Lu & the Bally Bunch | |
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Genre | Children's television series Comedy Preschool Musical |
Created by | Nicky Phelan |
Developed by | Sarah Lonsdale Jennie Stacey |
Written by | Nicky Phelan |
Directed by | Nicky Phelan |
Voices of | Freya Mclaughlin Joy Tú Clarke Alice Helenport Kolby McDonald Marcus Power Leo Tobin Aileen Mythen |
Music by | Darren Hendley |
Opening theme | "Lu and the Bally Bunch!" (Music by Darren Hendley) |
Ending theme | "Lu and the Bally Bunch!" (Instrumental) |
Composer | Darren Hendley |
Country of origin |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 76 25 (shorts) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Vince Commisso Cathal Gaffney Darragh O'Connell Nicky Phelan Angela C. Santomero Jennie Stacey |
Producer | Alicia Moore |
Animators | Leah Alcantara Leila Foong Rees Geraghty Kelsey Hawkinson Ben Thomas Daniel Varela |
Editors | John Cruise Kieran Gallagher Fiona Hamilton Fred O'Connor |
Running time | 7 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] HBO Max Cartoonito (United Kingdom, United States, Africa and Netherlands) CBeebies (United Kingdom) [3] RTÉjr (Ireland) |
Release | March 17 – September 4, 2023 |
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]
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. The series was inspired by the creator, Nicky Phelan, helping at his mom's preschool.