CBC is launching a completely different kind of news show next week — this one hosted by ants, who, like a certain famous CBC anchor, deliver the news standing up.

What’s Your News? debuts Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET in the commercial-free CBC Kids programming block. Aimed at two- to six-year-olds, the half-hour show will feature one major breaking story and one feature story, presented by a team of ants and an anteater. It is produced using a combination of live action, motion capture, CG and performed animation.

The show, a co-venture between TT Animation of the U.K. and Toronto’s Lenz Entertainment, will run weekdays after Super Why, creating a kid-friendly ‘Power Hour’ that the network says is aimed at helping youngsters develop early literacy skills.

Kim Wilson, head of children’s and youth programming at CBC, says the show has already won an international award, The Japan Prize, for educational programming.

‘This is an incredible achievement since preschool shows have rarely won the overall award, and this competition is global. It speaks to how incredibly this show celebrates news relevant to preschools in both an educational and entertaining way,’ she says.

From Media in Canada