Iconicles

Iconicles
GenrePre-school
Created by
Based onAn original idea by Lois Lee and Eric Radomski
Directed by
  • Richard Bradley (Live-Action)
  • Dino Athanassiou (CGI)
  • Sam Cundall (2D)
StarringGavin Stenhouse
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • John Greswell
  • Christopher Taylor
Opening themeIconicles Theme
Ending themeIconicles Theme (Instrumental)
ComposerLester Barnes
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • For Iconicles Ltd.
  • Vanessa Chapman
  • Lucy Murphy
  • Christopher Keenan
  • For CBeebies
  • Kay Benbow
  • Jackie Edwards
Producers
  • Alan Dewhurst (Series)
  • Aron Evans (Animation)
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
  • Create Media Ventures (Iconicles Ltd.)
  • phuuz entertainment
  • Foothill Entertainment
  • Dinamo Productions
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release8 August (2011-08-08)[1] –
10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)

Iconicles is a British-American live-action, flash and CGI animated television series for pre-schoolers. The series is a British-American co-production between Create Media Ventures (as "Iconicles Limited") and phuuz entertainment, in association with Foothill Entertainment and Dinamo Productions.[2]

Plot

The series tells of a guy named Nat (Gavin Stenhouse) who invents an amazing display, the Iconi-Screen, that allows him to communicate with animated animals in various settings, such as a farm, the arctic, a jungle, and a garden. The animals are called "Iconicles". In every episode, Nat has a problem and is helped to solve it by an Iconicle, who jumps out of the Iconi-Screen to enter the real world and interact with Nat. At some point in every episode, there is a game with questions and answers based on what happened with some of the Iconicles.[2][3]

Characters

The most prominent Iconicles:

  • Rumple (voiced by Toby Williams): a purple grumpy rhino who has a big heart for other Iconicles. He lives in the Wild Wilderness.
  • Miss Moo (voiced by Helen Lederer): a green cow who has strict rules to keep everything tidy yet is very humble. She lives down on the farm.
  • Splish and Splash (voiced by Sam Lewis and Ellie Jayne Howick): two blue and orange twin polar bear cubs who are curious and always want to have a lot of fun. They live in the Water's Edge.
  • Skitter (voiced by Tim Dann): a red friendly squirrel who loves to collect acorns. He lives around the garden. [3]

Development

The show's development began as early as September 2005,[4] and was announced to be in production by March 2006. when Foothill and Create Media Ventures announced development deals with Phuuz Entertainment for the production of the series.[5]

In April 2007, CBeebies announced they had greenlit the series with plans for it to broadcast within a Fall 2008 delivery window. BBC Worldwide were also once involved in the production of the series.[6]

The series never got past this window, and more information about the show was announced by CBeebies on 25 November 2008, with the intention of the series being broadcast within the 2009 schedule.[7] Once again, the series never aired during this window.

In March 2010, Beyond Distribution acquired distribution rights to the series.[8]

In May 2011, production of the series was announced to be almost complete.[9] The series would premiere on CBeebies on 8 August 2011.[10]

Broadcast

On 23 February 2012, Discovery Kids, TVOntario and Discovery Familia acquired the Latin American, Canadian and Hispanic American broadcast rights to the series.[11]

Episodes

No. Title Written by Broadcast Iconicles Location Prod. Code
1 Mungo's Tummy Trouble Chris Parker
Samantha Hill 		August 8, 2011 Splish and Splash The Wild Wilderness 108
2 The Surprise Carol Noble
Peter Hynes 		August 9, 2011 Rumple The Water's Edge 106
3 Dapper's Muddy Dilemma Simon A. Brown
Denise Cassar 		August 10, 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 113
4 Zee Can Fix It Simon A. Brown
Mark Holloway 		August 11, 2011 Skitter The Wild Wilderness 122
5 Lost and Found Chris Trengrove
Mark Holloway 		August 12, 2011 Rumple Around the Garden 123
6 The Four Wonders Simon A. Brown
Mark Holloway 		August 15, 2011 Miss Moo The Wild Wilderness 107
7 Dive, Dive, Dive Carol Noble
Keith Brumpton 		August 16, 2011 Skitter The Water's Edge 105
8 The Pom Pom Tree Simon A. Brown
Mark Holloway 		August 17, 2011 Splish and Splash The Wild Wilderness 109
9 My Ball Your Ball Carol Noble
Siwan Jobbins 		August 18, 2011 Miss Moo The Water's Edge 101
10 Missing You Adrian Mead
David Richard Fox 		August 19, 2011 Skitter The Water's Edge 126
11 Puddle Muddle Chris Trengrove
Carol Noble 		August 22, 2011 Rumple Down on the Farm 119
12 Sleepover Showdown Simon A. Brown August 23, 2011 Skitter The Wild Wilderness 102
13 Strictly Barn Yard Chris Parker
Denise Cassar 		August 24, 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 111
14 If A Job's Worth Doing Simon A. Brown
Jimmy Hibbert 		August 25, 2011 Skitter The Water's Edge 103
15 When It Comes To The Crunch Simon A. Brown
Mark Holloway 		August 26, 2011 Skitter The Wild Wilderness 115
16 Whale Song Wrong Simon A. Brown
Samantha Hill 		August 29, 2011 Miss Moo The Water's Edge 104
17 King For A Day Keith Brumpton August 30, 2011 Rumple Around the Garden 116
18 Dapper Duck Messes Up Adrian Mead
Samantha Hill 		August 31, 2011 Rumple Down on the Farm 114
19 Scotty's Bedtime Routine Adrian Mead
Samantha Hill 		September 1, 2011 Miss Moo The Water's Edge 124
20 Show Time Peter Hynes
James Mason 		September 2, 2011 Splish and Splash Around the Garden 112
21 The Whoo Wack Simon A. Brown
Carol Noble 		October 3, 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 120
22 You And Me Adrian Mead
Peter Hynes 		October 4, 2011 Skitter Down on the Farm 121
23 Don't Look Now Denise Cassar
Mark Holloway 		October 5, 2011 Miss Moo Around the Garden 118
24 Elvis Has Left The Barnyard Keith Brumpton
David Richard Fox 		October 6, 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 110
25 Shelly's Boot Camp Simon A. Brown
Samantha Hill 		October 7, 2011 Rumple Around the Garden 125
26 Snow Time Simon A. Brown
Keith Brumpton 		October 10, 2011 Miss Moo Around the Garden 117

Iconicles

  1. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011".
  2. ^ a b "About the Show | Iconicles".
  3. ^ a b "Meet the Iconicles | Iconicles".
  4. ^ "Foothill hot foots it to Mipcom JNR".
  5. ^ "Foothill ventures into development deal".
  6. ^ "BBC Children's greenlights animal variety show".
  7. ^ "BBC - Press Office - CBBC/CBeebies Winter/Spring 2009 press pack: CBeebies programmes G-M".
  8. ^ "Beyond finalises Iconicles acquisition". C21Media.
  9. ^ "Create & phuuz Ready to Deliver 'Iconicles'". 16 May 2011.
  10. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011".
  11. ^ "Iconicles sold across North and Latin America".
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