Olga Da Polga in CBeebies

[anyar.dris]

Olga da Polga will be made into a tv show in CBeebies!

Olga da Polga: Paddington Bear author’s much-loved guinea pig comes to the small screen

 

[Lady Kelly]

Excellent news, can't wait to get the little one watching this

 

[VickiA]

Excellent news, can't wait to get the little one watching this

Forget little ones. I’ll be tuning in myself

 

[rhymer]

I love these stories. Favourite bedtime reading for my youngest daughter(now 27).
She also loved to listen to them on CD in car read by Linda Bellingham.
Will definitely be tuning in to watch with my granddaughter.x

 

[VickiA]

I just hope it doesn’t lead to a whole new generation buying and keeping solo guinea pigs.

 

[Pound Shilling & Pig]

I just hope it doesn’t lead to a whole new generation buying and keeping solo guinea pigs.

I loved the books growing up and am excited about the series but I hope correct, up to date guinea pig care is woven into the stories.

 

[Ruth1]

I just hope it doesn’t lead to a whole new generation buying and keeping solo guinea pigs.

That’s exactly what I said to my friend who thought I’d be all pleased about it

 

[Bill & Ted]

I hate that Barclays Bank advert, makes me cringe!

 

[rhymer]

I hate that Barclays Bank advert, makes me cringe!

Know the advert you mean. Every time I see it I just want to make an angry complaint to someone. It's just wrong!

 

[Winniepeg]

Olga da Polga starts on Monday at 11:am on CBeebies. What a daft time to broadcast it . At that time anyone would think it’s aimed at pre school children

 

[LollyJJ]

Watching it now and Olga is adopted from a rescue centre and just like the book all alone, no one to squeak piggie too

 

[rhymer]

Watching it now and Olga is adopted from a rescue centre and just like the book all alone, no one to squeak piggie too

I was sort of hoping they would give her a piggy friend to tell her tales too. I know that is not in the books, but piggy welfare has changed so much.

 

[piggieminder]

I was hoping they would change the story a lot! Doesn't she get paired with a boar later and have babies! These stories could cause a lot of welfare problems at what is already a very difficult time.

 

[Julie M]

I just hope it doesn’t lead to a whole new generation buying and keeping solo guinea pigs.

Yip. This is exactly my worry. I hope it doesn't lead to a mass increase of piggies bought on a whim as a toy for the children.

 

[Julie M]

My sister sent a complaint to the BBC. Because of "inappropriate housing" amd the fact the guinea pig was alone. They sent her an email back and said they have added a care guide to the website. (its the rspca and sspca guidelines)

To be honest i don't know about the rspca, but i dont rate the sspca at all with guinea pig care its a hit or a miss. I know they've homed trios of boars and piggies to live alone as "they cant live with others " *edit my sister has never kept her own guinea pigs, and learnt everything from me. Oops i must be very passionate about piggies.

 

[anyar.dris]

My sister sent a complaint to the BBC. Because of "inappropriate housing" amd the fact the guinea pig was alone. They sent her an email back and said they have added a care guide to the website. (its the rspca and sspca guidelines)

To be honest i don't know about the rspca, but i dont rate the sspca at all with guinea pig care its a hit or a miss. I know they've homed trios of boars and piggies to live alone as "they cant live with others " *edit my sister has never kept her own guinea pigs, and learnt everything from me. Oops i must be very passionate about piggies.

This is what I was expecting that guinea pig orders will end up doing, send BBC complaints. I know the show is just basing it on the book, but they should know that the book is really not up to the standards of today. Hopefully they get loads of complaints that they update the show.

 

[anyar.dris]

This is what it says on the CBeebies website of Olga Da Polga.



Olga da Polga - The animal stars of Olga da Polga

 

[Julie M]

This is what it says on the CBeebies website of Olga Da Polga.

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Olga da Polga - The animal stars of Olga da Polga

Yeah thats the link they sent my sister. But the last 3 links are mainly focused on cats and dogs.

*edit since my sister sent me the link to the info above its had a lot more added. I'm guessing more complaints.

 

[Pound Shilling & Pig]

I was hoping they would change the story a lot! Doesn't she get paired with a boar later and have babies! These stories could cause a lot of welfare problems at what is already a very difficult time.

Yes, his name was Boris! I named one of my childhood piggies after him! I really hope in this show he will be neutered or a female and will arrive on the show as a result of the people realising piggies need piggy friends.
I like that Olga has come from a rescue and not a pet shop tho.

 

[Lady Kelly]

I think that's a good step the BBC have taken. They can't take responsibility for providing their own information (ie getting an expert in to write something just for them wouldn't be viable and their expert would likely be RSPCA/sspca anyway). So they have linked to a resource that will be around for a long time and will be reviewed regularly (even an annual review with no information changing would be regular).
It would be great to have a link to more in-depth resources like the forum but, the nature of forums is they can just disappear overnight and then it's almost like being linked to no information again. They would also have to take responsibility for ensuring the information is credible which again they would need to hire an expert for.