Magic Hands
Magic Hands is a program for youth on CBeeBies. Poetry translated into British Sign Language for children. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 55 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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Chris and Semhar discover a mural of Nelson Mandela in London. He was the first black president of South Africa and spent his life fighting for black and white people to be treated equally.
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Tianah and Asnath are at the London Palladium where musician extraordinaire, Louis Armstrong, once performed. Pixie, Tianah and Asnath perform one of his famous songs called ‘What a Wonderful World!’
Chris and Semhar are in London's Brick Lane, where singer Billy Ocean lived having left Trinidad as a little boy. He became one of the UK's most successful black recording artists.
Asnath and Chris are at a fire station in north London where the first black firefighter, Frank Bailey, worked.
Semhar and Tianah are at Bob Marley's house! Or at least the house he lived in when he lived in London. Bob Marley was an icon of Black music, and today's song is his classic hit Three Little Birds.
Chris and Asnath are in east London. They are at the site of the publishing house that published the first book written by a black woman in the English-speaking world! Her name was Phillis Wheatley.
Tianah and Chris are in Notting Hill, a place where a lot of black people from the Caribbean settled. They underwent lots of struggles and formed a strong community to help each other out.
Tianah and Semhar are on Blackfriars Bridge, where in the past black people have marched for equal rights. They are learning a new song by Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black.
Asnath and Semhar are in Notting Hill, home of the famous Notting Hill Carnival, celebrating Caribbean culture.
May 2026
Bobbles and friends play games, run amok and feast on a delicious picnic in the forest whilst Aimee and Mia perform ‘The Teddy Bears' Picnic’.
Leapy goes back to school to learn the basics of education as Mae and Mia perform the Jackson 5’s ‘ABC’ in British Sign Language, accompanied by animations.
April 2026
Pink Bird and friends don their dancing shoes, top hats and canes to take the stage for a Magic Hands’ rendition of ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’.
Click Clack becomes a trainee kite pilot and learns how to navigate a kite as Aimee and Mia perform Mary Poppins’ ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’ in British Sign Language.
Pink Bird runs wild in a department store, buying lots of beautiful things such as roses and copper kettles, in tribute to the Sound of Music’s ‘My Favourite Things’.
Pink Bird catches the tube to Tipperary as Mae and Nadeem perform a medley of war songs, in British Sign Language.
Pink Bird dons a pair of dancing shoes in the Magic Hands rendition of Wouldn’t It Be Loverly from My Fair Lady, performed by Mae and Aimee in British Sign Language.
Sheba boards a boat and sails the rocky seas in thunderous conditions to get to safety as Mia and Nadeem perform the traditional ‘The Skye Boat Song’.
Sheba transforms into a magical rainbow as Aimee and Mae perform the famous Over the Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz, in British Sign Language accompanied by animations.
Mae and Aimee teach Leapy how to put together a tune using simple notes mixed up as they perform the Sound of Music’s iconic song, ‘Do Re Mi’.
Black History Songs 2: 5. We Are Family
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Asnath and Tianah perform alongside a trio of Shebas for Sister Sledge’s iconic ‘We Are Family’. Asnath and Tianah teach the sign for ‘family’ so you can join in.