June 24, 2024 - For the collaboration that we didn’t know we needed, Grammy-nominated band IDLES have given Hey Duggee’s The Stick Song! a guitar-based makeover.

IDLES version of the hit song comes days before their headline Glastonbury appearance and is released to coincide with a brand new episode of Hey Duggee called The Carrot Badge.

One of CBeebies most popular titles for kids and families, the new Hey Duggee episode kicks off Series 5 and premieres on 28 June. The Carrot Badge episode pays homage to the summer solstice and UK music festivals and airs just in time for Glastonbury. It features the Rabbits busy preparing for the Carrot Solstice, the day when the sun is at its highest and they gather round Carrot Henge to celebrate the glory of this humble vegetable.

IDLES involvement makes it their second appearance on CBeebies in recent months after lead singer Joe Talbot read Under the Love Umbrella as a CBeebies Bedtime Story.

IDLES Glastonbury Other Stage headline set will be broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 28 June, with a pre-show interview on BBC Radio 6 Music with Huw Stephens. This is part of the BBC’s exclusive coverage of Glastonbury Festival across TV, BBC iPlayer, Radio and BBC Sounds from Wednesday 26 – Sunday 30 June.

A video combining footage of IDLES and Hey Duggee is available on BBC iPlayer here

The Carrot Badge is the first of 20 brand new episodes from the 5th Series of this much-loved show, produced by Studio AKA with BBC Studios Kids & Family and CBeebies, timed to coincide with the festival season. Further Series 5 episodes will premiere on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer later this year.

Created by Grant Orchard, Hey Duggee is packed full of fun adventures, imagination, gentle humour and learning through doing. The series is narrated by comedian and presenter, Alexander Armstrong, and the episode also features voices performed by Sander Jones, Lucy Montgomery and Adam Longworth.

Since launching in 2014, Hey Duggee has become a seven-time BAFTA and international Emmy award-winning hit. Since its debut, the series has been streamed 1.36 billion times on BBC iPlayer and has garnered over 3 billion lifetime views on its official YouTube channel.