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a popular and admired television programme for young children, made in the US and also shown in the UK. It teaches children about numbers, letters etc in an amusing way, and it also deals with social questions such as ↑ racism and attitudes to people who are ↑ disabled . The characters who appear in the programme include Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, and the Cookie Monster.