Lu & the Bally Bunch

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Lu & the Bally Bunch
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Genre Children's television series
Comedy
Preschool
Musical
Created byNicky Phelan
Developed bySarah Lonsdale
Jennie Stacey
Written byNicky Phelan
Directed byNicky Phelan
Voices ofFreya Mclaughlin
Joy Tú Clarke
Alice Helenport
Kolby McDonald
Marcus Power
Leo Tobin
Aileen Mythen
Music byDarren Hendley
Opening themeLu and the Bally Bunch! (Music by Darren Hendley)
Ending themeLu and the Bally Bunch! (Instrumental)
ComposerDarren Hendley
Country of origin
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes76
25 (Shorts)
Production
Executive producersVince Commisso
Cathal Gaffney
Darragh O'Connell
Nicky Phelan
Angela C. Santomero
Jennie Stacey
ProducerAlicia Moore
AnimatorsLeah Alcantara
Leila Foong
Rees Geraghty
Kelsey Hawkinson
Ben Thomas
Daniel Varela
EditorsJohn Cruise
Kieran Gallagher
Fiona Hamilton
Fred O'Connor
Running time7 minutes
22 minutes (Bug Noillg)
58 seconds (Shorts)
Production companies 9 Story Media Group
Brown Bag Films
Bhean Productions Limited [1]
Original release
Network CBC Kids
CBC Gem (Canada) [2]
Max
Cartoonito (United Kingdom and United States and Africa and Netherlands)
CBeebies (United Kingdom) [3]
ReleaseMarch 17 (2023-03-17) 
September 4, 2023 (2023-09-04)

Lu & the Bally Bunch is an animated children's series created, written and directed by Nicky Phelan. [4] The series has been broadcast since March 17, 2023 in New Zealand on TVNZ and since April 1, 2023 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Cartoonito. [5]

Contents

Premise

The series follows the life of Lu, a 3-year-old Irish ladybird who had just started pre-school with her new friends Biba, Gus, Declan, Elodie, Barnaby, and her teacher Shella.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
Pilot 22017 (2017)2021 (2021)Cartoonito (USA)
1 7617 March 2023 (2023-03-17)4 September 2023 (2023-09-04)CBC Gem
2 2517 March 2023 (2023-03-17)TBA

Voice cast

References

  1. Alfano, Alexa (October 2, 2024). "Two New Preschool Series for Cartoon Network". Worldscreen. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  2. "About the Show". CBC. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  3. "CBeebies unveil raft of new and returning children's programmes to kick off 2024". BBC. January 11, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  4. Milligan, Mercedes (October 2, 2024). "9 Story Launches Two New Animated Pre-K Series on Cartoonito". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  5. Bharanidharan, Sadhana (September 27, 2023). "CBeebies picks up Lu & the Bally Bunch". kidscreen. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  6. "Freya On Song: In 'Lu & the bally bunch'". The Echo. October 17, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2025.