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U.K.-based Beyond Rights has picked up BBC and Maramedia’s 13 x 11’ preschool series Olga Da Polga. Based on the popular books by Michael Bond (Paddington) about a chatty guinea pig, the series will feature a blend of live action with CG effects for the animals’ mouths, as well as colorful animation for Olga’s imaginative tales.

First introduced in 1971, Olga was named after the Bond family’s real pet guinea pig. The fictitious Olga is a charming animal who loves to tell tall tales. In each story, something ordinary happens to Olga, and she gives her animal friends a wildly exaggerated version of events, subsequently revealed to be untrue by what the humans say. Olga’s stories are designed to encourage imaginative storytelling as well as raise awareness of the world around them.