Kerching! | |
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Genre | Children's, comedy |
Created by | Juliet Dension |
Starring | Devon Anderson Tendayi Jembere Tisha Martin |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBBC |
Release | 6 January 2003 – 24 February 2006 |
Kerching! is a British television children's comedy drama series which aired on the CBBC Channel from 6 January 2003 to 24 February 2006. The show follows the life of teenage dot-com entrepreneur Taj Lewis, along with his two friends, Seymour Franklin and Danny Spooner.
Role | Actor | Refs. |
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Taj Lewis | Devon Anderson | [1] [2] [3] |
Seymour Franklin | Tendayi Jembere | [4] [2] [3] |
Danny Spooner | Jamie Sweeney | [2] |
Missy Lewis | Tisha Martin | [2] [3] |
Kareesha Lopez | Velile Tshabalala | [5] [3] |
Josephine Lewis | Judy Browne | [6] [2] |
Omar Lewis | Jaeden Burke | [2] [3] |
Ricardo Murray | Danny Young | [7] [3] |
Carlton | Curtis Walker | [8] [9] [2] |
Tamsin | Hannah Tointon | [10] [3] |
Kayla | Kamara Bacchus |
Episode no. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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101 | "Have Grub Will Travel" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Marcus Powell | 6 January 2003 |
102 | "Project Ska Face" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Othniel Smith | 6 January 2003 |
103 | "Meeting Mr Big Stuff" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Marcus Powell | 7 January 2003 |
104 | "Another Level" | Ben Fuller | John Brennan | 8 January 2003 |
105 | "Game Set and Love Match" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Unknown | 9 January 2003 |
106 | "The Ego Has Landed" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Unknown | 10 January 2003 |
107 | "It's an Ill Wind" | Unknown | Annie Bruce | 20 January 2003 |
108 | "By Royal Appointment" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Unknown | 21 January 2003 |
109 | "Sue Me Sir" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 January 2003 |
110 | "It'll Be Alright on the Night" | Ben Gosling Fuller | Unknown | 23 January 2003 |
111 | "St Valentines Day Messenger" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 January 2003 |
112 | "Here Today" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 January 2003 |
Episode no. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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201 | "Save Our Chill" | Ben Gosling Fuller | TBD | 2004 |
202 | "Bro-Selecta" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
203 | "From Dude to Dud" | Ben Gosling Fuller | TBD | 2004 |
204 | "Lord of the Dance" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
205 | "Just the Job" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
206 | "Faking It" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
207 | "Seymour's Kitchen" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
208 | "One Is a Lonely Number" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
209 | "Game On" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
210 | "Who's the Man?" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
211 | "Friends Disunited" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
212 | "Let's Get Deep" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
213 | "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" | TBD | TBD | 2004 |
Episode no. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) |
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301 | "Moving on Up" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | John Brennan | Unknown | TBA |
302 | "Two's a Crowd" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Anne Bruce | Unknown | TBA |
303 | "Some Like it Hot... Not" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Kay Stonham | Unknown | TBA |
304 | "Don't Go Charging" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Patricia Elcock | Unknown | TBA |
305 | "Election Fever" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Shelia Hyade | Unknown | TBA |
306 | "Losing It" | Dez McCarthy | Lynn Peters | Unknown | TBA |
307 | "Holding the Baby" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Gerard Foster | Unknown | TBA |
308 | "Happy Birthday" | Dez McCarthy | Fiona Thompson | Unknown | TBA |
309 | "Twas The Summer Before Christmas" | Dez McCarthy | Paul McKenzie | Unknown | TBA |
310 | "Do The Right Thing" | Dez McCarthy | Shiela Hyde | Unknown | TBA |
311 | "Back to the Start" | TBD | TBD | Unknown | TBA |
312 | "Making It" | Dez McCarthy | John brennan | Unknown | TBA |
Episode no. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (in millions) | |
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401 | "Child's Play" | Dez McCarthy | Patricia Elcock | 2006 | Unknown | TBA |
402 | "The Boy is Back" | Angie De Chastelai Smith | Shelia Hyde | 2006 | TBA | |
403 | "Sweet Smell of Success" | Candida Julian-Jones | Gary Lawson & John Pelips | 2006 | TBA | |
404 | "Driving Miss Crazy" | Angie de Chasteliani Smith | Kay Stonham | 2006 | TBA | |
405 | "The Jackhammer" | Angie de Chasteliani Smith | Chris Reddy | 2006 | TBA | |
406 | "Cool and the Gang" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Gerard Foster | 2006 | TBA | |
407 | "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It!" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | Shelia Hyde | 2006 | TBA | |
408 | "Making A Good Impression" | Dez McCarthy | Gerard Foster | 2006 | TBA | |
409 | "Making a Difference" | Angie de Chastelai Smith | John Brennan | 2006 | TBA | |
410 | "Something Wicked this Way Comes" | Dez McCarthy | Annie Bruce | 2006 | TBA | |
411 | "Chilloween" | Dez McCarthy | Annie Bruce | 2006 | TBA | |
412 | "Wait Until Dark" | Dez McCarthy | Kay Stonham | 2006 | TBA | |
413 | "Hurrah for Bollywood" | Dez McCarthy | John Brennan | 2006 | TBA | |
414 | "Always and Forever" | Dez McCarthy | Patrick Elcock | 2006 | TBA | |
415 | "Rudekid" | Dez McCarthy | Sheila Hyade | 24 February 2006 | TBA |
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