''Pikku Kakkonen'' (

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for "the little number two") is an ongoing

magazine-type children's

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shown on

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. The first episode aired on January 11,

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. It finished with a

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read by the late

Lasse Pöysti Lasse Erik Pöysti (24 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a Finnish actor, director, theatre manager and writer. He was born in Sortavala. Biography Pöysti began his career as a child actor, becoming known to the Finnish public as Olli Suomin ...

(1927-2019) and an

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Sandman animation, setting the format for hundreds of later episodes. Pikku-kakkosen-puisto

Currently the series airs twice a day (mornings and night) on the weekdays and once a day (mornings only) on the weekends. The ''Pikku Kakkonen'' show is based in

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, and its signature melodies (The ''Pikku Kakkonen'' mail tune and the main title tune) have been made into

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s. On October 25, 1983, Pikku Kakkonen introduced a new logo that consists of a moon, a flower, a teddybear, a doll, a ghost, a fish, and a bird which together form the number 2; this matches the frequency for

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's secondary channel. ''Pikku Kakkonens current intro animation is illustrated by Camilla Mickwitz who was responsible for designing and animating the stop-motion opening and ending sequences. This logo has become a trademark symbol of ''Pikku Kakkonen''. It will permanently remain in use. A variety of live-action and animated television series air as part of ''Pikku Kakkonen,'' both domestic and imported. The imported series are mainly animated and have all been dubbed and localized into Finnish. The domestic series are mainly live-action. Pikku Kakkonen is targeted at an audience of preschool and elementary school-aged children. It has a counterpart for older children called ''Galaxi'' which also airs on Yle TV2. ''Galaxi'' broadcasts live-action and animated television series both from Finland and overseas, all in the Finnish language.

Characters and series

* '' Käytöskukka'' * '' Kössi Kenguru'' * '' Pat ja Mat'' * ''

Pelle Hermanni Pelle Hermanni (translates to Hermanni the Clown) is a Finnish children's TV show from 1978–1988 shown on Yle TV2 in the Pikku Kakkonen children's program. The show's main character is Pelle Hermanni, a clown who lives in his own trailer at a ...

'' from 1978 * '' Nalle Luppakorva'' from 1979 * '' Lohikäärme Justus'' * ''Taikuri Savinen'' * '' Karvakuonot'': Ransu, Eno-Elmeri and Riku, from 1978 * Timo Taikuri from 1979 * ''

Rölli Rölli (sometimes called Rollo in English language, English is a character from Finland, Finnish television portrayed by Allu Tuppurainen, Allan "Allu" Tuppurainen. The character originally appeared in segments on the children's TV show ''Pikku K ...

'' from 1986 * ''Ti-ti Nalle'' from 1989 * ''Taikuri Luttinen'' from 1995 * ''Runoja ja Rusinoita'' from 2017 * ''Reppu-Heppu ja Botti'' from 2021 Many of these have been spun off as separate TV shows, theatre

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s or

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s. Currently, Ti-Ti Nalle music videos no longer air on Yle TV2 or as part of Pikku Kakkonen; rather, they air on C More Juniori between programs.

External links

Official site
(in Finnish) *

References

{{reflist Finnish children's television series Yle original programming