Joy's Preschool Time

Joy's Preschool Time is a French 2025 animated children's television series made by Xilam Animation. It started broadcasting in the United Kingdom. The show is a spin-off of The Roaches Show, in turn a spin-off of Oggy and The Cockroaches. Xilam joined forces with the British Council to create "Learning Time with Joy", a learning experience to encourage children aged 2–6 around the world to learn the English language, along with a YouTube-exclusive series and 3 apps.
== Premise and format ==
In this series, Joy and her friends have to learn to share, make friends and accept their mistakes. They are supervised by two teachers, Burt the beetle and Mimi the moths. The show is aimed at pre-school-aged children, which the company described as "a natural next step for Xilam Animation".
The show is made up of ten-minute episodes, which do not feature much dialogue.
== Characters ==
=== Children ===
* Joy is a female cockroach who is the titular character and enjoys being in the spotlight. She is 3-years-old in cockroach years and later turns 4 in the episode Joy's Birthday. In many of the episodes she gets into trouble; however, she learns from her mistakes, and often tries to help the other characters out when she can. She is best friends with Jax, and is very close to Finlay. She also appears in Oggy and The Cockroaches/The Roaches Show.
* Jax is a male cockroach who is very similar to Joy in personality and is best friends with her. He is Joy's boyfriend/love interest.
* Andrew is a male ant who is 3-years-old in ant years. His best friend is Jax and Joy are in love with each other. In many of the episodes, he acts up, or misbehaves and gets into trouble. But he does learn from his mistakes and always tries to look out for his friends.
* Chole is a female caterpillar who is 4-years-old in caterpillar years. She is the only new character introduced in season four and is Joy's friend.
* Jenny is a female grasshopper who is 3-years-old in grasshopper years. She is best friends with Jax, Chole, and Joy.
* Kamal is a male caterpillar. He is 3-years-old in caterpillar years.
* Cody is a male crickets. He is 3-year-old in crickets years. He is Joy's friend.
* Dave is a male dragonflies. He is 3-year-old in dragonflies years. He is Jax's friend.
* Finley is a male flies who is Joy's friend. He is 3-years-old in fly years.
* Leah is a female ladybug who is 3-years-old in ladybug years. She is Joy's friend.
=== Teachers ===
* Burt is a male beetle. He is one of the two teachers.
* Mimi is a female moths who is the other teacher of the class.
=== Side characters ===
* Joanne is an female purple-headed, pink-bodied cockroach who is Joy's mother and is also not part of the class, but does appear in the opening sequence, "Joy's Christmas Surprise" and the end credits. She is the only known parent in the show and also appears in The Roaches Show. Joanne is Joy's mother.
== Trivia ==
* Joy's Preschool Time similar to Timmy Time by Aardman Animations. Joy and Timmy (Timmy Time) are both 3 year old cockroach and lamb.
Category:The Roaches Show
Category:Oggy and the Cockroaches
Category:Preschooler Shows
Category:Preschool cartoon
Category:Preschool cartoons
Category:Preschool education television series
Category:Animated television series about insects