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Transcript: It's Time to Watch a Family Film
Jojo and Gran Gran: It’s Time for a Family Film
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 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 Watch a Family Film.
JOJO: It’s time to watch a family film.
[Opening credits] Written by Alison Ray.
[Gentle music plays]
GRAN GRAN NARRATING: It was a winter's day. The trees were bare, and the air was frosty, and Jojo and Gran Gran, that's me, were playing in the sitting room.
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s, Jojo runs across the sitting room with Panda. Gran Gran stomps after her, with her hands raised, holding a toy t-rex.
[Jojo giggling]
GRAN GRAN: Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
[Gran Gran roaring like a dinosaur]
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Run, Panda, run! Hugo's catching up with you!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran places Hugo, the toy t-rex, onto a blue toy car on the coffee table.
GRAN GRAN: I've got my dino car to speed up! Vroom!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pushes the toy car across the coffee table.
JOJO WHISPERING: We need to hide! In here, Panda!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo opens a cupboard in the T.V. stand. She quickly places Panda on a stack of videotapes inside, then partially closes the cupboard door and covers her eyes. Gran Gran rolls Hugo, on the toy car, up the arm of the armchair.
GRAN GRAN: Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran rolls the toy car down the armchair and across the coffee table.
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo fully opens the cupboard.
JOJO: Good hiding, Panda.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo pulls Panda out of the cupboard, and a videotape falls off the stack.
JOJO: Oh, what's this, Gran Gran? Is it a book?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo picks up the videotape.
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: I’ve not seen one of those in a long time. It's a videotape.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran kneels beside Jojo.
JOJO: Is it like video on your tablet?
GRAN GRAN: A bit.
JOJO: Where's the screen?
GRAN GRAN: Ah, there isn't a screen. We need to put it in a video player, and then we can watch it on the television.
JOJO: Oh!
GRAN GRAN: I might still have one in the loft.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Yay!
[Cheerful music plays]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In live action, a girl with long, light brown hair wears a floral, purple and orange striped cardigan over floral denim overalls and a yellow t-shirt. She looks at a videotape.
BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: I think this is a videotape. 'Cause you might record videos on it.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short black hair wearing an orange zipper sweater over a grey and green t-shirt sits beside a girl with her long brown hair in a ponytail wearing a blue buttoned cardigan. The black-haired boy points to the tape inside the hard black case.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: The movie is inside.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with long, tightly braided black hair wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt sits next to a girl with her long curly black hair tied up. Together they look at a videotape.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: I think you put it in the T.V. box like this.
DESCRIPTION: The girl with tightly braided black hair slides the videotape forward. A girl wearing her curly black hair in a bun and a pale pink cardigan over a floral green t-shirt holds a videotape. Beside her, a girl with long black hair in braided pigtails, wearing a bright pink cardigan over a rainbow striped t-shirt, looks at the videotape.
GIRL WITH HER HAIR IN A BUN: We don't use these because we have Smart T.V.s now and we can control it by a press of a button on the remote.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with her long black hair in a ponytail wearing a blue and green striped t-shirt holds up a videotape.
BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: Our remote let, let's us use for the television.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: Like this.
DESCRIPTION: The girl with tightly braided hair holds her hand flat and taps her palm.
BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: My mummy and daddy take videos of me and my brother doing silly stuff.
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired girl wiggles her arms. A girl with her long blond hair tied back wears a dark rainbow-coloured fuzzy cardigan over a red t-shirt with a sun.
BLOND-HAIRED GIRL: My dad takes videos of me when I'm having fun on holiday.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short, curly black hair wearing a dark blue and white striped long-sleeved shirt sits next to a boy with short blond hair wearing a blue t-shirt with venomous creatures.
BLOND-HAIRED BOY: My mum and dad took a video of my sister. We were doing funny dance and like hee-hee.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired boy dances in his seat.
[Cheerful music plays]
[Whooshing]
[Gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In Gran Gran’s attic, also known as a loft, Gran Gran opens a cardboard box. Jojo searches a toy chest.
GRAN GRAN: Hmm. Well, it isn't here.
[Jojo gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo pulls a blanket off a wooden toy ambulance.
JOJO: Oh!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo pulls the ambulance out of the chest as Gran Gran walks over.
JOJO: Look!
GRAN GRAN: Oh! That ambulance was your mummy's favourite toy when she was little.
JOJO: What do you think, Dr. Panda?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo kneels beside Panda and rolls the ambulance on the floor. Panda’s head tips forward.
GRAN GRAN: I can't find the video player anywhere, Jojo.
JOJO: Can we watch without a video player?
[Gran Gran sighing sadly]
GRAN GRAN: I'm afraid we can't, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran looks thoughtful.
GRAN GRAN: Hmm. Jojo! I think it's time for a Gran Gran Plan!
[Celebratory music plays]
GRAN GRAN: We can take the video to the library and see if Terrence has a video player there.
JOJO: Come on, Dr. Panda. Let's all go to the library!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs Panda and holds up the ambulance.
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the library, Jojo walks up the front steps with Gran Gran. They walk through the front door and find Terrence at his desk.
JOJO: Hello, Terrence.
TERRENCE: Hi, Jojo, Gran Gran.
JOJO: Look what we've got.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo holds up the videotape. Gran Gran carries the ambulance.
TERRENCE: Oh! A videotape.
[Terrence chuckling]
TERRENCE: Old school.
[Gran Gran chuckling]
GRAN GRAN: Yes! And we were hoping you might be able to help us watch this video. We don't have a player anymore.
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
TERRENCE: We have a video player. Libraries don't just have books, after all. It's in the storage room. I won't be a moment.
DESCRIPTION: Terrence leaves his desk. Elsewhere in the library, Jojo and Gran Gran play with Panda and the ambulance. Terrence pushes a cart with a video player and a T.V. over to them.
[Cart wheels squeaking]
DESCRIPTION: Terrence plugs the T.V. into an outlet in the floor, and Jojo hands him the videotape. Terrence puts the videotape in the video player and presses the play button, a button with a triangle pointing right. Black-and-white static fills the screen.
[Static buzzing]
JOJO: Huh?
TERRENCE: Oh! I remember! We have to rewind the tape.
GRAN GRAN: Back to the beginning!
[Terrence and Gran Gran laughing]
JOJO: Hmm?
GRAN GRAN: Just push the button and back it goes.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran presses the rewind button, a button with two small triangles pointing left, and the videotape rewinds.
TERRENCE: It's ready!
JOJO: Yay!
GRAN GRAN: Press play, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo presses the play button.
GRAN GRAN: That's the one.
DESCRIPTION: A video plays of a young girl with tightly braided hair rolling the toy ambulance on the grass in the park.
[Gran Gran gasping]
GRAN GRAN: Aww.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, the young black-haired girl runs around with the ambulance.
YOUNG BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: Nee-naw-nee-naw! Nee-naw-nee-naw! Ambulance coming through!
JOJO: That's mummy's favourite toy!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran passes Jojo the ambulance.
GRAN GRAN: Ah-ha. And that's mummy when she was your age.
JOJO: Wow! Look, Panda! Mummy's so little!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy pushes the ambulance across the grass.
JOJO’S MUMMY: Nee-naw-nee-naw!
GRAN GRAN: Oh, she really did love that ambulance.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy runs around with the ambulance. In the library, Jojo runs around with the ambulance.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Nee-naw-nee-naw!
[Gran Gran and Terrence laughing]
JOJO: Where are you, Gran Gran?
GRAN GRAN: I think mummy's ambulance is about to find me.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy runs toward a woman with long, curly black hair wearing a purple long-sleeved blouse, Gran Gran as a young woman.
JOJO’S MUMMY: Ambulance coming through.
[Young Gran Gran laughing]
JOJO: Is that you, Gran Gran?
[Gran Gran chuckling]
GRAN GRAN: Oh, yes!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy hands young Gran Gran the ambulance. Young Gran Gran runs around with the ambulance.
YOUNG GRAN GRAN: Nee-naw-nee-naw!
[Young Gran Gran and Jojo’s mummy laughing]
MAN: Over here!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy and young Gran Gran turn and wave.
JOJO: Is that Granddad's voice?
GRAN GRAN: Oh, it is.
[Mummy giggling]
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy and young Gran Gran run after a butterfly.
YOUNG GRAN GRAN: Ah! A butterfly!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy and young Gran Gran wave their arms like wings.
GRANDDAD: You've got some great moves. Just like your mamma.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Gran Gran, and Terrence wave their arms like wings.
[Jojo, Gran Gran and Terrence laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran smiles.
[Gran Gran chuckling]
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: In the video, young Gran Gran dances. Jojo’s mummy copies young Gran Gran’s moves. In the library, Jojo, Gran Gran and Terrance copy the moves. In the video, young Gran Gran takes Jojo’s mummy’s hand, and they wiggle their arms. Jojo, Gran Gran and Terrence hold hands and wiggle their arms.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Yay!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy holds the ambulance.
JOJO’S MUMMY: Look at my ambulance, Daddy!
GRANDDAD: I love it! Can I have a go driving it?
JOJO’S MUMMY: Of course!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Granddad holds out his hand.
JOJO: Will we be able to see his face?
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: If I remember correctly, this is the video where Granddad drops the camera.
GRANDDAD: Whoa!
DESCRIPTION: The video turns fuzzy.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Granddad, a man with short black hair and a handlebar mustache, smiles.
JOJO: There's Granddad! He's so fuzzy.
GRAN GRAN: Aw.
JOJO: Wow! I loved that.
GRAN GRAN: Aw. Thanks for helping us with the video, Terrence.
TERRENCE: My pleasure.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, we're so lucky we can make family films easily now.
TERRENCE: Oh! I can make a copy for you to watch on your tablet!
GRAN GRAN: Oh! Thank you, Terrence.
JOJO: Thank you, Terrence!
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In live action, at a table, a boy with short brown hair wearing a green plaid shirt cuts a star out of sparkly yellow foam paper. A girl with long brown hair wearing a pink t-shirt places gold stickers on red cards.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Thiago and I are getting everything ready for our family movie. We've invited our family, Mamma and Dad, Nanna and Granddad. Thiago’s making stars for the seats. I'm making the tickets.
DESCRIPTION: Thiago adds a star to a pile on the table. The brown-haired girl draws hearts on one of her tickets and returns her marker to a popcorn box full of markers.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Right! Tickets are done. Are your stars, Thiago?
THIAGO: Nearly. You go get the popcorn ready with Nanny.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Okay.
DESCRIPTION: Thiago collects his stars. The long-haired girl leaves the table. In the kitchen, an older woman pours popcorn kernels into a popcorn maker.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: My nanna is helping to make the popcorn for us.
DESCRIPTION: Nana, the older woman, has short white hair and wears a dark blue cardigan over a white blouse. The long-haired girl stands beside Nana and watches the popcorn maker.
[Popcorn maker whirring]
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: They're starting to pop!
DESCRIPTION: The kernels in the popcorn maker pop out into a large bowl.
[Kernels popping]
DESCRIPTION: Pieces of popcorn fly out of the popcorn maker.
[Long-haired girl laughing]
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: We'll enjoy eating this during the movie.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Thiago places stars across the seats on the couch.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Thiago is getting the seats ready. Now, everyone will know where they're sitting.
DESCRIPTION: Thiago places two stars on a seat on the couch.
THIAGO: Two-star seat.
DESCRIPTION: A woman with long, dark brown hair wearing a dark blue blouse walks into the living room with one of the movie tickets. Thiago and the long-haired girl stand on opposite sides of the door. The long-haired girl stands beside a tray of popcorn.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Hello.
THIAGO: Hola, Mamma. Please, can I have your ticket?
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired woman, Mamma, hands Thiago her ticket.
MAMMA: Absolutely. Can I have some popcorn, please?
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Yes.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl hands Mamma a box of popcorn.
MAMMA: Thank you.
DESCRIPTION: Mamma walks into the living room and takes a seat on the couch.
MAMMA: Super excited.
DESCRIPTION: A grey-haired man wearing a grey t-shirt takes a seat beside Mamma with a box of popcorn. At the door, Nana walks toward the couch with a box of popcorn. Behind her, a white-haired man wearing a light blue button-down shirt hands a ticket to Thiago.
THIAGO: Thank you, Granddad.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl hands the white-haired man, Granddad, a box of popcorn.
WHITE-HAIRED GRANDDAD: Thank you, Love!
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Ooh! Everyone's ready.
DESCRIPTION: The blinds close.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: The film's about to start!
DESCRIPTION: A D.V.D. slides into a D.V.D. player.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: It's all about our family.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl presses a button on a remote.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Play!
DESCRIPTION: In a video, an archival photo features a young boy smiling.
FAMILY MEMBERS: Aw!
WHITE-HAIRED GRANDDAD: That's Granddad when he was younger!
DESCRIPTION: The white-haired Granddad smiles. In an archival wedding photo, the bride and groom cut their cake.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Nanna getting married and cutting the cake.
NANNA: Aw!
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Look at Thiago when he was a little, wincey baby.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl sits in an armchair with Nanna. In a photo, Thiago, as a baby, lies on a mat.
FAMILY MEMBERS: Aw! Oh!
DESCRIPTION: A photo features Mamma in a wedding dress and the grey-haired man standing between the white-haired Granddad and Nanna.
[Grey-haired man chuckling]
DESCRIPTION: In a home video, Thiago, as a young boy, sits with a baby in his lap.
MAN: Don't you like your sister?
NANNA: Yeah, but she was crying, wasn't she?
[Laughing]
DESCRIPTION: In the video, a photo shows the long-haired girl as a baby, smiling.
MAMMA: Big smiles, eh?
DESCRIPTION: In the armchair, the long-haired girl and Nana eat popcorn.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: I love spending time with my family.
DESCRIPTION: A photo features the long-haired girl and her family.
WHITE-HAIRED GRANDDAD: Come on. Family hug. Come on.
THIAGO: Nana, come on.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl climbs on top of her Mama, the grey-haired man, and Thiago. The grey-haired man puts his arm around the white-haired Granddad. Nana joins the family on the couch.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: We loved watching our family movie.
DESCRIPTION: The family shares a hug.
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s house, Gran Gran films Jojo with her tablet. On the sitting room floor, Jojo pushes Hugo on the ambulance and Panda on a double-decker bus.
JOJO: Vroom! Vroom!
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Now, you can ride the bus or ride the ambulance!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo puts Hugo on the bus and Panda on the ambulance.
[Gran Gran laughing]
JOJO: Nee-naw-nee-naw-nee-naw!
GRAN GRAN: Oh, lovely!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran stops filming.
GRAN GRAN: We can send this film to Mummy as well as the old family film Terrence managed to copy for us.
JOJO: I can't wait to watch that film again with Mummy. Can I put Mummy's ambulance in my toy box, Gran Gran? Panda wants to play doctors again.
GRAN GRAN: I'm sure your mummy would love that, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo takes Panda off the ambulance and places the ambulance in her toy box. Gran Gran sets down her tablet on the couch armrest.
JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo hugs Gran Gran’s leg.
GRAN GRAN: Oh! I love you too, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran picks up Jojo and nuzzles her head.
[Gentle, uplifting music plays]
[End credits] Jojo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Terrence, Inel Tomlinson. Young Mummy, Tyiana Samuel. Grandad, Syrus Lowe.
[Logo] B.B.C.
[Title] Jojo & Gran Gran.
[Credits continued] Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Series Director Ben Halliwell. 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 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 Watch a Family Film.
JOJO: It’s time to watch a family film.
[Opening credits] Written by Alison Ray.
[Gentle music plays]
GRAN GRAN NARRATING: It was a winter's day. The trees were bare, and the air was frosty, and Jojo and Gran Gran, that's me, were playing in the sitting room.
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s, Jojo runs across the sitting room with Panda. Gran Gran stomps after her, with her hands raised, holding a toy t-rex.
[Jojo giggling]
GRAN GRAN: Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
[Gran Gran roaring like a dinosaur]
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Run, Panda, run! Hugo's catching up with you!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran places Hugo, the toy t-rex, onto a blue toy car on the coffee table.
GRAN GRAN: I've got my dino car to speed up! Vroom!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran pushes the toy car across the coffee table.
JOJO WHISPERING: We need to hide! In here, Panda!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo opens a cupboard in the T.V. stand. She quickly places Panda on a stack of videotapes inside, then partially closes the cupboard door and covers her eyes. Gran Gran rolls Hugo, on the toy car, up the arm of the armchair.
GRAN GRAN: Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran rolls the toy car down the armchair and across the coffee table.
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo fully opens the cupboard.
JOJO: Good hiding, Panda.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo pulls Panda out of the cupboard, and a videotape falls off the stack.
JOJO: Oh, what's this, Gran Gran? Is it a book?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo picks up the videotape.
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: I’ve not seen one of those in a long time. It's a videotape.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran kneels beside Jojo.
JOJO: Is it like video on your tablet?
GRAN GRAN: A bit.
JOJO: Where's the screen?
GRAN GRAN: Ah, there isn't a screen. We need to put it in a video player, and then we can watch it on the television.
JOJO: Oh!
GRAN GRAN: I might still have one in the loft.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Yay!
[Cheerful music plays]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In live action, a girl with long, light brown hair wears a floral, purple and orange striped cardigan over floral denim overalls and a yellow t-shirt. She looks at a videotape.
BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: I think this is a videotape. 'Cause you might record videos on it.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short black hair wearing an orange zipper sweater over a grey and green t-shirt sits beside a girl with her long brown hair in a ponytail wearing a blue buttoned cardigan. The black-haired boy points to the tape inside the hard black case.
BLACK-HAIRED BOY: The movie is inside.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with long, tightly braided black hair wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt sits next to a girl with her long curly black hair tied up. Together they look at a videotape.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: I think you put it in the T.V. box like this.
DESCRIPTION: The girl with tightly braided black hair slides the videotape forward. A girl wearing her curly black hair in a bun and a pale pink cardigan over a floral green t-shirt holds a videotape. Beside her, a girl with long black hair in braided pigtails, wearing a bright pink cardigan over a rainbow striped t-shirt, looks at the videotape.
GIRL WITH HER HAIR IN A BUN: We don't use these because we have Smart T.V.s now and we can control it by a press of a button on the remote.
DESCRIPTION: A girl with her long black hair in a ponytail wearing a blue and green striped t-shirt holds up a videotape.
BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: Our remote let, let's us use for the television.
GIRL WITH TIGHTLY BRAIDED HAIR: Like this.
DESCRIPTION: The girl with tightly braided hair holds her hand flat and taps her palm.
BROWN-HAIRED GIRL: My mummy and daddy take videos of me and my brother doing silly stuff.
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired girl wiggles her arms. A girl with her long blond hair tied back wears a dark rainbow-coloured fuzzy cardigan over a red t-shirt with a sun.
BLOND-HAIRED GIRL: My dad takes videos of me when I'm having fun on holiday.
DESCRIPTION: A boy with short, curly black hair wearing a dark blue and white striped long-sleeved shirt sits next to a boy with short blond hair wearing a blue t-shirt with venomous creatures.
BLOND-HAIRED BOY: My mum and dad took a video of my sister. We were doing funny dance and like hee-hee.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired boy dances in his seat.
[Cheerful music plays]
[Whooshing]
[Gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In Gran Gran’s attic, also known as a loft, Gran Gran opens a cardboard box. Jojo searches a toy chest.
GRAN GRAN: Hmm. Well, it isn't here.
[Jojo gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jojo pulls a blanket off a wooden toy ambulance.
JOJO: Oh!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo pulls the ambulance out of the chest as Gran Gran walks over.
JOJO: Look!
GRAN GRAN: Oh! That ambulance was your mummy's favourite toy when she was little.
JOJO: What do you think, Dr. Panda?
DESCRIPTION: Jojo kneels beside Panda and rolls the ambulance on the floor. Panda’s head tips forward.
GRAN GRAN: I can't find the video player anywhere, Jojo.
JOJO: Can we watch without a video player?
[Gran Gran sighing sadly]
GRAN GRAN: I'm afraid we can't, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran looks thoughtful.
GRAN GRAN: Hmm. Jojo! I think it's time for a Gran Gran Plan!
[Celebratory music plays]
GRAN GRAN: We can take the video to the library and see if Terrence has a video player there.
JOJO: Come on, Dr. Panda. Let's all go to the library!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo grabs Panda and holds up the ambulance.
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the library, Jojo walks up the front steps with Gran Gran. They walk through the front door and find Terrence at his desk.
JOJO: Hello, Terrence.
TERRENCE: Hi, Jojo, Gran Gran.
JOJO: Look what we've got.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo holds up the videotape. Gran Gran carries the ambulance.
TERRENCE: Oh! A videotape.
[Terrence chuckling]
TERRENCE: Old school.
[Gran Gran chuckling]
GRAN GRAN: Yes! And we were hoping you might be able to help us watch this video. We don't have a player anymore.
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
TERRENCE: We have a video player. Libraries don't just have books, after all. It's in the storage room. I won't be a moment.
DESCRIPTION: Terrence leaves his desk. Elsewhere in the library, Jojo and Gran Gran play with Panda and the ambulance. Terrence pushes a cart with a video player and a T.V. over to them.
[Cart wheels squeaking]
DESCRIPTION: Terrence plugs the T.V. into an outlet in the floor, and Jojo hands him the videotape. Terrence puts the videotape in the video player and presses the play button, a button with a triangle pointing right. Black-and-white static fills the screen.
[Static buzzing]
JOJO: Huh?
TERRENCE: Oh! I remember! We have to rewind the tape.
GRAN GRAN: Back to the beginning!
[Terrence and Gran Gran laughing]
JOJO: Hmm?
GRAN GRAN: Just push the button and back it goes.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran presses the rewind button, a button with two small triangles pointing left, and the videotape rewinds.
TERRENCE: It's ready!
JOJO: Yay!
GRAN GRAN: Press play, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo presses the play button.
GRAN GRAN: That's the one.
DESCRIPTION: A video plays of a young girl with tightly braided hair rolling the toy ambulance on the grass in the park.
[Gran Gran gasping]
GRAN GRAN: Aww.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, the young black-haired girl runs around with the ambulance.
YOUNG BLACK-HAIRED GIRL: Nee-naw-nee-naw! Nee-naw-nee-naw! Ambulance coming through!
JOJO: That's mummy's favourite toy!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran passes Jojo the ambulance.
GRAN GRAN: Ah-ha. And that's mummy when she was your age.
JOJO: Wow! Look, Panda! Mummy's so little!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy pushes the ambulance across the grass.
JOJO’S MUMMY: Nee-naw-nee-naw!
GRAN GRAN: Oh, she really did love that ambulance.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy runs around with the ambulance. In the library, Jojo runs around with the ambulance.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Nee-naw-nee-naw!
[Gran Gran and Terrence laughing]
JOJO: Where are you, Gran Gran?
GRAN GRAN: I think mummy's ambulance is about to find me.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy runs toward a woman with long, curly black hair wearing a purple long-sleeved blouse, Gran Gran as a young woman.
JOJO’S MUMMY: Ambulance coming through.
[Young Gran Gran laughing]
JOJO: Is that you, Gran Gran?
[Gran Gran chuckling]
GRAN GRAN: Oh, yes!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy hands young Gran Gran the ambulance. Young Gran Gran runs around with the ambulance.
YOUNG GRAN GRAN: Nee-naw-nee-naw!
[Young Gran Gran and Jojo’s mummy laughing]
MAN: Over here!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy and young Gran Gran turn and wave.
JOJO: Is that Granddad's voice?
GRAN GRAN: Oh, it is.
[Mummy giggling]
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy and young Gran Gran run after a butterfly.
YOUNG GRAN GRAN: Ah! A butterfly!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy and young Gran Gran wave their arms like wings.
GRANDDAD: You've got some great moves. Just like your mamma.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo, Gran Gran, and Terrence wave their arms like wings.
[Jojo, Gran Gran and Terrence laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran smiles.
[Gran Gran chuckling]
[Jojo giggling]
DESCRIPTION: In the video, young Gran Gran dances. Jojo’s mummy copies young Gran Gran’s moves. In the library, Jojo, Gran Gran and Terrance copy the moves. In the video, young Gran Gran takes Jojo’s mummy’s hand, and they wiggle their arms. Jojo, Gran Gran and Terrence hold hands and wiggle their arms.
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Yay!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Jojo’s mummy holds the ambulance.
JOJO’S MUMMY: Look at my ambulance, Daddy!
GRANDDAD: I love it! Can I have a go driving it?
JOJO’S MUMMY: Of course!
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Granddad holds out his hand.
JOJO: Will we be able to see his face?
[Gran Gran laughing]
GRAN GRAN: If I remember correctly, this is the video where Granddad drops the camera.
GRANDDAD: Whoa!
DESCRIPTION: The video turns fuzzy.
DESCRIPTION: In the video, Granddad, a man with short black hair and a handlebar mustache, smiles.
JOJO: There's Granddad! He's so fuzzy.
GRAN GRAN: Aw.
JOJO: Wow! I loved that.
GRAN GRAN: Aw. Thanks for helping us with the video, Terrence.
TERRENCE: My pleasure.
GRAN GRAN: Oh, we're so lucky we can make family films easily now.
TERRENCE: Oh! I can make a copy for you to watch on your tablet!
GRAN GRAN: Oh! Thank you, Terrence.
JOJO: Thank you, Terrence!
[Gentle, cheerful music plays]
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: In live action, at a table, a boy with short brown hair wearing a green plaid shirt cuts a star out of sparkly yellow foam paper. A girl with long brown hair wearing a pink t-shirt places gold stickers on red cards.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Thiago and I are getting everything ready for our family movie. We've invited our family, Mamma and Dad, Nanna and Granddad. Thiago’s making stars for the seats. I'm making the tickets.
DESCRIPTION: Thiago adds a star to a pile on the table. The brown-haired girl draws hearts on one of her tickets and returns her marker to a popcorn box full of markers.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Right! Tickets are done. Are your stars, Thiago?
THIAGO: Nearly. You go get the popcorn ready with Nanny.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Okay.
DESCRIPTION: Thiago collects his stars. The long-haired girl leaves the table. In the kitchen, an older woman pours popcorn kernels into a popcorn maker.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: My nanna is helping to make the popcorn for us.
DESCRIPTION: Nana, the older woman, has short white hair and wears a dark blue cardigan over a white blouse. The long-haired girl stands beside Nana and watches the popcorn maker.
[Popcorn maker whirring]
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: They're starting to pop!
DESCRIPTION: The kernels in the popcorn maker pop out into a large bowl.
[Kernels popping]
DESCRIPTION: Pieces of popcorn fly out of the popcorn maker.
[Long-haired girl laughing]
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: We'll enjoy eating this during the movie.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Thiago places stars across the seats on the couch.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Thiago is getting the seats ready. Now, everyone will know where they're sitting.
DESCRIPTION: Thiago places two stars on a seat on the couch.
THIAGO: Two-star seat.
DESCRIPTION: A woman with long, dark brown hair wearing a dark blue blouse walks into the living room with one of the movie tickets. Thiago and the long-haired girl stand on opposite sides of the door. The long-haired girl stands beside a tray of popcorn.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Hello.
THIAGO: Hola, Mamma. Please, can I have your ticket?
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired woman, Mamma, hands Thiago her ticket.
MAMMA: Absolutely. Can I have some popcorn, please?
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Yes.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl hands Mamma a box of popcorn.
MAMMA: Thank you.
DESCRIPTION: Mamma walks into the living room and takes a seat on the couch.
MAMMA: Super excited.
DESCRIPTION: A grey-haired man wearing a grey t-shirt takes a seat beside Mamma with a box of popcorn. At the door, Nana walks toward the couch with a box of popcorn. Behind her, a white-haired man wearing a light blue button-down shirt hands a ticket to Thiago.
THIAGO: Thank you, Granddad.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl hands the white-haired man, Granddad, a box of popcorn.
WHITE-HAIRED GRANDDAD: Thank you, Love!
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Ooh! Everyone's ready.
DESCRIPTION: The blinds close.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: The film's about to start!
DESCRIPTION: A D.V.D. slides into a D.V.D. player.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: It's all about our family.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl presses a button on a remote.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: Play!
DESCRIPTION: In a video, an archival photo features a young boy smiling.
FAMILY MEMBERS: Aw!
WHITE-HAIRED GRANDDAD: That's Granddad when he was younger!
DESCRIPTION: The white-haired Granddad smiles. In an archival wedding photo, the bride and groom cut their cake.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Nanna getting married and cutting the cake.
NANNA: Aw!
LONG-HAIRED GIRL: Look at Thiago when he was a little, wincey baby.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl sits in an armchair with Nanna. In a photo, Thiago, as a baby, lies on a mat.
FAMILY MEMBERS: Aw! Oh!
DESCRIPTION: A photo features Mamma in a wedding dress and the grey-haired man standing between the white-haired Granddad and Nanna.
[Grey-haired man chuckling]
DESCRIPTION: In a home video, Thiago, as a young boy, sits with a baby in his lap.
MAN: Don't you like your sister?
NANNA: Yeah, but she was crying, wasn't she?
[Laughing]
DESCRIPTION: In the video, a photo shows the long-haired girl as a baby, smiling.
MAMMA: Big smiles, eh?
DESCRIPTION: In the armchair, the long-haired girl and Nana eat popcorn.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: I love spending time with my family.
DESCRIPTION: A photo features the long-haired girl and her family.
WHITE-HAIRED GRANDDAD: Come on. Family hug. Come on.
THIAGO: Nana, come on.
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired girl climbs on top of her Mama, the grey-haired man, and Thiago. The grey-haired man puts his arm around the white-haired Granddad. Nana joins the family on the couch.
LONG-HAIRED GIRL NARRATING: We loved watching our family movie.
DESCRIPTION: The family shares a hug.
[Whooshing]
DESCRIPTION: At Gran Gran’s house, Gran Gran films Jojo with her tablet. On the sitting room floor, Jojo pushes Hugo on the ambulance and Panda on a double-decker bus.
JOJO: Vroom! Vroom!
[Jojo giggling]
JOJO: Now, you can ride the bus or ride the ambulance!
DESCRIPTION: Jojo puts Hugo on the bus and Panda on the ambulance.
[Gran Gran laughing]
JOJO: Nee-naw-nee-naw-nee-naw!
GRAN GRAN: Oh, lovely!
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran stops filming.
GRAN GRAN: We can send this film to Mummy as well as the old family film Terrence managed to copy for us.
JOJO: I can't wait to watch that film again with Mummy. Can I put Mummy's ambulance in my toy box, Gran Gran? Panda wants to play doctors again.
GRAN GRAN: I'm sure your mummy would love that, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo takes Panda off the ambulance and places the ambulance in her toy box. Gran Gran sets down her tablet on the couch armrest.
JOJO: I love you, Gran Gran.
DESCRIPTION: Jojo hugs Gran Gran’s leg.
GRAN GRAN: Oh! I love you too, Jojo.
DESCRIPTION: Gran Gran picks up Jojo and nuzzles her head.
[Gentle, uplifting music plays]
[End credits] Jojo, Taiya Samuel. Gran Gran, Cathy Tyson. Terrence, Inel Tomlinson. Young Mummy, Tyiana Samuel. Grandad, Syrus Lowe.
[Logo] B.B.C.
[Title] Jojo & Gran Gran.
[Credits continued] Series Producers Tom Cousins, Angela Young. Series Director Ben Halliwell. 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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