Time Cracks

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Time Cracks
Created byDavid Gurney
StarringJemma Gates
John Xintavelonis
Robyn Moore
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time3 minutes
Release
Original network ABC
Original release2004 (2004)

Time Cracks is an Australian animated television series created by David Gurney and produced by the Tasmanian animation studio Blue Rocket. [1] The series features three characters who travel through time to report on notable events in history. The cartoon screened on ABC in Australia from 2004 and has a duration of three minutes. [2]

The characters are Emily the echidna, Milo the dog, and 58 the sheep, they are journalists who work for a second-rate time travel magazine. Using an unreliable time travel prototype device, our heroes exploit cracks in time and journey back into history in search of out-of-date news. But they have some problems. Their time travel machine is a modified hot-dog van with a mind of its own. It can always be guaranteed to take the reporters somewhere unexpected.

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References

  1. https://www.blue-rocket.com.au/Landed#
  2. "Time Cracks (2004) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia".