Iconicles

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Iconicles
Genre Pre-school
Created by
Based onAn original idea by Lois Lee and Eric Radomski
Directed by
  • Richard Bradley (Live-Action)
  • Dino Athanassiou (CGI)
  • Sam Cundall (2D)
Starring Gavin Stenhouse
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • John Greswell
  • Christopher Taylor
Opening themeIconicles Theme
Ending themeIconicles Theme (Instrumental)
ComposerLester Barnes
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • For Iconicles Ltd.
  • Vanessa Chapman
  • Lucy Murphy
  • Christopher Keenan
  • For CBeebies
  • Kay Benbow
  • Jackie Edwards
Producers
  • Alan Dewhurst (Series)
  • Aron Evans (Animation)
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
  • Create Media Ventures (Iconicles Ltd.)
  • phuuz entertainment
  • Foothill Entertainment
  • Dinamo Productions
Original release
Network CBeebies
Release8 August (2011-08-08) [1]  
10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)

Iconicles is a live-action/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. The series uses a cross between live-action, flash animation, and CGI animation. [2]

Contents

Plot

The series tells of a man 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 sea, a jungle, and a forest. 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

The most prominent Iconicles:

Development

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

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

No.TitleBroadcastIconiclesLocationProd. Code
1Mungo's Tummy Trouble!5 September 2011Splish and SplashThe Wild Wild Wilderness108
2The Surprise6 September 2011RumpleThe Water's Edge106
3Dapper's Muddy Dilemma!7 September 2011Splish and SplashDown on the Farm113
4Zee Can Fix It!8 September 2011SkitterThe Wild Wild Wilderness122
5Lost and Found9 September 2011RumpleAround the Garden123
6Four Wonders12 September 2011Miss MooThe Wild Wild Wilderness107
7Dive, Dive, Dive13 September 2011SkitterThe Water's Edge105
8The Pom Pom Tree14 September 2011Splish and SplashThe Wild Wild Wilderness109
9My Ball, Your Ball15 September 2011Miss MooThe Water's Edge101
10Missing You16 September 2011SkitterThe Water's Edge126
11Puddle Muddle19 September 2011RumpleDown on the Farm119
12Sleepover Showdown!20 September 2011SkitterThe Wild Wild Wilderness102
13Strictly Barn Yard21 September 2011Splish and SplashDown on the Farm111
14If A Job's Worth Doing22 September 2011SkitterThe Water's Edge103
15When It Comes To The Crunch23 September 2011SkitterThe Wild Wild Wilderness115
16Whale Song Wrong26 September 2011Miss MooThe Water's Edge104
17King For A Day27 September 2011RumpleAround the Garden116
18Dapper Duck Messes Up!28 September 2011RumpleDown on the Farm114
19Scotty's Bedtime Routine29 September 2011Miss MooThe Water's Edge124
20Show Time30 September 2011Splish and SplashAround the Garden112
21The Whoo Wack3 October 2011Splish and SplashDown on the Farm120
22You and Me4 October 2011SkitterDown on the Farm121
23Don't Look Now!5 October 2011Miss MooAround the Garden118
24Elvis Has Left the Farmyard6 October 2011Splish and SplashDown on the Farm110
25Shelly's Boot Camp7 October 2011RumpleAround the Garden125
26Snow Time10 October 2011Miss MooAround the Garden117

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References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9s/2011/08/08
  2. 1 2 "About the Show | Iconicles".
  3. 1 2 "Meet the Iconicles | Iconicles".
  4. "Foothill hot foots it to Mipcom JNR".
  5. "Foothill ventures into development deal".
  6. "BBC Children's greenlights animal variety show".
  7. "BBC - Press Office - CBBC/CBeebies Winter/Spring 2009 press pack: CBeebies programmes G-M".
  8. "Beyond finalises Iconicles acquisition". C21Media.
  9. "Create & phuuz Ready to Deliver 'Iconicles'". 16 May 2011.
  10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9s/2011/08/08
  11. "Iconicles sold across North and Latin America".