HaBigbagim (Hebrew: הביגבגים, English: The Big Bug Show) is an Israeli educational television program for preschoolers, which aired on the Israeli children's channel Arutz HaYeladim between 1998 and 2000.
The big bugs are five puppet insects who broadcast in a self-made TV station.
The names of the characters based by jazz musicians like: Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie), Louis (Louis Armstrong), Ella (Ella Fitzgerald), Billie (Billie Holiday) and Chick (Chick Corea).
The first markets were the United Kingdom (CITV, to counter Teletubbies, with episodes adjusted to twenty minutes; starting 30 October 1999) and Singapore (Television Corporation of Singapore), followed by RTP2 in Portugal and a Televisa-owned channel in Mexico.
[2] After its first run, Mediacorp moved the English-language children's output to Kids Central from 30 January 2000.