie Char can plait really fast.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char divides another section of Corrine’s hair with a comb.
CORRINE NARRATING: Auntie Char combs my hair into different parts.
AUNTIE CHAR: Tilt your head for me a little bit.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine tilts her head.
AUNTIE CHAR: Thank you.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char separates a small portion of Corrine’s hair and braids it.
CORRINE NARRATING: Then, she plaits the hair to make a single plait.
AUNTIE CHAR: Okay, look at me for a second.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char stands in front of Corrine. Corrine looks up at her.
CORRINE NARRATING: I have to sit really still until I'm finished.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char parts Corrine’s hair down the middle with the comb.
CORRINE NARRATING: Auntie Char is parting my hair in the middle.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char tightly braids another small section of Corrine’s hair.
CORRINE NARRATING: This is my last plait.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char finishes braiding Corrine’s hair.
CORRINE NARRATING: All done! Now, it's time for the hair oil. This keeps my scalp and hair nice and healthy.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char pours and squeezes oil between Corrine’s braids and rubs it in with her finger.
AUNTIE CHAR: And we're all done now, Corrine.
CORRINE: Yay! Can I see? Can I see? Can I see?
AUNTIE CHAR: Yes.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char grabs a mirror and shows Corrine her braids from behind. Corrine looks in the mirror on the table.
CORRINE: Thank you, Auntie Char!
AUNTIE CHAR: You're welcome.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine and Auntie Char high-five.
CORRINE NARRATING: I love getting my hair plaited.
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At the hairdresser’s in Jojo’s world, Jojo rubs her finger over purple and white beads on one of her braids, then shakes her head.
[Jojo laughing]
[Beads clinking]
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran sits in a salon chair beside Jojo with her hair loose and parted. Charlene stands behind Gran Gran.
CHARLENE: Wow! Those beads look so nice!
JOJO: Thank you! Can I braid some of your hair now, Gran Gran?
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: Of course. I feel very lucky to have two experts doing my hair.
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs a small section of Gran Gran’s hair.
JOJO: How does the rhyme go again?
CHARLENE AND GRAN GRAN: Take the left side.
CHARLENE, GRAN GRAN AND JOJO: Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo braids Gran Gran’s hair.
[Jojo, Gran Gran and Charlene laughing]
JOJO, GRAN GRAN AND CHARLENE: Yay!
JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran share a hug. Charlene steps away.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, I love you too, JoJo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pulls Jojo into her lap and nuzzles Jojo’s cheek.
[Gentle, uplifting music plays]
[End credits] Jojo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Charlene, Chizzy Akudolu. With Thanks to Kamialla Wallace.
[Logo] B.B.C.
[Title] Jojo & Gran Gran.
[Credits continued] Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Episode Director, Comfort Arthur. 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 Gran Gran, an older woman 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 mummy and daddy 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 to Braid Hair.
JOJO: It’s time to braid hair!
[Opening credits] Written by Jasmine Richards.
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
GRAN GRAN NARRATING: It was a cold winter morning. The trees were bare. The air was frosty. And JoJo and Gran Gran, that's me, were booking an appointment at the hairdresser's.
DESCRIPTION: On a winter day, people walk down the sidewalk past a post office, barbershop, hairdresser's and ice cream shop. At the hairdresser’s, Jojo and Gran Gran stand at the reception desk with Gran Gran’s hairdresser, Charlene, in their winter coats and scarves. Charlene has long, locked black hair with the ends dyed purple and pink.
Jojo looks at shelves of hair products. Charlene checks a calendar on the computer.
CHARLENE: Hm, let me see. Oh! I've got space this afternoon.
GRAN GRAN: That'd be perfect. Thank you, Charlene! We can come back after lunch. Can't we, JoJo?
JOJO: Wow!
GRAN GRAN: JoJo?
JOJO: This bottle is Panda purple.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo holds Panda next to a purple spray bottle. Next to the spray bottle, an orange container features a young girl with a braided heart on the side of her head.
JOJO: And what's this tub for?
CHARLENE: That one's our mango hair butter. You comb it through your hair, and it smells amazing!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran picks up a tub of mango hair butter.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, we'll take some home with us. I used to braid your mummy's hair a bit like this when she was younger, but my braids weren't as tricky.
CHARLENE: My mum taught me how to braid my hair too, and now, I teach other people with my video lessons.
DESCRIPTION: Charlene shows Jojo a video on a tablet of herself braiding a heart with a young girl’s hair.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: Make sure you have one hand holding one section...
JOJO: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Charlene pauses the video. Jojo looks at Gran Gran.
JOJO: Can we please braid my hair when we get home, Gran Gran? And can you do it like this?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo points to the young girl on the tub of mango hair butter.
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: We'll give it a try.
JOJO: Panda, we're going to braid my hair!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo snuggles Panda.
[Whooshing]
[Cheerful music plays]
DESCRIPTION: A girl with tightly braided black hair and white and clear beads in a high ponytail, wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt, sits next to a girl with long, curly black hair tied up, wearing a white blouse with a floral collar.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: You can have lots of different hairstyles. You can have, um, a bun, or an afro, or braids.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short brown hair, wearing a green, blue and orange sweater with a monster graphic, sits next to a girl with her long brown hair in a ponytail, wearing a blue zipper sweater over a yellow blouse.
BROWN-HAIRED BOY: My favourite hairstyle is spiky.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with long black hair and bangs, wearing a floral light blue dress, sits next to a boy with short, dark brown hair, wearing a grey-and-white striped, long-sleeved shirt with emergency vehicles.
BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: My mummy does plaits in my hair.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short black hair, wearing a dark blue and white striped, long-sleeved shirt, sits next to a boy with short blond hair, wearing a light blue, venomous creature graphic t-shirt.
BLOND-HAIRED BOY: I've got a spray for my hair that, um, that it keeps it up and it smells all lemony.
DESCRIPTION: The blond-haired boy runs his fingers through his hair. A boy with short black hair in tight braids wears a blue long-sleeved shirt with an owl graphic.
BOY WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: When I have my hair done, I have to sit really still.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR. My aunt does my mum's hair, and she braids it into a plait.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: My sister's braids, they are golden.
BOY WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: My mum does my hair. My auntie does my hair. My nan does my hair.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with her long, curly black hair in a bun, wearing a pale pink cardigan, sits next to a girl with her long black hair in braided pigtails, wearing a dark pink cardigan.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: Sometimes I braid my mum's hair with my auntie.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: I like when I have beads in my hair 'cause I can wave it around.
DESCRIPTION: The girl with tightly braided hair waves her braids around.
[Beads clanking]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s house, Jojo stands beside a small table with Panda and various hair supplies laid out, including a hair dryer, a wide-tooth comb, a spray bottle, the tub of mango hair butter and multiple hair clips. Gran Gran stands beside her.
JOJO: We're ready!
GRAN GRAN: Hang on. We forgot one thing.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran places a cushion from the couch on the floor in front of the table. She adds another, then Jojo adds a third.
JOJO: Maybe we need one more. Panda likes to be comfy.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran adds a fourth cushion to the pile on the floor.
GRAN GRAN: How's that?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran helps Jojo climb onto the pile of cushions, then takes a seat on the couch next to her tablet.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: What can I do to help?
GRAN GRAN: Hm. I think it's time for a Gran Gran plan.
[Celebratory music plays]
GRAN GRAN: Why don't you follow Charlene's video and tell me what's next? It's been a long time since I braided your mummy's hair.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pulls up Charlene’s video on her tablet.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Yay!
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In Charlene’s video, Charlene pulls bobble hair ties out of a young, black-haired girl’s long, thick curly hair.
JOJO: First, we need to take out my bobbles.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran takes out Jojo’s bobble hair ties.
GRAN GRAN: There we go.
JOJO: Charlene says to spray my hair with the special spray.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran sprays Jojo’s hair with the spray bottle.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Now, separate my hair.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran separates Jojo’s hair with the wide-tooth comb.
JOJO: Next, it's time for the leave-in conditioner.
GRAN GRAN: That's the mango butter.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs the mango butter off the table. She takes the lid off the container and smells the butter.
JOJO: Mm. It smells lovely, Panda.
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo hands Gran Gran the container and Gran Gran smells the butter.
GRAN GRAN: Mm, it does. Doesn't it?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran scoops mango butter onto her finger. She spreads it across Jojo’s hair and lightly softens the curls.
JOJO: Charlene says use the hair dryer to stretch my hair.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran blow-dries Jojo’s hair with a comb attachment.
[Hair dryer blowing]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs a clip off the table.
JOJO: Here's a clip, Gran Gran.
GRAN GRAN: Thank you!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo clips hair clips onto Panda’s ears. Four different clips hold down sections of Jojo’s hair. Gran Gran unclips one section and runs the comb through the hair.
GRAN GRAN: Now, it's time to start braiding. You can see what I'm going to do by watching Charlene's video.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, pink clips separate the young black-haired girl’s hair like Jojo’s.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: So, make sure you have one hand holding one section and your other hand holding the other two sections. I've even got a rhyme for this bit.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Charlene gathers a small section of the young black-haired girl’s hair.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: Take your sections, one, two, three. Then you need to follow me. Take the left side. Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle! Your turn.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Charlene starts braiding the small section of the young black-haired girl’s hair.
GRAN GRAN: Right, JoJo. Take the left side. Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran braids a small section of Jojo’s hair. Later, nearly all of Jojo’s hair is in tight braids. Gran Gran frowns at the right side of Jojo’s head with half of a heart braid.
GRAN GRAN: Um... Hm.
JOJO: What's wrong, Gran Gran?
GRAN GRAN: This bit here is a little tricky, JoJo.
[Gran Gran gasping]
GRAN GRAN: Does Charlene's video show us what to do?
JOJO: Yes!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo plays a video.
CHARLENE IN THE VIDEO: Now, for a heart corn row.
DESCRIPTION: In Charlene’s video, Charlene makes a heart with braids.
GRAN GRAN: Ah, in St. Lucia, and here, that can be called a "cane row," JoJo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran makes a heart with braids on the side of Jojo’s head.
GRAN GRAN: Braids aren't a fiddle. Yay!
JOJO: Is it finished, Gran Gran?
GRAN GRAN: Almost. Do you want to do the last braid?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran holds a mirror in front of Jojo.
JOJO GIGGLING: Yes!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs the ends of the heart braid.
JOJO: Take the left side. Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo finishes the braid.
JOJO: I did it, Gran Gran!
GRAN GRAN: Just one thing left to do.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran grabs a squeeze bottle. She squeezes oil between Jojo’s braids and rubs it in.
GRAN GRAN: Hair oil can look after your scalp. What do you think?
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran sets the hair oil aside, and Jojo looks at her reflection in the mirror.
JOJO: I love it.
DESCRIPTION: At the hairdresser’s, Gran Gran follows Jojo over to Charlene.
JOJO: Charlene!
CHARLENE: Hey, JoJo. Hey, Gran Gran.
[Charlene gasping]
CHARLENE: Whoa! Look at your braids, JoJo. They're brilliant!
JOJO: Thanks, Charlene. I really love my hair.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo shakes her head, and her braids sway. Charlene sniffs the air.
[Charlene sniffing]
CHARLENE: Ooh! It smells amazing.
JOJO: That's the mango butter!
CHARLENE: You've both done a great job.
GRAN GRAN: Oh! We followed your video, Charlene.
JOJO: And, I learnt the braiding rhyme.
CHARLENE: Oh!
JOJO: Take the left side. Fetch the middle.
CHARLENE: Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle! I'm so happy my rhyme helped you. Do you know what makes braids even more fun?
JOJO: What?
CHARLENE: Beads.
JOJO: Oh! Do you have any Panda-coloured beads, Charlene?
CHARLENE: Let's have a look. Shall we?
DESCRIPTION: Charlene grabs jars of beads from her workstation.
CHARLENE: A-ha! I've got some purple beads, and, some white ones.
JOJO: Panda loves them!
[Whooshing]
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In live action, a black-haired woman carries a chair over to a table with a mirror. A girl wearing her long black hair in a bun carries hair supplies, including combs and a jar of conditioner, over to the table.
GIRL NARRATING: Today, my Auntie Char is cutting my hair.
AUNTIE CHAR: You got everything, Corrine?
CORRINE: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Corrine, the girl with her black hair in a bun, stands at the table.
CORRINE NARRATING: I have conditioner, combs, a brush, and hair oil.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine lays out the conditioner, combs, brush and hair oil on the table.
AUNTIE CHAR: Got the cushion.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char places a cushion on the chair.
CORRINE NARRATING: I need to be comfy because plaiting hair takes time.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine hops onto the chair. Auntie Char unties Corrine’s bun.
CORRINE NARRATING: We're starting with leave-in conditioner.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char spreads leave-in conditioner across Corrine’s hair.
AUNTIE CHAR: Is it cold?
CORRINE: A little bit.
CORRINE NARRATING: It makes my hair nice and soft. Then we brush my hair to take all the tangles out.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char brushes Corrine’s hair, then massages Corrine’s head.
AUNTIE CHAR: How does that feel?
CORRINE: Mm, nice.
[Auntie Char quietly laughing]
CORRINE NARRATING: I'm having a style called "single plaits." Auntie Char is starting at the bottom of my head.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char separates a small portion of Corrine’s hair at the bottom of her head, then quickly braids it into a tight braid.
CORRINE NARRATING: My Auntie Char can plait really fast.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char divides another section of Corrine’s hair with a comb.
CORRINE NARRATING: Auntie Char combs my hair into different parts.
AUNTIE CHAR: Tilt your head for me a little bit.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine tilts her head.
AUNTIE CHAR: Thank you.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char separates a small portion of Corrine’s hair and braids it.
CORRINE NARRATING: Then, she plaits the hair to make a single plait.
AUNTIE CHAR: Okay, look at me for a second.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char stands in front of Corrine. Corrine looks up at her.
CORRINE NARRATING: I have to sit really still until I'm finished.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char parts Corrine’s hair down the middle with the comb.
CORRINE NARRATING: Auntie Char is parting my hair in the middle.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char tightly braids another small section of Corrine’s hair.
CORRINE NARRATING: This is my last plait.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char finishes braiding Corrine’s hair.
CORRINE NARRATING: All done! Now, it's time for the hair oil. This keeps my scalp and hair nice and healthy.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char pours and squeezes oil between Corrine’s braids and rubs it in with her finger.
AUNTIE CHAR: And we're all done now, Corrine.
CORRINE: Yay! Can I see? Can I see? Can I see?
AUNTIE CHAR: Yes.
DESCRIPTION: Auntie Char grabs a mirror and shows Corrine her braids from behind. Corrine looks in the mirror on the table.
CORRINE: Thank you, Auntie Char!
AUNTIE CHAR: You're welcome.
DESCRIPTION: Corrine and Auntie Char high-five.
CORRINE NARRATING: I love getting my hair plaited.
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At the hairdresser’s in Jojo’s world, Jojo rubs her finger over purple and white beads on one of her braids, then shakes her head.
[Jojo laughing]
[Beads clinking]
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran sits in a salon chair beside Jojo with her hair loose and parted. Charlene stands behind Gran Gran.
CHARLENE: Wow! Those beads look so nice!
JOJO: Thank you! Can I braid some of your hair now, Gran Gran?
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: Of course. I feel very lucky to have two experts doing my hair.
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs a small section of Gran Gran’s hair.
JOJO: How does the rhyme go again?
CHARLENE AND GRAN GRAN: Take the left side.
CHARLENE, GRAN GRAN AND JOJO: Fetch the middle. Take the right side. Braids aren't a fiddle!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo braids Gran Gran’s hair.
[Jojo, Gran Gran and Charlene laughing]
JOJO, GRAN GRAN AND CHARLENE: Yay!
JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo and Gran Gran share a hug. Charlene steps away.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, I love you too, JoJo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pulls Jojo into her lap and nuzzles Jojo’s cheek.
[Gentle, uplifting music plays]
[End credits] Jojo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Charlene, Chizzy Akudolu. With Thanks to Kamialla Wallace.
[Logo] B.B.C.
[Title] Jojo & Gran Gran.
[Credits continued] Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Episode Director, Comfort Arthur. 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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