Pikku Kakkonen

Pikku Kakkonen is an ongoing Finnish magazine-type children's TV show shown on Yle TV2. The first episode aired on 11 January 1977. It finished with a bedtime story read by the late Lasse Pöysti and an East German Sandman animation, setting the format for hundreds of later episodes. Currently the series airs twice a day on weekdays and once a day on weekends.

The Pikku Kakkonen show is recorded in Tampere, and its signature melodies have been made into mobile phone ringtones. On October 25, 1983, Pikku Kakkonen introduced a new logo that consists of a crescent moon, a flower, a teddybear, a doll, a ghost, a fish, and a bird which join together to form the number 2. Pikku Kakkonens intro animation was created 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 and has not changed since.
A variety of live-action and animated television series, both domestic and imported, air as part of Pikku Kakkonen. 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. Since 2005, it has a counterpart for older children called ' which also airs on Yle TV2. Galaxi broadcasts live-action and animated television series both from Finland and overseas, all in the Finnish language.
Pikku Kakkonen'' was awarded the Golden Venla in 2011 and 2012 as the "best children's TV show of the year".

WWW yle.fi/pikkukakkonen

Characters and series

Sandmännchen KäytöskukkaKössi KenguruPat ja MatPelle Hermanni from 1978Karvakuonot: Ransu, Eno-Elmeri and Riku, from 1978Nalle Luppakorva from 1979BarbapapaLohikäärme JustusTaikuri Savinen

Timo Taikuri from 1979Rölli from 1986Foxy FablesTi-ti Nalle from 1989MoominTaikuri Luttinen from 1995The Busy World of Richard Scarry Grimms' Fairy Tales from 1997-1999Urpo ja Turpo from 1998Elf ToljanderMaisy PinguRicky Rapper Noddy Postman Pat Caillou Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs Lunar Jim Floogals Peppa Pig My Friends Tigger & Pooh Roary the Racing Car SamSam Planet Cosmo Paw Patrol Kit and Kate Monster Math Squad Runoja ja Rusinoita from 2017Reppu-Heppu ja Botti from 2021Pikku Kakkosen iso peli from 2024

Many of these have been spun off as separate TV shows, theatre films or books. 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.