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 45 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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Magic Hands
Children's sign language poetry series. Ashley and Aimee go to Greece where they discover Twelfth Night.
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Children's sign language poetry series. Donna and Simon sail the seas in a medieval ship, discovering William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Children's sign language poetry series. Donna and Simon discover The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Children's sign language poetry series. Simon and Donna take a trip back in time with The Little Big Man and Clouds and Waves, both by Rabindranath Tagore.
Children's sign language poetry series. Aimee and Ashley are off to a land of knights and castles with The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Children's sign language poetry series. Donna and Simon discover Rathers and The Sandhill Crane, both by Mary Hunter Austin.
Children's sign language poetry series. Donna and Simon bring us the classic nonsense rhyme from Edward Lear, The Jumblies.
Children's sign language poetry series. Aimee and Ashley discover To Autumn and A Song About Myself, both by John Keats.
Children's sign language poetry series. Aimee and Ashley set sail to ancient Greece and discover The Odyssey by Homer.
Children's sign language poetry series. Ashley and Aimee discover The Fairies and The Elf Singing, both by William Allingham.
Children's sign language poetry series. Donna and Ashley discover Daffodils by William Wordsworth, and A Musical Instrument by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Children's sign language poetry series. Aimee and Ashley discover The Spider and the Fly by Mary Botham Howitt.
Children's sign language poetry series. Aimee and Ashley discover You Are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll, and Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field.
Nadeem and Aimee sing and sign The Twelve Days of Christmas, with Click Clack as the star performer. Learn the signs for day, Christmas and gold.
Aimee and Mae sing I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday. Along with Bobbles, they teach us the signs for Christmas, snowman and wish.
Mia, Mae, Nadeem and Aimee sing and sign the classic song Merry Christmas Everyone. Learn the signs for merry, Christmas and everyone.
Mia and Mae perform the classic song Walking in the Air, along with star performer Leapy! Also, learn the signs for sky, walking in the air and children.
Nadeem and Mia go on a Jingle Bells sleigh ride! Learn the signs for jingle bells, sleigh and snow.
Series 2
Children's sign language poetry series. Simon and Donna discover Beowulf when Bobbles dresses up.