CBBC comedy drama, Andy & The Band, returns with a larger, brighter or even funnier 2d sequence, that includes child’s favorite Andy Day, his band the Strange Socks, and a impressive all-star line-up of visitors together with the mythical Queen guitarist Brian May – arriving on CBBC and iPlayer from January 24, 2022.

Andy & The Band includes a band like no different. The Strange Socks can sing, they are able to play tools, and they are able to totally ‘rock out’ till all their hair stands on finish. However the Strange Socks also are, neatly, unusual. And that’s precisely how Andy, Moxy, Rio, Blu and Cousin Mac love it as a result of being an Strange Sock approach digging your variations, bigging-up your odd bits, taking at the international AND serving to everybody else on this planet be no matter more or less Strange Sock they need to be too.

Queen legend Brian May makes his performing debut as he stars because the Godfather of Rock in emblem new episode ‘Planet Rock.’ He joins Andy and his band the Strange Socks for the ‘highest jam ever’ whilst additionally serving to them conquer an international ‘rocktastrophe’!

The episode airs on CBBC on Thursday 27 January and is to be had on BBC iPlayer from Monday January 24. The unmarried, “Planet Rock”, by means of Andy and the Strange Socks that includes Brian May might be launched on 18 February.

In ‘Planet Rock’, the Strange Socks search the Godfather on Planet Rock for an emotional reunion with the band’s guitarist, Rio, after he loses his self belief or even his air guitar. When the Godfather reminds Rio how a lot he likes to play with the Strange Socks, his trust returns and the cave is stuffed with dazzlingly stunning air guitars. The Strange Socks then jam with the Godfather of Rock, and while they’re taking part in he magically presentations Rio how all his lovers the world over have additionally regained their self belief and in flip their air guitars.

Brian May feedback: “I’ve liked running with the Strange Socks! Enjoying the function in their Godfather of Rock used to be in truth an overly emotional revel in. The episode is an excellent message of hope to youngsters who lose their self-confidence. The symbolic use of air guitar is fantastically apt. And on a broader scale I completely align with Andy and the Band of their quest for each and every child to really feel proud in their person qualities.

“I’m backing their anti-buIlying marketing campaign to the hilt! Be careful for the magic of ‘Planet Rock’!!!”

BAFTA nominated presenter and actor Andy Day (Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures, Andy’s Safari Adventures) feedback: “Andy and the Band is a display about celebrating variations, and taking at the international for your very personal manner. It options my actual lifestyles band, Andy and the Strange Socks, and in reality is a circle of relatives display, packed filled with musical references for fogeys to revel in at the side of their youngsters.

“We famously performed our first actual gig at Glastonbury competition, so in fact your next step used to be to ask Brian May, some of the international’s biggest guitarists, to sign up for us for a distinct episode of the TV display. Operating with Brian has been a musical dream come true, as I’m massive Queen fan, however most significantly he totally understood the ethos and message of inclusivity we percentage in the whole thing we do.”

In every episode of the display, Andy and his band adopt ever extra ridiculous and sophisticated unusual jobs to assist their lovers and save the day whilst nonetheless having the time to bang out an important track to assist issues alongside!

Different adventures come with unintentionally shutting down the BBC, time travelling again to the times of Robin Hood, and saving Andy from a systematic experiment, jobs so ‘unusual’ that Andy has to get out his ‘little black e book’ of famous person pals to assist them alongside the way in which together with Craig Revel-Horwood, Steve Backshall and Zoe Ball.

Additional visitor appearances come within the type of the glorious Anita Dobson who pops up in a spooky stumble upon, and the hilarious duo Sam & Mark who’re out to prank the Strange Socks, and in the end a cheeky flip from the band’s pals and mythical pooches, Hacker and Dodge.

The sequence is a co-production from Ninja Pig Productions and 3 Arrows Media. Govt Manufacturers for Ninja Pig / 3 Arrows are Tamsin Skan, Jon Turner, Dave Hallam and Jon Hancock. Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Michael Towner.

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