Iconicles

Iconicles
Genre	Pre-school
Created by	Lois Lee Eric Radomski
Based on	An 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	Sam Lewis Ellie Jayne Howick Tim Dann Helen Lederer Toby Williams
Theme music composer	John Greswell Christopher Taylor
Opening theme	Iconicles Theme
Ending theme	Iconicles Theme (Instrumental)
Composer	Lester Barnes
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
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 time	25 minutes
Production companies	Create Media Ventures (Iconicles Ltd.) phuuz entertainment Foothill Entertainment Dinamo Productions
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	8 August (2011-08-08) [1]  – 10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)

Iconicles is a British 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

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 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:

• 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): a blue and orange two 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

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.	Title	Written by	Broadcast	Iconicles	Location
1	Mungo's Tummy Trouble	Chris Parker Samantha Hill	8 August 2011	Splish and Splash	The Wild Wild Wilderness
2	The Surprise	Carol Noble Peter Hynes	9 August 2011	Rumple	The Water's Edge
3	Dapper's Muddy Dilemma	Simon A. Brown Denise Cassar	10 August 2011	Splish and Splash	Down on the Farm
4	Zee Can Fix It	Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway	11 August 2011	Skitter	The Wild Wild Wilderness
5	Lost and Found	Chris Trengrove Mark Holloway	12 August 2011	Rumple	Around the Garden
6	The Four Wonders	Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway	15 August 2011	Miss Moo	The Wild Wild Wilderness
7	Dive, Dive, Dive	Carol Noble Keith Brumpton	16 August 2011	Skitter	The Water's Edge
8	The Pom Pom Tree	Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway	17 August 2011	Splish and Splash	The Wild Wild Wilderness
9	My Ball Your Ball	Carol Noble Siwan Jobbins	18 August 2011	Miss Moo	The Water's Edge
10	Missing You	Adrian Mead David Richard Fox	19 August 2011	Skitter	The Water's Edge
11	Puddle Muddle	Chris Trengrove Carol Noble	22 August 2011	Rumple	Down on the Farm
12	Sleepover Showdown	Simon A. Brown	23 August 2011	Skitter	The Wild Wild Wilderness
13	Strictly Barnyard	Chris Parker Denise Cassar	24 August 2011	Splish and Splash	Down on the Farm
14	If A Job's Worth Doing	Simon A. Brown Jimmy Hibbert	25 August 2011	Skitter	The Water's Edge
15	When It Comes To The Crunch	Simon A. Brown Mark Holloway	26 August 2011	Skitter	The Wild Wild Wilderness
16	Whale Song Wrong	Simon A. Brown Samantha Hill	29 August 2011	Miss Moo	The Water's Edge
17	King For A Day	Keith Brumpton	30 August 2011	Rumple	Around the Garden
18	Dapper Duck Messes Up	Adrian Mead Samantha Hill	31 August 2011	Rumple	Down on the Farm
19	Scotty's Bedtime Routine	Adrian Mead Samantha Hill	1 September 2011	Miss Moo	The Water's Edge
20	Showtime	Peter Hynes James Mason	2 September 2011	Splish and Splash	Around the Garden
21	The Whoo Whack	Simon A. Brown Carol Noble	3 October 2011	Splish and Splash	Down on the Farm
22	You And Me	Adrian Mead Peter Hynes	4 October 2011	Skitter	Down on the Farm
23	Don't Look Now	Denise Cassar Mark Holloway	5 October 2011	Miss Moo	Around the Garden
24	Elvis Has Left The Farmyard	Keith Brumpton David Richard Fox	6 October 2011	Splish and Splash	Down on the Farm
25	Shelly's Bootcamp	Simon A. Brown Samantha Hill	7 October 2011	Rumple	Around the Garden
26	Snow Time	Simon A. Brown Keith Brumpton	10 October 2011	Miss Moo	Around the Garden

References

1. "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011".
2. "About the Show | Iconicles".
3. "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. "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011".
11. "Iconicles sold across North and Latin America".