Igam Ogam

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Igam Ogam
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Genre Animation
Preschool
Cartoon series
Created byAndrew Offiler
Directed byBen Halliwell
Voices ofBernard 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 originUnited Kingdom
Germany
Ireland (season 2)
Original languagesEnglish
Welsh
No. of series2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersRobin 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)
Producers
  • Robin Lyons (season 1)
  • Siobhán Ní Ghadhra (season 2)
Running time11 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)
Release4 May 2009 (2009-05-04) 
31 December 2013 (2013-12-31)

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')

Contents

Format

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.

Characters

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 264 May 2009 (2009-05-04)10 August 2009 (2009-08-10)
2 2616 September 2013 (2013-09-16)31 December 2013 (2013-12-31)

Season 1 (2009)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
11"Want it!"Ben HalliwellAnnie Smyth4 May 2009 (2009-05-04)N/A
22"That's Funny!"Ben HalliwellTiziana Vox5 May 2009 (2009-05-05)N/A
33"Where's my Doggie?"Ben HalliwellAnnie Smyth6 May 2009 (2009-05-06)N/A
44"I'm Not Igam Ogam, I'm Naughty."Ben HalliwellAnnie Smyth7 May 2009 (2009-05-07)N/A
55"Want It Back!"Ben HalliwellTea Orsi8 May 2009 (2009-05-08)N/A
66"Oops, It Broke"Ben Halliwell Eirlys Bellin and Sarah Govett11 May 2009 (2009-05-11)N/A
77"Boo!"Ben HalliwellGloria Thomas and Robin Hughes12 May 2009 (2009-05-12)N/A
88"Listen To Me!"Ben HalliwellHolly Lyons13 May 2009 (2009-05-13)N/A
99"Bath Time"Ben HalliwellSimon Rolph14 May 2009 (2009-05-14)N/A
1010"I'm Bouncing"Ben HalliwellNigel Crowle15 May 2009 (2009-05-15)N/A
1111"All Gone!"Ben HalliwellLes Brooksbank20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)N/A
1212"I'm Best!"Ben HalliwellSian Harries21 May 2009 (2009-05-21)N/A
1313"Again!"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons22 May 2009 (2009-05-22)N/A
1414"Want to Be Big!"Ben HalliwellTony Barnes7 June 2009 (2009-06-07)N/A
1515"Bless You!"Ben HalliwellSteve Sullivan8 June 2009 (2009-06-08)N/A
1616"Faster!"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons9 June 2009 (2009-06-09)N/A
1717"Catch!"Ben HalliwellMarie Davies10 June 2009 (2009-06-10)N/A
1818"My Turn!"Ben HalliwellJohn Sinclair13 June 2009 (2009-06-13)N/A
1919"Wasn't Me!"Ben HalliwellTony Barnes14 June 2009 (2009-06-14)N/A
2020"One, Two, Three"Ben HalliwellWayne Thomas15 June 2009 (2009-06-15)N/A
2121"Not Now!"Ben HalliwellNigel Crowle3 August 2009 (2009-08-03)N/A
2222"Too Hot!"Ben HalliwellEirlys Bellin and Sarah Govett4 August 2009 (2009-08-04)N/A
2323"Sorry!"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons5 August 2009 (2009-08-05)N/A
2424"Rain, Rain, Go Away!"Ben HalliwellSian Harries6 August 2009 (2009-08-06)N/A
2525"Are You Ticklish?"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler9 August 2009 (2009-08-09)N/A
2626"Tag!"Ben HalliwellCorbett Miteff10 August 2009 (2009-08-10)N/A

Season 2 (2013)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
271"Tell Me a Story"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)N/A
282"Shhhh!"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)N/A
293"Not Here"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler24 September 2013 (2013-09-24)N/A
304"Kiss It Better"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)N/A
315"Need a Wash"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)N/A
326"Wakey Shakey"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler28 September 2013 (2013-09-28)N/A
337"What's That?"Ben HalliwellAnne West1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)N/A
348"Where's It Gone?"Ben HalliwellAndrew Offiler and Ben Halliwell2 October 2013 (2013-10-02)N/A
359"Want to Sing?"Ben HalliwellAndrew Offiler and Robin Lyons4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)N/A
3610"Can I Play?"Ben HalliwellAnne West25 September 2013 (2013-09-25)N/A
3711"Can't Sleep"Ben HalliwellAndrew Offiler and Robin Lyons24 September 2013 (2013-09-24)N/A
3812"Good Boy"Ben HalliwellAnnie Smyth26 September 2013 (26 September 2013)N/A
3913"Is That Me?"Ben HalliwellEleonora Fornasari18 December 2013 (2013-12-18)N/A
4014"Not Mine"Ben HalliwellAnnie Smyth16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)N/A
4115"Do It"Ben HalliwellTea Orsi20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)N/A
4216"Guess"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler21 December 2013 (2013-12-21)N/A
4317"Don't Touch"Ben HalliwellAnnie Smyth24 December 2013 (2013-12-24)N/A
4418"I'm Busy"Ben HalliwellMarie Davies19 December 2013 (2013-12-19)N/A
4519"You Look Nice"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler14 December 2013 (2013-12-14)N/A
4620"Press the Button"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler17 December 2013 (2013-12-17)N/A
4721"Coming"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler26 December 2013 (2013-12-26)N/A
4822"Found It!"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)N/A
4923"Not Fair"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler27 December 2013 (2013-12-27)N/A
5024"Too Late"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler28 December 2013 (2013-12-28)N/A
5125"Smile"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)N/A
5226"Hic"Ben HalliwellRobin Lyons and Andrew Offiler31 December 2013 (2013-12-31)N/A

Production

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.

Release

Broadcast

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]

Home media and online viewing

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]

Adaptations

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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References

  1. "Igam Ogam 2". Archived from the original on 30 November 2013.
  2. "stop motion — Telegael". telegael.com.
  3. Press article in South Wales Argus about the casting
  4. Press release by Oriel Media about the new casting in season 2
  5. Article at Televisual about the production of the second season
  6. Article at TheJournal.ie about the production of the second season
  7. Article at C21 Media about the production of the second season
  8. Air date schedule and synopses on the Channel 5 website
  9. Series profile page at the KiKa website (in German)
  10. Series profile page at the Czech Television website (in Czech)
  11. Series profile page at the ABC Kids website
  12. Series profile page at the Zappelin website (in Dutch)
  13. The Welsh edition listing at the Cant a mil vintage store
  14. Amazon.co.uk listing
  15. Article about the DVD release at Licensing.biz
  16. Amazon.co.uk listing - part 1
  17. Amazon.co.uk listing - part 2
  18. Amazon.co.uk listing - part 3
  19. The Igam Ogam Show at Coreo Cymru (http://www.coreocymru.com)
  20. Article about the stage show at Wales Online
  21. An article about the stage show at the Wales blog of BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales)