Nova Jones

Nova Jones
Genre	Drama Science fiction Musical
Created by	Helen Serafinowicz
Starring	Molly Rainford Grace Barkley David Byrne John Lynn Katie Davies Faye Stedman Shannon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producers	John Rice Helen Serafinowicz Alan Shannon
Producers	Caoimhe Cassidy Shauna Cullen
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	JAM Media BBC Children's Productions
Original release
Network	CBBC
Release	22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) – present

Nova Jones is a British musical science-fiction television series which airs on CBBC, created by Helen Serafinowicz. ^{[1] [2]} It focuses on the adventures of the titular galactic pop singer in the year 9009, portrayed by Molly Rainford. It began broadcast on 22 September 2021. ^[3] It has since been renewed for a second and third series. ^{[4] [5]}

Cast

• Molly Rainford as Nova Jones
• Grace Barkley as McLaren Jones
• David Byrne as Sid
• John Lynn as Captain of the North
• Luke Coughlan as Johnarchy
• Katie Davies as Jefferson Ship (Voice)
• Faye Stedman Shannon as Chef Din Dins (Jingle Voice)

Episodes

Series 1

No. overall	Episode	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Friends of Nova"	Akaash Meeda	Andrew Ellard	22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)
2	"Nova Gets the Feels"	Fergal Costello	Andrew Ellard & Helen Serafinowicz	29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
3	"Tantrum by Nova"	Akaash Meeda	Esther Bishop	6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)
4	"Green-Eyed Nova"	Fergal Costello	Andrew Ellard & Helen Serafinowicz	13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)
5	"Nova Has Talent"	Fergal Costello	Alex Collier	20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
6	"Nova vs. The Space Haters"	Fergal Costello	Julia Kent	27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)
7	"Nova's Embarassinging"	Akaash Meeda	Alex Collier	3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
8	"Nova's Time Off"	Akaash Meeda	Andrew Ellard	10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)
9	"Triple Threat Nova"	Fergal Costello	Andrew Ellard Story by: Andrew Ellard & Helen Serafinowicz	17 November 2021 (2021-11-17)
10	"Nova Remembers Everything"	Fergal Costello	Andrew Ellard	24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)

Series 2

No. overall	Episode	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Stop Listening to Nova"	Declan Recks	Julia Kent	28 October 2022 (2022-10-28)
2	"Nova X Clothes Horse"	Declan Recks	Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson	TBA
3	"SuperNovaCon"	Declan Recks	Julia Kent	TBA
4	"Nova's Sistory Lesson"	Declan Recks	Andrew Ellard	TBA
5	"Nil Points Nova"	Declan Recks	Alex Collier	TBA
6	"Nova's Biggest Dance"	Fergal Costello	Andrew Ellard	TBA
7	"No Nova Club"	Fergal Costello	Jeffrey Aidoo	TBA
8	"Nova's Imploding Star"	Fergal Costello	Mariama Ives-Moiba	TBA
9	"Nova's Colouring Out"	Unknown	Andrew Ellard	3 March 2023 (2023-03-03)
10	"Nova 2.0"	TBA	Andrew Ellard	TBA

References

1. Whyte, Alexandra (5 May 2021). "CBBC tees up new kid-friendly dramas".
2. "Molly Rainford is out of this world in Nova Jones". RTÉ TEN . 22 September 2021.
3. "New comedy adventure series Nova Jones to air on CBBC and RTÉ Two". Northern Ireland Screen. 15 September 2021.
4. Pinto, Jordan (4 April 2022). "BBC Children's, RTÉ renew musical adventure Nova Jones for two more seasons". C21media.
5. Kahn, Ellie (4 April 2022). "CBBC doubles down on Nova Jones musical drama". Broadcast Now .

External links

• Nova Jones at BBC Online
• Nova Jones at IMDb