Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. Nina and the Neurons is a British television programme shown on the CBeebies channel, aimed at young children to help them understand basic science. At the end of each show, a song is sung, which changes from series to series depending on the theme of the series. The last three series, Get Sporty (2014), Go Digital (2014) and Get Building (2015) focus on sport, gadgets and building respectively.

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Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Nina explains that it is thought that the reason the body wriggles and pulls away from a tickle is because this feels like an insect is on the skin. Bud and Ollie are often chosen together by Nina due to the way taste, eating, smell and scent all work together. Felix and Luke got chosen together by Nina due to the way touch, feel, sight and looking all work together.In the programme, Nina drives either a pale blue 1970s Volkswagen Type 2 (Transporter) minibus or a New MINI, both bearing numberplates reading 'NINA', or rides a bicycle in the Go ECO!

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Afterwards, Nina takes the children out to find out more about the answer to the question, sometimes with the help of their friends and family.

Felix and Belle got chosen together by Nina due to the way touch, feel, hearing and sound all work together. He is green and also the oldest Neuron, speaks in a posh accent and is particular about his appearance. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads. The show is produced by Lucille McLaughlin, who has also produced the children's programmes Balamory, Me Too! Experimenters Breagh and Zoe visit Nina in her lab and find out that tickles are caused when something touches the skin very, very lightly.