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With the festive season rapidly approaching, the new children's DVD releases from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide are set to provide some welcome relief for parents everywhere. Featuring titles from a host of children's favourites, including 3rd & Bird, The Sarah Jane Adventures and the magically successful In the Night Garden, there is an ideal gift to keep every youngster entertained.

Join in the festive feathered fun with Muffin and friends in 3rd & Bird: A Very Squooky Christmas! Released on 9th November, this charming Christmas release sees the friends find themselves in more fun-filled adventures; from learning to ice-skate to their first expedition out of the tree to the ground. Priced at £12.71, the DVD has some special extras that will get children dancing along with their favourite characters. And for any parents seeking a slightly more restful Christmas, the double length Christmas-themed episode will help keep the little ones quiet.

In the Night Garden: What Fun! brings together five episodes of the pre-school favourites. Children will love to join in with the enchanting stories, as Igglepiggle and friends learn allsorts about the wonderful world around them. With the interactive special feature, Hide and Seek Game, parents and children will have fun searching for the Pontipine children in the Garden, and the 'nap time' feature should provide a welcome relief to every parent at Christmas Set for release on 2nd November with an RRP of £12.71, In the Night Garden: What Fun! promises fun and games for all.

The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Series allows viewers to join Sarah Jane and the gang in their quests to save the Earth from unspeakable dangers, including the Sontaran – a regular foe of the Doctor himself. But it’s not just the villains getting Sarah Jane into danger, as she finds out when she goes back in time to meet the parents she never knew – with disastrous consequences. With the three disc box set, priced at £19.56, to be released 9th November, fans will want to keep an eye out for a cameo from Russ Abbot.

Your children can dive back in to some imaginative fun with two new releases from Charlie and Lola, produced by Tiger Aspect. Their eleventh DVD, 'Everything is different and not the same and other stories' RRP £12.71, follows the ever so super duo through nine of their marvellous adventures, with Lola learning some valuable lessons along the way.

For devoted Charlie & Lola fans, Charlie and Lola: The absolutely complete series 3 box set contains twenty-seven stories, based on the books by Lauren Child, to captivate children and parents alike in their wonderful mix of reality and daydream. Priced at £24.46, the box set includes three DVDs. Both Charlie and Lola releases are available from 12th October, 2009.

The LazyTown Christmas Collection contains two festive-themed DVDs, packed with fun and games! As always, the excitement never stops in LazyTown as Sportacus faces the challenges of Robbie Rotten, but will he be able to save the day when Robbie combines all of his most dastardly plans? With an RRP of £15.65, the DVD includes the fantastic LazyTown karaoke, so your little ones can join in the Christmas celebrations. With seasonal episodes such as The Snow Monster and LazyTown’s Surprise Santa this certainly is one collection full of festive fun!

The LazyTown fun doesn’t stop there though, as Sportacus on the Move, the eighth volume of the series on DVD, is also soon to be released. With five episodes of the children’s hit series, children can join in a range of adventures, including the episode Swiped Sweets – in which Sportacus is wrongly sent to the LazyTown jail. With Sportacus behind bars, who will save the day? Sportacus on the Move has a RRP of £9.78, and will be available, along with The LazyTown Christmas Collection as of 26th October, from all good retailers.

Christmas favourite Robbie the Reindeer returns in Robbie the Reindeer Trilogy – The Whole Herd. Now all three Robbie the Reindeer films are brought together on DVD, along with some exciting and exclusive extras! Released on 2nd November, this motley crew of loveable, antlered and downright bizarre characters are brought to life in state-of-the-art model animation and voices from a stellar cast including Ricky Gervais, Sir David Attenborough and Keira Knightley. With a RRP of £12.71 and fun for all, this boxset proves to be just as entertaining for the parents as the young ones.

NOTES TO EDITORS
About Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions, an IMG Media company, is internationally recognized as one of the UK's most successful and prolific independent television producers. The company portfolio includes animation, comedy, drama, entertainment and factual genres. Tiger creates a wide range of critically acclaimed and award-winning programming for all the UK's major terrestrial and non-terrestrial broadcasters. In addition the company’s creative output now enjoys an increasingly high profile in the USA through its commissions for major stateside networks. Tiger's production slate includes primetime mainstream successes for ´óÏó´«Ã½1 and ITV. These are complemented by a varied and genre defining range of programming for ´óÏó´«Ã½2, Channel 4, Five, Sky, MTV and ´óÏó´«Ã½3 and ITV2, 3 & 4. Current and recent successes include Charlie and Lola (CBeebies), Robin Hood (3 series for ´óÏó´«Ã½ One), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (ITV2).

Luke Campbell