Igam Ogam | |
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Genre | Animation Preschool Cartoon series |
Created by | Andrew Offiler |
Directed by | Ben Halliwell |
Voices of | Bernard Latham Tony Leader Ruth Jones Ali Curries (season 1) Sian Bradbury (season 1) Ruby Llewelyn (season 2) Hallie Green (season 2) Sean Clancy (season 2) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom Germany Ireland (season 2) |
Original languages | English Welsh |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Robin Lyons Arne Lohmann Siân Eirian (season 1) Nick Wilson (season 1) Paul Cummins (season 2) Sioned Roberts (season 2) Jessica Symons (season 2) Jutta Traver (season 2) |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Production companies | Calon ZDF Enterprises Soundworks (season 1) [1] Wales Creative IP Fund (season 1) Telegael (season 2) [2] |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 5 and S4C (United Kingdom) ZDF (Germany) |
Release | 4 May 2009 – 31 December 2013 |
Igam Ogam is a pre-school stop motion animated television series created by Andrew Offiler on by product calon. ('igam-ogam' is the Welsh language equivalent for the English language word 'zig-zag')
The series takes place on a "higgledy-piggledy" prehistoric planet and follows the antics of a little mischievous cave girl called Igam Ogam and her friends, who's more curious than a Curiosaurus is back in a brand-new series of prehistoric adventures with her friends Roly the monkey, you can't stop evolution and now there are new creatures on Igam Ogam's topsy-turvy planet.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Want it!" | Ben Halliwell | Annie Smyth | 4 May 2009 | N/A |
2 | 2 | "That's Funny!" | Ben Halliwell | Tiziana Vox | 5 May 2009 | N/A |
3 | 3 | "Where's my Doggie?" | Ben Halliwell | Annie Smyth | 6 May 2009 | N/A |
4 | 4 | "I'm Not Igam Ogam, I'm Naughty." | Ben Halliwell | Annie Smyth | 7 May 2009 | N/A |
5 | 5 | "Want It Back!" | Ben Halliwell | Tea Orsi | 8 May 2009 | N/A |
6 | 6 | "Oops, It Broke" | Ben Halliwell | Eirlys Bellin and Sarah Govett | 11 May 2009 | N/A |
7 | 7 | "Boo!" | Ben Halliwell | Gloria Thomas and Robin Hughes | 12 May 2009 | N/A |
8 | 8 | "Listen To Me!" | Ben Halliwell | Holly Lyons | 13 May 2009 | N/A |
9 | 9 | "Bath Time" | Ben Halliwell | Simon Rolph | 14 May 2009 | N/A |
10 | 10 | "I'm Bouncing" | Ben Halliwell | Nigel Crowle | 15 May 2009 | N/A |
11 | 11 | "All Gone!" | Ben Halliwell | Les Brooksbank | 20 May 2009 | N/A |
12 | 12 | "I'm Best!" | Ben Halliwell | Sian Harries | 21 May 2009 | N/A |
13 | 13 | "Again!" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons | 22 May 2009 | N/A |
14 | 14 | "Want to Be Big!" | Ben Halliwell | Tony Barnes | 7 June 2009 | N/A |
15 | 15 | "Bless You!" | Ben Halliwell | Steve Sullivan | 8 June 2009 | N/A |
16 | 16 | "Faster!" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons | 9 June 2009 | N/A |
17 | 17 | "Catch!" | Ben Halliwell | Marie Davies | 10 June 2009 | N/A |
18 | 18 | "My Turn!" | Ben Halliwell | John Sinclair | 13 June 2009 | N/A |
19 | 19 | "Wasn't Me!" | Ben Halliwell | Tony Barnes | 14 June 2009 | N/A |
20 | 20 | "One, Two, Three" | Ben Halliwell | Wayne Thomas | 15 June 2009 | N/A |
21 | 21 | "Not Now!" | Ben Halliwell | Nigel Crowle | 3 August 2009 | N/A |
22 | 22 | "Too Hot!" | Ben Halliwell | Eirlys Bellin and Sarah Govett | 4 August 2009 | N/A |
23 | 23 | "Sorry!" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons | 5 August 2009 | N/A |
24 | 24 | "Rain, Rain, Go Away!" | Ben Halliwell | Sian Harries | 6 August 2009 | N/A |
25 | 25 | "Are You Ticklish?" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 9 August 2009 | N/A |
26 | 26 | "Tag!" | Ben Halliwell | Corbett Miteff | 10 August 2009 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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27 | 1 | "Tell Me a Story" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 20 September 2013 | N/A |
28 | 2 | "Shhhh!" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 23 September 2013 | N/A |
29 | 3 | "Not Here" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 24 September 2013 | N/A |
30 | 4 | "Kiss It Better" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 20 September 2013 | N/A |
31 | 5 | "Need a Wash" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 27 September 2013 | N/A |
32 | 6 | "Wakey Shakey" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 28 September 2013 | N/A |
33 | 7 | "What's That?" | Ben Halliwell | Anne West | 1 October 2013 | N/A |
34 | 8 | "Where's It Gone?" | Ben Halliwell | Andrew Offiler and Ben Halliwell | 2 October 2013 | N/A |
35 | 9 | "Want to Sing?" | Ben Halliwell | Andrew Offiler and Robin Lyons | 4 October 2013 | N/A |
36 | 10 | "Can I Play?" | Ben Halliwell | Anne West | 25 September 2013 | N/A |
37 | 11 | "Can't Sleep" | Ben Halliwell | Andrew Offiler and Robin Lyons | 24 September 2013 | N/A |
38 | 12 | "Good Boy" | Ben Halliwell | Annie Smyth | 26 September 2013 | N/A |
39 | 13 | "Is That Me?" | Ben Halliwell | Eleonora Fornasari | 18 December 2013 | N/A |
40 | 14 | "Not Mine" | Ben Halliwell | Annie Smyth | 16 September 2013 | N/A |
41 | 15 | "Do It" | Ben Halliwell | Tea Orsi | 20 December 2013 | N/A |
42 | 16 | "Guess" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 21 December 2013 | N/A |
43 | 17 | "Don't Touch" | Ben Halliwell | Annie Smyth | 24 December 2013 | N/A |
44 | 18 | "I'm Busy" | Ben Halliwell | Marie Davies | 19 December 2013 | N/A |
45 | 19 | "You Look Nice" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 14 December 2013 | N/A |
46 | 20 | "Press the Button" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 17 December 2013 | N/A |
47 | 21 | "Coming" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 26 December 2013 | N/A |
48 | 22 | "Found It!" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 25 December 2013 | N/A |
49 | 23 | "Not Fair" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 27 December 2013 | N/A |
50 | 24 | "Too Late" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 28 December 2013 | N/A |
51 | 25 | "Smile" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 30 December 2013 | N/A |
52 | 26 | "Hic" | Ben Halliwell | Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler | 31 December 2013 | N/A |
The series is produced by Welsh company Calon and German company ZDF Enterprises for Five and S4C. For the first season, BBC Alba, Soundworks and Wales Creative IP Fund joined as co-producers. For the second season, Irish company Telegael Teoranta joined as a co-production company. [5] [6] [7] The main creative team and voice talent have stayed the same throughout the seasons. However, the two parts voiced by children such as Igam Ogam and Roly were recast.
The first season aired on Channel 5 in their kids block Milkshake! from May till April 2010 and the second season got its first run from 31 October 2006 until December 2013 on the same channel. [8]
The series was also broadcast on Knowledge Kids and BBC Kids (Canada), KiKa (Germany), [9] ČT :D (Czech Republic), [10] ABC Kids (Australia) [11] and NPO Zappelin (Netherlands). [12]
8 episodes from the first season were made available on a DVD self-released by Calon, available in separate Welsh and English editions. [13] On 14 April 2014 the first 13 episodes of the first season were given an official retail DVD release in United Kingdom through Signature Entertainment. [14] [15]
Season 1 is available on Amazon Instant Video in United Kingdom. [16] [17] [18]
Calon released two picture books, Where's My Doggie? and I'm Not Igam Ogam, covering the specific episodes.
The Welsh creative dance company Coreo Cymru and the Wales Millennium Centre in association with Calon have produced a live dance and acrobatics stage show called The Igam Ogam Show (Sioe Igam Ogam in Welsh language), which toured several Welsh cities in summer 2013. [19] [20] The show was created by Carole Blade. [21]
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