The Virtual Llama

Pablo is a British-Irish children's television series that premiered on CBeebies on 2 October 2017 and created by Grainne McGuinness. The series follows the adventures of Pablo James, a five-year-old (later 8-year-old) autistic boy, and his imaginary anthropomorphized animal friends, the Book Animals, who go on adventures in Pablo's "Art World". It is a hybrid of live action sequences and 2D animation. The series features a voice cast and writing team, with many of them being autistic. It also broadcasts internationally, including on ABC Kids, Nat Geo Kids, CBC Kids, and S4C. On 11 October 2021 it was announced a third series was in development. This season will be reworked, with Pablo now eight years old and with a redesigned art style, and be for an older audience. On 1 April 2022, BBC Children's announced it had commissioned the third series, although in October 2024 it was refocused into a spin-off called Pablo: Next Level, which began airing on 7 September 2026 on CBBC.