Sesame Tree

“Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, and this time the cards were stacked against me …”

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on February 24, 2015, 9:45 am

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This weekend, political anoraks will take a break from their revision for the Great Big Politics Pub Quiz (Thursday 12 March in the Black Box – get your tickets now) to watch Season Three of the US remake of House of Cards. Political ambition, a ruthless drive to power, staying one step ahead of everyone … sound familiar? While addicts await the next (or final?) thirteen episodes of political chicanery, Sesame Street have released a marvellous (child-safe) parody that captures …

Peter and Martin make new friends in the Sesame Tree

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on November 9, 2010, 6:07 pm

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Launch of the second series of Sesame Tree

Martin McGuinness was famously pictured with Muppets Potto and Hilda at the launch of the first series of Sesame Tree, the local co-production with Sesame Workshop. This morning he was accompanied by fellow eejit (his words, not mine) Peter Robinson at the launch of the second series which airs on BBC’s CBeebies from 22 November. In their speeches, the First and deputy First Ministers were both upbeat about the production and the local creative sector. Continuing the banter started by …