(calm music)
- Yay, it's time for my show.
Move over, Fino.
- Not so fast, mister.
My cartoon is still on.
- But my favorite show
is starting right now.
- I know, mine will soon be done.
Mine will end any minute from now.
Give me that.
- No way, it's my turn to watch.
- Bino, what is the matter with you?
(record screeching)
(flute playing)
(light guitar playing)
(laughing)
♪ B-I-N-O, Bino ♪
♪ F-I-N-O, Fino. ♪
♪ Fino, Fino ♪
♪ Are you ready, mama, papa, everybody ♪
♪ Come and learn with
Bino, Fino, everybody ♪
♪ Bino, Fino, let's have fun ♪
(light percussion)
- I'm bored.
- Me too.
Why did the power have
to go off during my show?
- Think, Bino, what do
we do, I'm bored here.
- I don't know.
We could...
we could...
let's see--
- We could ask daddy if he
could put on the generator.
Why didn't we think of that?
(panting)
Daddy, there you are.
Could you put on the
generator so that Bino and I
can watch the TV, please,
please, pretty please?
- I'm afraid that might not
be a good idea now, children.
- Why, daddy?
- Because we don't know
when power will be restored.
It might not be for a while.
And if we put on the generator now,
we might not have enough
fuel to use it later tonight.
- (groans) Daddy, why?
(flute playing)
- This is the most boring
day of my whole life.
(wind chimes playing)
- Hello.
- Zeena, yay!
- Why are you seated
like two lost puppies?
- Oh, we're having the most boring time.
- Really?
That's bad.
- There is no light to do anything, Zeena.
We can't watch TV, or
play any video games,
or listen to music on the radio.
- You're having a power cut?
Oh my, that must be dreadful.
- Yes, I wonder why everything
has to work with electricity.
Whenever there's a power
cut, nothing works.
- Well, I'm sure not everything
works with electricity
but many, many things do.
Do you think we could
mention all the things
that use electricity in our home?
- Oh yes, let's do that.
(upbeat music)
- [Everyone] Television.
Fan.
Oven.
Iron.
Toaster.
Kettle.
Hair dryer.
Computer.
- Bravo, Fino and Bino, well done.
- Where does all the
electricity comes from, Zeena?
- Well, all the electricity
we use in all our homes
comes from great, big power stations.
- Power stations?
- What's that, Zeena?
- That's where the
electricity is generated.
Now a very popular power station
is the one that uses water.
- But Zeena, how can water
be used to make electricity?
- Well, you are asking
about the wonderful world
of dams, rivers and turbines.
- Dams, rivers, and turbines?
- Yes, Bino and Fino.
It's called hydroelectricity.
Hydro means water.
- Hydroelectricity.
- Hydroelectricity.
- Our electricity is
produced at a special place
called a dam, using lots
of rushing, falling water.
Whoo!
(water splashing)
(laughing)
Hang on, I'll show you.
(light music)
This is the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
It is also called Mosi-oa-Tunya.
This means smoke that thunders.
- [Bino And Fino] Mosi-oa-Tunya.
- Right, a dam has lots
of rushing, falling water,
just like this.
Hang on, I'll show you.
(wind chimes playing)
I give you Kainji Dam!
A lot of the electricity used
in Nigeria comes from here.
- Wow, awesome.
- [Fino] Look at all that
water, it's making me dizzy.
- It's so big, Zeena!
- Oh yes!
Kainji Dam is one of the
longest dams in the whole world.
And this river is River Niger,
also one of the biggest rivers in Africa.
- Cool!
- Why don't we take a look
at where the electricity
really comes from?
Hang on tight.
(water running)
(electricity zapping)
(laughing)
That's called a turbine,
a powerful engine.
Can you guess what pushes
its blades around and around?
- I know, it's the water.
- Yes, The water makes the turbines roll.
- [Zeena] Exactly.
When the electricity is made here,
it is then loaded on to
really thick cable wires
called power lines.
They're like race tracks for
the electricity to run on.
- Run, run, run, all the way to our house.
- Hey, kids, I've got an idea.
How would you like to race
electricity all the way home?
- Wow, awesome.
- That will be crazy.
- Let's do it.
(wind chimes playing)
(cheerful music)
- Wow, that was super fast.
- (laughs) Yes, it was.
The next load of electricity
is coming down on any moment now.
Are you ready?
(electricity zapping)
Alright then, here we go!
(bell dinging)
(electronic chirping)
- We won, we won!
- That was amazing.
- Bino, Fino, power is back.
- Yay, yipee!
- Yay, yipee!
- Bye Zeena!
(bouncy music)
(children laughing)
