Daniel And Clifford

**Daniel And Clifford** (Also Known in the british version as **Clifford And Daniel**) is an American-Canadian-British Animated Educational Children’s Television Series That debuted on PBS Kids on September 3rd, 2022 (The 10th anniversary of the debut of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood) and Produced by Fred Rogers Productions and Brown Bag Films. It is created by Ian Titus and Angela C. Santomero. It is a spinoff to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and the 2019 reboot of Clifford The Big Red Dog. The show follows Daniel Tiger and Clifford in the Neighborhood of Make-believe where Clifford Makes Regular Visits from Birdwell Island and helps everyone in the neighborhood. Keegan Hedley, Adam Sanders, Jenna Weir, Laaibah Alvi, Hannah Livingson, and many other actors from both the original shows reprise their roles in the show. It also follows the 2021 film Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Presents: Margaret goes missing. The show focuses on Helping others, Friendship, being kind, and Never being afraid to speak up. While Daniel And Clifford are the main characters, Daniel’s and Clifford’s friends make appearances too, with Ian Making most of them since he watches Clifford a lot. This show also introduced Daniel Tiger to more British Audiences.

On December 29th, 2022 it was announced that the series was renewed for a 2nd season that will debut on June 5th, 2023.

## Overview:

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Each 15 minute story making up to the half hour episodes focuses on Daniel and Clifford and includes 2 segments. One is a “Storytime with Speckle” Like in the original Clifford The Big Red Dog the only difference being that Daniel Tiger would read the stories. The other is a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood song.

## Episodes:

There were 6 episodes in season 1 and season 2 began production on December 21st, 2022 and will have 10 Episodes.

1. Say Hello To Clifford/Clifford and the Schoolhouse         Air Date: September 3rd, 2022

Daniel is so excited about seeing Clifford that makes a huge mess in the house and has to clean up! With the help of his family he learns that even when you make a mess, you need to clean up your mess before you can do anything exciting.

Clifford gets to go to school with Daniel and help out. But when he makes a mess in the school, Clifford thinks he should stay on Birdwell Island, but learns to help out and be more careful.

2. Clifford And Trolley’s great race/Daniel and Katerina’s great race

Clifford tells trolley that he was faster, but Daniel says Trolley is faster. So they decide to settle the argument by having a race.

Daniel says no one can go as fast as him on his bike, but Katerina says she’s faster. So in order to settle the argument, they agree to have a race just like Clifford and Trolley.

Note: The First and second story is a reference to the Thomas and Friends season one episode “Thomas and Bertie’s great race”

3. A Day at the beach/Choo Choo                                           Air Date: September 5th, 2022

Katerina Kittycat, Miss Elaina, and Jodi Platypus come over to Daniel’s house to play on Jungle Beach with Clifford but when Clifford comes looking sad because Emily Elizabeth (Who Does not appear) had got really badly hurt and could not come Daniel and his friends cheer him up and tell him that even in the worst problems, you can keep your spirits up.

Daniel, Katerina, Jodi, and Miss Elaina ride Clifford to a real steam train station for a steam train festival and help out the engine crew due to the main crew being ill from all steam locomotives. Clifford uses his tail as a red flag when an accident occurs not far from the station and is hailed a hero.

Note: the second story features the Pere Marquette #1225, NKP 765, N&W 611, and SP 4449 and is taken in Owosso, Michigan.

4. Clifford Gets Hurt/Jodi Gets Hurt                          Air Date: September 6th 2022

Clifford Has An Accident while racing Trolley and hurts his paw. Everyone makes him feel better by giving him some “Feel better” Cards and when he gets better he feels great and learns that even when you hurt your paw, or arm, or leg, you are still cared about.

Jodi is at a rocky beach learning how to swim when she slices her knee on a rock and hurts so bad, but while she lays around and can’t do anything because of it making her think she is worthless, Daniel, Clifford, Emily Elizabeth, and all their friends give her “Feel Better” cards and help her know that even hurt people can be useful.

5. Margaret meets Clifford/Clifford, Daniel and the Hurricane         Air Date: September 7th, 2022

When Margaret meets Clifford for the first time, she is really scared because of his size and her fear of heights, but when she rides Clifford, she learns you can conquer your fear and have more fun.

When a Hurricane hits the neighborhood, Clifford has to save it from going underwater by using his body.

Note: The second story is a reference to Hurricane Dorian. A powerful Category 5 hurricane that hit the Bahamas during the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season.

6. Clifford, Daniel, and the Tornado.(1 hour special)       Air Date: September 8th, 2022

When a Monster EF5 Tornado is about to hit the neighborhood without warning, it’s up to Clifford and Daniel to warn everyone and take cover.

Note: This was based off of 3 Real life Tornado events.

1. 2011 Joplin Tornado
2. 2007 Greensburg Tornado
3. 2013 Moore Oklahoma Tornado