JoJo &amp; Gran GranJoJo &amp; Gran Gran JoJo & Gran Gran JoJo & Gran Gran is a British children's animated television series based on the semi-autobiographical picture book "Jo-Jo and Gran-Gran, All in a Week" by Laura Henry-Allain MBE. It is the first animated series to centre on a Black British family. It first premiered on 16 March 2020 and airs on weekdays on CBeebies. Premise. JoJo is an inquisitive and cheerful four- going on five-year-old girl who lives in London. Her loving Gran Gran looks after her while her parents work and teaches her about the many wonders of life and  the world, such as cookery, friendship and her Saint Lucian heritage. The series also features live-action interviews with real children, which accompany the animated segments, and features the children discussing the topic of the episode and how it relates to their lives and families. Usually, this will then lead to them performing a related activity, such as cooking a particular dish or painting. Production. There are 44 episodes per series divided into four seasonal blocks. More than 100 people worked on the production; Tom Cousins is the series' producer and Tony Reed its executive producer. Leo Espinosa designed the  characters. BBC Children's In-House Productions announced in 2020 a double season order for a second and third series, set to begin airing in 2022. In the United States, the series was released on the Noggin streaming app on 14 June 2021. The series is based on Laura Henry-Allain's book. The main characters are based on herself and her Saint Lucian-born grandmother, Marie-Helena. The High Commission of Saint Lucia and the Saint Lucia tourism authority were consulted for the series. JoJo & Gran Gran JoJo & Gran Gran is a British children's animated television series based