Nova Jones

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Nova Jones
Genre
Created byHelen Serafinowicz
Starring
  • Molly Rainford
  • Grace Barkley
  • David Byrne
  • John Lynn
  • Katie Davies
  • Faye Stedman Shannon
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producers
  • John Rice
  • Helen Serafinowicz
  • Alan Shannon
ProducersCaoimhe Cassidy
Shauna Cullen
Running time25 minutes
Production companies JAM Media
BBC Children's Productions
Original release
Network CBBC
Release22 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]

Contents

Cast

Episodes

Series 1

No.
overall
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Friends of Nova"Akaash MeedaAndrew Ellard22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)
2"Nova Gets the Feels"Fergal CostelloAndrew Ellard & Helen Serafinowicz29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
3"Tantrum by Nova"Akaash MeedaEsther Bishop6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)
4"Green-Eyed Nova"Fergal CostelloAndrew Ellard & Helen Serafinowicz13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)
5"Nova Has Talent"Fergal CostelloAlex Collier20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
6"Nova vs. The Space Haters"Fergal CostelloJulia Kent27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)
7"Nova's Embarassinging"Akaash MeedaAlex Collier3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
8"Nova's Time Off"Akaash MeedaAndrew Ellard10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)
9"Triple Threat Nova"Fergal CostelloAndrew Ellard
Story by: Andrew Ellard & Helen Serafinowicz
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17)
10"Nova Remembers Everything"Fergal CostelloAndrew Ellard24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)

Series 2

No.
overall
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Stop Listening to Nova" Declan Recks Julia Kent28 October 2022 (2022-10-28)
2"Nova X Clothes Horse"Declan RecksShane Langan & Amy StephensonTBA
3"SuperNovaCon"Declan RecksJulia KentTBA
4"Nova's Sistory Lesson"Declan RecksAndrew EllardTBA
5"Nil Points Nova"Declan RecksAlex CollierTBA
6"Nova's Biggest Dance"Fergal CostelloAndrew EllardTBA
7"No Nova Club"Fergal CostelloJeffrey AidooTBA
8"Nova's Imploding Star"Fergal CostelloMariama Ives-MoibaTBA
9"Nova's Colouring Out"UnknownAndrew Ellard3 March 2023 (2023-03-03)
10"Nova 2.0"TBAAndrew EllardTBA

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References

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