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 January 2026.
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Magic Hands
Children's sign language poetry series. Ashley and Aimee discover The Fairies and The Elf Singing, both by William Allingham.
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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.
Children's sign language poetry series. Aimee and Ashley discover The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning.
Children's sign language poetry series. Ashley and Aimee discover The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear, and My Fancy by Lewis Carroll.
Series 3
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.
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.