New Delhi,Frequently Asked Questions aka F.A.Q., Indias first curiosity-based show and POGOs tenth original production, is back with incredible new discoveries and science experiments, aimed at inspiring learning amongst kids in a fun and entertaining way.
Launching on POGO on Saturday, August 14 at 10:00 a.m, F.A.Q. Season II features whacky host Prateek and his robot assistant Crash as they continue to make learning an explorative and experimental journey. A welcome addition to the team is mechanical genius Dr. Kholkar. Armed with his toolkit, Dr. Kholkar is always on the lookout for gadgets such as pianos, bikes, robots and television sets to take apart. and discover whats inside. Learning about gadgets and machines was never so fun or so easy!
Krishna Desai, Director Programming, South Asia, Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. said, F.A.Q. is one of POGOs most challenging and dynamic original productions. Created specifically to encourage lateral thinking, spur kids curiosity and learning through exploring, F.A.Q is a perfect fit for POGOs vision as a channel for kids who dream bigger, think louder, play smarter and bounce higher. Season I was a huge hit, with Prateek and Crash making a complicated subject like Science fun with the help of exciting experiments and cool trivia. We are extremely excited about season II, especially with the new segment of Dr. Kholkar, aimed at channeling kids natural curiosity of taking apart gadgets to understand how they work. Kids will surely make friends with Dr. Kholkar, as easily as they did with Prateek and Crash.
Prateek Sethi will host the show along with Sorabh Pant, a popular stand-up comedian as Dr. Kholkar in F.A.Q. Season II. Each episode is full of mysterious yet scientific information focusing on explaining to kids the puzzling and complicated technicalities of Science. Season II episodes of F.A.Q. are packed with different segments as against a single half hour show, featuring a brand new slate of exciting experiments. Some of the highlights include showing kids how to create a soft drink dispenser that serves 8 at a time, how to develop future mode of transportation, a monowheel bike (Semi wheeled bike), make an amphicycle (a cycle one can ride on land and water) or create a gym equipment with a wooden stick, amongst other interesting things.
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About POGO Original Productions
Unafraid of experimenting and committed to offering specially created kids programming that is parent approved and safe - POGO Original productions has the largest bouquet of Indian original productions for kids with over 637 half hours of original content. POGO has created and produced ten hugely popular and totally different shows to date spanning across genres such as action animated series, a quiz series, a detective series, a family sitcom, an awards show, an arts show, a sketch comedy show and the latest being a curiosity show. These include, M.A.D (Music, Art and Dance); POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2004-2008; C.I.A (Cambala Investigation Agency); Galli Galli Sim Sim; Sunaina; Bam! Bam! Bam!...Gir Pade Hum; Its Alive; Hole in the Wall; POGO All Stars and F.A.Q.
POGO, a multi-genre channel created exclusively for kids in India, launched successfully by Turner on January 1, 2004 and is distributed by Zee Turner Ltd. POGO is available in over 24 million cable & satellite homes. Within a few months of its launch, POGO became the second most popular kids entertainment channel in India, after Cartoon Network and continues to maintain this position today.
www.pogo.tv is a hugely popular and highly interactive kids website with exciting features such as video-on-demand, blogs, message boards, gaming and mini-sites of popular shows on POGO. The website attracts over 123,633* unique visitors per month and each of them spend an average of 24 minutes on the website. (*Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst, April-June, 2010)
Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment products around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
