Kazoops!

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Kazoops!
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Genre Preschool
Comedy
Created byDarren Price
Anthony Aston
Patrick Egerton
StarringReece Pockney
Scott Langley
Alex Babic
Country of originAustralia
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes78
Production
Executive producersPatrick Egerton
Zeno Gabing
Juhaidah Joemin
Jackie Edwards
Chris Rose
David Webster
Running time5 minutes
Production companiesCheeky Little Media
Giggle Garage Animations [1]
Mighty Nice
Nexus Studios [2]
Original release
Network CBeebies
ReleaseJune 2016 (2016-06) 
August 2016 (2016-08)
Network ABC Kids
ReleaseAugust 1 (2016-08-01) 
October 29, 2016 (2016-10-29)
Network Netflix
ReleaseSeptember 2, 2016 (2016-09-02)

Kazoops! is an animated children's comedy television series produced by Cheeky Little Media, Giggle Garage, Mighty Nice and Nexus Studios. [3] [4] [5] The series' full season consisting of 13 episodes was released on Netflix on September 2, 2016.

Contents

Premise

The series revolves around six-year-old Monty Kazoops, a boy with a vivid imagination, and his best friend Jimmy Jones, the family pet pig. In each episode, Monty confronts a preconception about life and sets out to challenge it with a wild imaginary adventure that offers them a new perspective.

Characters

Production

Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC, Kazoops! was co-produced by Australian animation studio, Cheeky Little Media based in Sydney and Malaysian animation studio, Giggle Garage based in Cyberjaya, Selangor.

Broadcast

Kazoops! debuted on CBeebies in June 2016, followed by ABC Kids in August. [6] The series began available for streaming on Netflix starting 2 September. [7] [8]

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