Beardy Bodo (Seasons 1–2)

Beardy Bodo (Бодо Бородо, 2020) is a Russian educational cartoon for kids you can watch online on iFILM. The hero is a hopeless teacher named Bodo: he can barely read or write himself and might place Australia at the North Pole, yet he's the one who sets out to teach children everything. Tucked inside his beard live the Morphs — tiny troublemakers who can turn into anything and obey their owner only about half the time.

Each season has its own subject. In the travel season the crew roams every corner of the planet, with a new country in every episode — its landmarks, its customs, and the practical side of going abroad, like why you need a visa or why foreign languages are worth learning. The second season turns to the Russian language: Bodo introduces the youngest viewers to letters and shows, through simple everyday examples, how they snap together into syllables and words.

Warm and free of lecturing, it suits preschoolers and early-school kids — lessons arrive through muddles and jokes instead of drills. Stream Beardy Bodo (2020) online on iFILM.