It is filmed in live action and features a mix of actors in costume, stop motion, puppetry and CGI animation.

The characters include Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines, the Wottingers, the HaaHoos, the Ninky Nonk, the Pinky Ponk, the Ball and the Tittifers.

This started coming into place in 2004 when Davenport created sketches for the characters of Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka.

Hundreds of props would be built too: the majority were spherical flowers resembling pom-poms as well as several types of oversized oval-shaped stones.

Vector art for the show (e.g. the pictures of the characters and props on the gazebo and in the bedtime story) was all designed in Adobe Illustrator.

The constant usage of gigantic inflatable structures, hundreds of props, expensive chroma key, heavy costumes and radio controlled vehicles meant for an estimated amount of £145,000 per episode.

The scene then cuts to Igglepiggle in his boat, getting ready to travel to the Night Garden whilst the theme music plays.

Producer Anne Wood also states: "We became very aware of the anxiety surrounding the care of young children which manifested itself in all kinds of directions, but the one big subject that came up, again and again, was bedtime.

One parent petitioner was quoted by The Daily Telegraph commenting: "My four-year-old refused to believe it was bedtime because In the Night Garden... hadn't been on and it was daylight outside.

Several Region 2 DVDs have been released in the United Kingdom by BBC Worldwide (initially through BBC Children's DVD and then through 2 Entertain) from September 2007 to May 2012 and Abbey Home Media from 2014 to 2017: The Tombliboos’ Waving Game Everybody All Aboard the Ninky Nonk The Prettiest Flower Makka Pakka's Trumpet Makes a Funny Noise IgglePiggle's Blanket Walks About by Itself IgglePiggle’s Mucky Patch The Pinky Ponk Adventure Jumping for Everybody Upsy Daisy Kisses Everything!

(24 November 2008) includes "Hello Igglepiggle", "Hello Upsy Daisy", "Hello Makka Pakka" & "Hello Tombliboos" In the Night Garden... has books, DVDs, toys and magazines that have been marketed since 2007.

Wheeled toy licensee MV Sports & Leisure Limited produced a range of scooters and trikes.

In the spring of 2008, several new toys arrived, including roll-along characters, Talking Cuddly Makka Pakka, Ninky Nonk Pop-up tent and more.

The doll was originally released with a noticeably lighter complexion than seen in the television series, as it was based on the animated version of Upsy Daisy.

[15] In 2010, more new toys were released like the Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy set that contained a copy of the Series 2 episode The Pontipines' Picnic (2008) on DVD as well as an electronic Ninky Nonk (which made the actual sounds from the Show) and a Playmat that had: the Bridge, the Tombliboo Bush (with The Tombliboos and their beds), the Gazebo and the Pinky Ponk.