Moon and Me

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Moon and Me
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Genre Stop motion
Children
Comedy
Created by Andrew Davenport
ComposerAndrew Davenport
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes50
Production
ProducerAndrew Davenport
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesFoundling Bird
Sutikki
Original release
Network CBeebies
Release4 February 2019 (2019-02-04) 
17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)

Moon and Me is a British-American stop motion children's television series created by Andrew Davenport. The series airs in the UK on CBeebies while it airs in the United States on Universal Kids. [1] The series was helped out by researcher Dylan Yamada-Rice by studying the ways that children interact with toy houses. [2] The series was shot at Trilith Studios, then Pinewood Atlanta Studios, in Fayetteville, Georgia. [3]

Robert Lloyd of Los Angeles Times praised the series, comparing the series' pastoral nature to Thomas & Friends . [1]

The series comprises the following characters: Moon Baby, Pepi Nana, Little Nana, Mr. Onion, Sleepy Dibillo, Lambkin, Colly Wobble and Lily Plant.

All 50 episodes are narrated by Nina Sosanya.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lloyd, Robert (6 June 2019). "Review: 'Moon and Me,' from a mind behind 'Teletubbies,' has a dreamy charm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. Geddes, Linda (8 December 2019). "What's so fascinating about weird children's TV shows?". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. Dockterman, Eliana (26 July 2018). "How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South". Time. Retrieved 2 March 2022.