Gasp! (TV series)

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Gasp!
Based onGasp!
by Terry Denton
Country of originAustralia
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Original release
Release2010 (2010) –
2011 (2011)

Gasp! (French : Haleter!) An Australian animated television series based on the book of the same name written and illustrated by Terry Denton. [1]

Contents

The adaptation was produced by SLR Productions and Screen Australia for ABC Television and Nine Entertainment, distributed by MoonScoop, Directed by Steve Moltzen, animated with Flash by Agogo Media and ran on ABC3 and the Nine Network from 2010. The series nominated for the International Animation Film Festival Of Annecy for Official Selection TV Series [2] and the ACCTA Awards for Best Children's TV Series in 2011 and the APRA Screen Music Awards for Best Music for Children's Television for Gasp! in 2012.

Plot

The series follows the zany antics of a goldfish and his family-pet "cousins" left home alone when Mum, Dad, and their two kids, Ginger and her little brother Fred, have gone off to work, school or play.

Characters

Episodes

  1. "Something's Fishy" (2010)
  2. "And the Weiner Is" (2010)
  3. "The Cat In The Flap" (2010)
  4. "My Pet Rocks" (2010)
  5. "Fish Stick" (2010)
  6. "Let's Get Fishical" (2010)
  7. "Treasure Hunt" (2010)
  8. "Home and Host" (2010)
  9. "Beetles In the Mail" (2010)
  10. "Amnesia" (2010)
  11. ”Alien Trash" (2010)
  12. "Gaspy Burpday" (2010)
  13. "Snug as a Bug" (2010)
  14. "Lucky Guppy" (2010)
  15. "Egg Sitters" (2010)
  16. "Hake Couture" (2010)
  17. "Tadpole Trouble" (2010)
  18. "Pets for Pets" (2010)
  19. "Wolf Fish" (2010)
  20. "Mouse Fishin'" (2010)
  21. "Pond Scummin' (2010)
  22. "Carp of Darkness" (2010)
  23. "My Little Carpcake" (2010)
  24. "Fish Out of Water" (2010)
  25. "Robodog" (2010)
  26. "Spray Day" (2010)
  27. "Betta Watch Out" (2011)
  28. "Snakes Alive" (2011)
  29. "Ask Gasp" (2011)
  30. "Frankenkitty" (2011)
  31. "For the Love of Dog" (2011)
  32. "Gasp Down Under" (2011)
  33. "Hair of the Fish" (2011)
  34. "Vactastic Voyage" (2011)
  35. "Funny Fish" (2011)
  36. "Fish Tales" (2011)
  37. "Beware of Carp" (2011)
  38. "Thermostat Wars" (2011)
  39. "Sick Day" (2011)
  40. "School Of Fish" (2011)
  41. "Puppy Love" (2011)
  42. "All the Glory" (2011)
  43. "To Catch a Fish" (2011)
  44. "Pry Fishy" (2011)
  45. "Loch Jaws" (2011)
  46. "Hollywood Hamster" (2011)
  47. "It's a Pet's Life" (2011)
  48. "Carp Crusader" (2011)
  49. "Help a Spider" (2011)
  50. "Pet Games" (2011)

Broadcast

The series premiered on ABC3 on 9 August 2011[ contradictory ] [3] [4] in Australia and ran from 2010 to 2011 (and has been put back on ABC3's schedule weekdays from 2015 to 2016 [5] ), Canal+ Family in France and on Nine Network's schedule on 26 February in the same year. [6]

Gasp! was broadcast on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand (in both English and Māori), Kabillion in the United States, Pop in the UK and Disney Channel in Latin America.

The series is streaming in Australia on ABC's own ABC iview [7] and on Kidoodle TV and Sensical TV.

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References

  1. ↑ Terry, Denton (24 March 2021). "Gasp" . Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "GASP! Nominated for Award". licenseglobal.com. 6 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Children's animated comedy GASP! to make splash on ABC3". if.com.au . 1 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2023. The fin-slapping animated fish comedy series GASP! is set to make a splash on ABC3 – weekdays at 4.50pm starting Tuesday August 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (4 August 2011). "Airdate: Gasp!". TV Tonight . Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ SLR Productions (March 8, 2015). "Loved Gasp! It's back on #ABC3. We love Gasp and his funny friends Dogbox, Catflap and Beetleneck. Tune in weekdays at 9:20am!". facebook.com.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (14 February 2011). "Airdate: Gasp!". TV Tonight . Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gasp!". ABC iview . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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