Dvizhon Studios Launches With Sex Education Series ‘The First Time’ A Featuring Puppet Presenter, Ukraine War Veteran & Social Media Star Tumazar
Ukrainian showrunner Yuri Dvizhon has launched Dvizhon Studios, a new London-based production house, debuting with a celebrity-led sex education series called The First Time. The five-part show has premiered on Eastern European streamer Megogo, blending entertainment with sex education content aimed at fostering open conversations about relationships and self-acceptance, and marks a notable example of Ukrainian creative production continuing despite the ongoing war.
The series features Ukrainian war veteran and amputee Oleksandr Teren, alongside social media star TUMAZAR as co-host, with a puppet character named Niko (created by studio Talk to the Hand and voiced by Anna Lev, the official Ukrainian voice of Bart Simpson) posing candid questions. Filmed at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine over 36 months across London and Kyiv, the project was developed with the Olena Pinchuk Foundation and support from Aspinal of London, with Dvizhon noting production continued through blackouts and Russian missile and drone attacks.
In short
- Dvizhon Studios launches with sex education series The First Time on Megogo
- Show features a puppet host, a war veteran and TUMAZAR
- Made in Kyiv and London despite Russian attacks, over 36 months
Explained simply
Ukrainian showrunner Yuri Dvizhon has set up a new London-based production company, Dvizhon Studios, and its first release is a five-part sex education programme called The First Time. The show has premiered on Megogo, a streaming service popular in Eastern Europe, and aims to encourage open discussion about relationships and self-acceptance rather than treat the subject as taboo.
The programme is fronted by Oleksandr Teren, a Ukrainian war veteran and amputee, alongside social media personality TUMAZAR, with a puppet character called Niko asking frank questions on air. It was filmed partly at a national library in Kyiv and partly in London, and involved a Ukrainian charitable foundation as well as a UK luxury goods brand as supporters.
The wider significance is that the series was made while Ukraine remains at war with Russia, with production reportedly continuing despite power cuts and attacks on the country. It is being presented as an example of Ukrainian creative and cultural work carrying on under wartime conditions.
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