Sixteen South

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Sixteen South
IndustryEntertainment
GenreChildren's programmes
Founded2007;17 years ago (2007)
Headquarters,
United Kingdom
Key people
Colin Williams (Chief Exec)
Production output
Television Production
Brands
Website www.sixteensouth.tv

Sixteen South is a Northern Irish production and distribution company that specialises in creating children's television programmes. Founded in Belfast in 2007 by Colin Williams, Sixteen South has partnered with major names in children's entertainment, co-producing shows with Sesame Workshop, The Jim Henson Company and the BBC. [1]

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The company has won more than 80 major international television awards, [2] including a BAFTA Award, [3] the Prix Jeunesse award, two Emmy nominations, a British Animation Award and RTS awards. In business, they have been ranked among the UK's top indie producers by Televisual and been ranked at the top of the Deloitte UK and Ireland Fast 50 in 2013.

Television shows

Odo

Odo is a series about an owl named Odo who doesn’t let his small size stop him from believing in himself and trying to prove he can do whatever he puts his mind to. It was produced by Sixteen South in co-production with the Polish newcomer animation studio Letko. [4]

Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Pinkalicious & Peterrific is an animated TV series based on the Pinkalicious series of books. It premiered 19 February 2018 on PBS Kids.

Lily's Driftwood Bay

Lily's Driftwood Bay is a 52 x 7-minute episodes, mixed media animated show for 4-6 year-olds. Season one premiered in Spring 2014 and airs around the world on the Nick Jr. Channel, Sprout (TV network), ABC, SVT, MTV3, RTÉ, HOP!, NRK, and TVO and is being sold to other worldwide territories by The Jim Henson Company. Driftwood Bay is a special island that exists in the imagination of Lily, who creates a world of adventure and friendship from treasures she finds washed up on the beach.

Lily's Driftwood Bay received the following awards:

Pajanimals

Pajanimals follows the adventures of four friendly musical puppets. Sixteen South partnered with The Jim Henson Company and PBS Kids Sprout to produce a full-length series of 52 x 11-minute episodes. Pajanimals debuted on 10 October 2011 and airs globally on Sprout, NBC Kids, Disney Junior, ABC, TVNZ, Nick Jr. Channel, TG4, and Tiny Pop.

Pajanimals received the following nominations/awards:

Big & Small

Big & Small is a children’s preschool show following the lives of two very different best friends named Big and Small. Sixteen South partnered with London-based Kindle Entertainment to give the show a new production home in Belfast and produce a third season [5] which aired on CBeebies in 2011.

Big & Small received the following awards:

Big City Park

Big City Park is a 26 x 14-minute preschool show, co-produced with BBC Scotland, that’s all about getting outside and having fun – whatever the weather. It was shot in Ormeau Park, Belfast, and features Billy the badger, Dara the fox, and Ruairi the ageless creature. They all live in the park along with their human friend, May, the park keeper and host of the series. It was a BBC featured show for August 2010 and rated very highly with over 24% of the audience. It peaked with an audience share of 341,000 on 20 August with an average of 244,000 across the series. It was the second most-watched show in its slot on CBeebies during August 2010 and the first show attracted 19,000 viewers on IPlayer alone.

Big City Park received the following awards:

Sesame Tree

Sesame Tree , a version of Sesame Street made in Northern Ireland, is a children's television series produced by Sixteen South and Sesame Workshop. The first episode aired on BBC 2 in Northern Ireland on 5 April 2008 with the first series subsequently airing nationwide on BBC in August 2008. A second series was launched in November 2010 and broadcast on BBC from 22 November 2010.

Sesame Tree received the following nominations/awards:

Upcoming television shows

Ivory Towers

Ivory Towers is a 2D-animated series about a four-year-old elephant who regularly visits her grandfather at a home for elderly animals. [6]

Spaghetti Sisters

Spaghetti Sisters is a 2D-animated series that tells the story of two sisters in a remote mountain range and their plans to keep the family’s failing pasta restaurant afloat. [7]

Sharks In Shirts

Sharks In Shirts is a 2D-animated series about three teenage sharks whose mischief catches up with them when a chemistry experiment goes wrong and lands them on a school’s football team for the year. [8]

Super Snail

Super Snail is a 2D-animated series about a slug named Kevin who, despite being an administrator at a newspaper, is quite slow and often holds things up in a fast-paced news world. [9]

The Coop Troop

The Coop Troop is a 3D CGI series revolving around a group of barnyard animals on a mission to help other animals with their problems. [10] It is being produced by Sixteen South, Chinese company Tencent, and French studio Technicolor Animation Productions, with an intended release year of 2023. [11]

Awards and nominations

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References

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  5. "Big & Small". IFTN. 21 June 2011.
  6. "Ivory Towers". Kidscreen. 26 February 2021.
  7. "Spaghetti Sisters". Kidscreen. 26 February 2021.
  8. "Sharks In Shirts". Kidscreen. 20 October 2020.
  9. "Super Snail". Kidscreen. 13 September 2019.
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  11. "The Coop Troop takes flight at Annecy 2022". Northern Ireland Screen. 17 June 2022.