Quick Summary
Holly brings a container of frogspawn back to her home, planning to look after the eggs. She leaves them overnight, expecting them to remain unchanged. At dawn she is shocked to discover the frogspawn has already transformed into a group of wriggling tadpoles.
About This Program ✦
Tadpoles is a programme classified as an episode‑type offering. It falls within the broader genre of television episodes and carries the simple title that hints at its focus on early amphibian life. The central narrative follows a character called Holly. She collects a batch of frogspawn and brings it home with the intention of looking after it. By the time she wakes the next morning, she discovers that the spawn has developed into tiny tadpoles, a change that leaves her visibly shocked. The episode presents this unexpected transformation as the key event, highlighting Holly’s surprise at the rapid progress of the eggs she was tending. Her reaction underscores the suddenness of nature’s cycles, as the once‑still frogspawn has already begun the next stage of its life. Overall, the story is confined to Holly’s brief experience of caring for the frogspawn and her astonishment at finding it turned into tadpoles by dawn. No further characters or sub‑plots are introduced, keeping the focus squarely on this single, striking moment.
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom broadcasts on Nick Jr. Too at 4:45pm, Friday, 13 February 2026. (Subtitles)


