Iconicles
Iconicles is a British-American live-action, flash and CGI animated television series for pre-schoolers. The series is a British-American co-production between Create Media Ventures (as "Iconicles Limited") and phuuz entertainment, in association with Foothill Entertainment and Dinamo Productions.
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| Genre | Pre-school |
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| Based on | An original idea by Lois Lee and Eric Radomski |
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| Starring | Gavin Stenhouse |
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| Opening theme | Iconicles Theme |
| Ending theme | Iconicles Theme (Instrumental) |
| Composer | Lester Barnes |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Network | CBeebies |
| Release | 8 August[1] – 10 October 2011 |
Iconicles is a British-American live-action, flash and CGI animated television series for pre-schoolers. The series is a British-American co-production between Create Media Ventures (as "Iconicles Limited") and phuuz entertainment, in association with Foothill Entertainment and Dinamo Productions.[2]
Plot
[edit]The series tells of a guy named Nat (Gavin Stenhouse) who invents an amazing display, the Iconi-Screen, that allows him to communicate with animated animals in various settings, such as a farm, the arctic, a jungle, and a garden. The animals are called "Iconicles". In every episode, Nat has a problem and is helped to solve it by an Iconicle, who jumps out of the Iconi-Screen to enter the real world and interact with Nat. At some point in every episode, there is a game with questions and answers based on what happened with some of the Iconicles.[2][3]
Characters
[edit]The most prominent Iconicles:
- Rumple (voiced by Toby Williams): a purple grumpy rhino who has a big heart for other Iconicles. He lives in the Wild Wilderness.
- Miss Moo (voiced by Helen Lederer): a green cow who has strict rules to keep everything tidy yet is very humble. She lives down on the farm.
- Splish and Splash (voiced by Sam Lewis and Ellie Jayne Howick): two blue and orange twin polar bear cubs who are curious and always want to have a lot of fun. They live in the Water's Edge.
- Skitter (voiced by Tim Dann): a red friendly squirrel who loves to collect acorns. He lives around the garden. [3]
Development
[edit]The show's development began as early as September 2005,[4] and was announced to be in production by March 2006. when Foothill and Create Media Ventures announced development deals with Phuuz Entertainment for the production of the series.[5]
In April 2007, CBeebies announced they had greenlit the series with plans for it to broadcast within a Fall 2008 delivery window. BBC Worldwide were also once involved in the production of the series.[6]
The series never got past this window, and more information about the show was announced by CBeebies on 25 November 2008, with the intention of the series being broadcast within the 2009 schedule.[7] Once again, the series never aired during this window.
In March 2010, Beyond Distribution acquired distribution rights to the series.[8]
In May 2011, production of the series was announced to be almost complete.[9] The series would premiere on CBeebies on 8 August 2011.[10]
Broadcast
[edit]On 23 February 2012, Discovery Kids, TVOntario and Discovery Familia acquired the Latin American, Canadian and Hispanic American broadcast rights to the series.[11]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Broadcast | Iconicles | Location | Prod. Code |
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| 1 | Mungo's Tummy Trouble | Chris Parker Samantha Hill |
August 8, 2011 | Splish and Splash | The Wild Wilderness | 101 |
| 2 | The Surprise | Carol Noble Peter Hynes |
August 9, 2011 | Rumple | The Water's Edge | 102 |
| 3 | Dapper's Muddy Dilemma | Simon A. Brown Denise Cassar |
August 10, 2011 | Splish and Splash | Down on the Farm | 103 |
| 4 | Zee Can Fix It | Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway |
August 11, 2011 | Skitter | The Wild Wilderness | 104 |
| 5 | Lost and Found | Chris Trengrove Mark Holloway |
August 12, 2011 | Rumple | Around the Garden | 105 |
| 6 | The Four Wonders | Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway |
August 15, 2011 | Miss Moo | The Wild Wilderness | 106 |
| 7 | Dive, Dive, Dive | Carol Noble Keith Brumpton |
August 16, 2011 | Skitter | The Water's Edge | 107 |
| 8 | The Pom Pom Tree | Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway |
August 17, 2011 | Splish and Splash | The Wild Wilderness | 108 |
| 9 | My Ball Your Ball | Carol Noble Siwan Jobbins |
August 18, 2011 | Miss Moo | The Water's Edge | 109 |
| 10 | Missing You | Adrian Mead David Richard Fox |
August 19, 2011 | Skitter | The Water's Edge | 110 |
| 11 | Puddle Muddle | Chris Trengrove Carol Noble |
August 22, 2011 | Rumple | Down on the Farm | 111 |
| 12 | Sleepover Showdown | Simon A. Brown | August 23, 2011 | Skitter | The Wild Wilderness | 112 |
| 13 | Strictly Barn Yard | Chris Parker Denise Cassar |
August 24, 2011 | Splish and Splash | Down on the Farm | 113 |
| 14 | If A Job's Worth Doing | Simon A. Brown Jimmy Hibbert |
August 25, 2011 | Skitter | The Water's Edge | 114 |
| 15 | When It Comes To The Crunch | Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway |
August 26, 2011 | Skitter | The Wild Wilderness | 115 |
| 16 | Whale Song Wrong | Simon A. Brown Samantha Hill |
August 29, 2011 | Miss Moo | The Water's Edge | 116 |
| 17 | King For A Day | Keith Brumpton | August 30, 2011 | Rumple | Around the Garden | 117 |
| 18 | Dapper Duck Messes Up | Adrian Mead Samantha Hill |
August 31, 2011 | Rumple | Down on the Farm | 118 |
| 19 | Scotty's Bedtime Routine | Adrian Mead Samantha Hill |
September 1, 2011 | Miss Moo | The Water's Edge | 119 |
| 20 | Show Time | Peter Hynes James Mason |
September 2, 2011 | Splish and Splash | Around the Garden | 120 |
| 21 | The Whoo Wack | Simon A. Brown Carol Noble |
October 3, 2011 | Splish and Splash | Down on the Farm | 121 |
| 22 | You And Me | Adrian Mead Peter Hynes |
October 4, 2011 | Skitter | Down on the Farm | 122 |
| 23 | Don't Look Now | Denise Cassar Mark Holloway |
October 5, 2011 | Miss Moo | Around the Garden | 123 |
| 24 | Elvis Has Left The Barnyard | Keith Brumpton David Richard Fox |
October 6, 2011 | Splish and Splash | Down on the Farm | 124 |
| 25 | Shelly's Boot Camp | Simon A. Brown Samantha Hill |
October 7, 2011 | Rumple | Around the Garden | 125 |
| 26 | Snow Time | Simon A. Brown Keith Brumpton |
October 10, 2011 | Miss Moo | Around the Garden | 126 |
References
[edit]- ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011".
- ^ a b "About the Show | Iconicles".
- ^ a b "Meet the Iconicles | Iconicles".
- ^ "Foothill hot foots it to Mipcom JNR".
- ^ "Foothill ventures into development deal".
- ^ "BBC Children's greenlights animal variety show".
- ^ "BBC - Press Office - CBBC/CBeebies Winter/Spring 2009 press pack: CBeebies programmes G-M".
- ^ "Beyond finalises Iconicles acquisition". C21Media.
- ^ "Create & phuuz Ready to Deliver 'Iconicles'". 16 May 2011.
- ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011".
- ^ "Iconicles sold across North and Latin America".