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Octonauts
''Octonauts'' is an animated children's television series, produced by Chorion in series 1 and Silvergate Media starting from series 2 for the BBC channel CBeebies. It is based on the children's books written by Meomi, the design team of Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy. The show follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylised anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the ''Octopod'', from which they go on undersea adventures with the help of a fleet of aquatic vehicles. Although its technology is fictional, the exotic creatures and locations that the crew encounter are based on real marine animals in their natural habitats. The show's subject matter has been compared to that of ''Star Trek'' and '' Thunderbirds'' blended with Jacques Cousteau. The show was animated in Ireland by Brown Bag Films for its first four series. The show was renewed for a fifth series in 2018, with Canada's Mainframe Studios taking over animation w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television Kids
Silvergate Media Limited, trading as Sony Pictures Television – Kids, is a television production and brand licensing company based in New York City and London founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli and William Astor. It is a division of Sony Pictures Television. History Silvergate Media was created in 2011 as part of a management buyout, when Alli purchased the rights to ''Octonauts'' and ''The World of Beatrix Potter'' from Chorion, a company he was previously chair of. In 2013, Silvergate launched its television distribution arm. In 2016, Netflix and Silvergate agreed to a three-year multi-territory deal for ''Octonauts'', Silvergate's series about underwater explorers. The company signed a deal with Netflix, in collaboration with Mercury Filmworks to produce '' Hilda'', an animated television adaptation of comic '' Hilda'' by Luke Pearson. Season 1 was released on September 21, 2018. Season 2 was released on December 14, 2020. The series is available in 130 countries. Silverg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorion Limited
Chorion Limited was a multinational media production company with offices in London, New York, and Sydney. The company produced TV shows and feature films, and was best known for its portfolio of entertainment brands. These included children's characters such as Paddington Bear, Peter Rabbit, Mr. Men, ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', ''Olivia'', Gaspard and Lisa and Noddy. The company also owned the rights to the Agatha Christie Estate (including the Miss Marple and Poirot characters), Raymond Chandler, and Georges Simenon. Chorion existed initially as a diversified entertainment company, with a portfolio of Intellectual Property (IP) rights, live entertainment venues and commercial real estate. From 2002 onwards, the business was refocused towards heritage IP Rights management and media production. History 1995–1998: Beginnings In 1994, the Burford Group purchased the London Trocadero entertainment complex in Piccadilly Circus, London for £94 million Nick Leslau and Nigel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Greenall
Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, presenter and voice artist. Among his television appearances are as the Caretaker on '' Trapped!'', Richard in '' Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married'', and as Michael the Geordie in the Alan Partridge programs and films. He also voices Captain Barnacles in the '' Octonauts'' franchise, the twins in the Shaun the Sheep films, and Aleksandr Orlov and Sergei the meerkats in the comparethemarket.com adverts. Early life Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown, Cumberland. He attended the Manchester School of Theatre at the same time as Steve Coogan, who was two years below him and would later become a repeat collaborator. Career Greenall has appeared in a number of television shows, shorts, movies, and video games. Earlier roles include as policemen in '' Life Without George'' (1987), ''One Foot in the Grave'' (1990), and '' Between the Lines'' (1993); as various characters in '' Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Bag Films
Brown Bag Films UC. (BBF) is an Irish television and computer-animation studio owned by Canadian production studio 9 Story Media Group and based in Dublin with 2D and 3D animation facilities in Bali, Los Angeles, Toronto and formerly Manchester. Founded in 1994 by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell, the studio is well known for the production of computer-animated television series and short films, including ''Give Up Yer Aul Sins'' and '' Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty''. The studio has garnered a number of awards, including Academy Award nominations for ''Give Up Yer Aul Sins'' ( Best Animated Short Film at the 73rd Academy Awards) and ''Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty'' ( Best Animated Short Film at the 83rd Academy Awards), 6 Emmy Awards for ''Peter Rabbit'', an Emmy award for ''Bing'' and a number of BAFTA, Emmy and Annie Award nominations for their shows; ''Octonauts'', ''Doc McStuffins'', ''Henry Hugglemonster'', and ''Vampirina''. History Independent era (1994� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meomi Design
Meomi Design Inc. is a Canadian-American design studio based in Vancouver and Los Angeles founded by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy in 2002. Their works include the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics mascots Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk, and Octonauts, a series of books which were made into a CGI Animated TV series for the BBC channel CBeebies by Brown Bag Films (Which the current animation studio is Mainframe Studios) and Silvergate Media in 2010, subsequently broadcast internationally. Creations and Filmography Designs * Ciao : Created August 14, 2006 : Nationality: American * MixMax : Created: March 23, 2005 : Nationality: Italian, Brazilian, American * Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics : Created: November 27, 2007 : Nationality: Canadian * The Octonauts ''Octonauts'' is an animated children's television series, produced by Chorion in series 1 and Silvergate Media starting from series 2 for the BBC channel CBeebies. It is based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Wyatt
Jo Wyatt is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Tweak in '' The Octonauts'' and Little Miss Helpful, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Scary and Little Miss Sunshine in '' The Mr. Men Show'', as well as Daisy Kribotnik in ''Love Soup'', Natella in '' Bromwell High'', and Mimi in '' Guess with Jess''. She is also known for providing voices in many video games, such as Ciri in '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', additional voices in ''Perfect Dark Zero'' and '' Dragon Quest VIII'' as well as narrating ''To Leo with Love''. Early life Wyatt was one of the original Minipops. Her father, Martin Wyatt, was the producer. She made a single, "Stupid Cupid", in 1982, and reached #1 in France. In 1984, she replaced Patsy Kensit as a new Luna in the second series of the UK science fiction show ''Luna''. At the age of 13, Wyatt helped to write the words to the theme song of the children's television series '' Wide Awake Club'' for the breakfast television network TV-am with a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainframe Studios
Mainframe Studios is a Canadian animation studio owned by Wow Unlimited Media and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1993 as Mainframe Entertainment Inc. by Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, Gavin Blair and John Grace, the company established itself as a leading contributor to the introduction of computer-generated imagery (CGI) live action in animation, film and television. The company previously operated as a subsidiary of Starz Inc. (at the time a division of IDT Corporation) between 2003 and 2007. Local post production firm, Rainmaker Income Fund, acquired a majority stake in the company, initially rebranding it in the process as Rainmaker Animation and would fold into it in 2008, permanently rebranding it as Rainmaker Entertainment. Rainmaker would revive the "Mainframe Entertainment" name for its then-newly-created division meant for television production. On October 25, 2016, the company announced a triple acquisition and merger of Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Gallagher
Teresa Gallagher is a U.S-born British actress. She is best known for her role as Nicole Watterson in the Cartoon Network animated sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in '' No Commitments'', '' Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She played Sarah in '' Footballers' Wives'', and Alison Canning in '' Casualty''. She presented the Children's BBC show '' Playdays'', and has provided the voices for other children's series including '' The Mr. Men Show'', '' Alphablocks'', '' Numberblocks'', and '' Octonauts''. She has recorded redubs for several anime films such as '' Laughing Target'', '' X'', '' Bounty Dog'', '' Demon City Shinjuku,'' and '' Cyber City Oedo 808''. Gallagher later returned to do voice acting for anime with the English dubbed version of the TV series '' Ronja, the Robber's Daughter''. In 2003, she voiced Amalia, the female lead in Rita Dove' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Wickham
Keith Wickham is an English voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''64 Zoo Lane'' and in the British children's series ''Thomas and Friends''. Career Wickham voiced Changed Daily in '' The Secret Show'', Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall in '' The Mr. Men Show'' (UK version), Corneil in '' Watch My Chops'', Mr. Mouseling and most of the male voices in '' Angelina Ballerina'', Nelson the Elephant, Reginald the Lion, Victor the Crocodile and the others in ''64 Zoo Lane'', Frank the Koala, Archie the Crocodile and Sammy the Shopkeeper in '' The Koala Brothers'' and Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright and Bryan the Ferry in ''Toot the Tiny Tugboat''. He voiced Polluto in '' Tommy Zoom'', the first in-house BBC animation production, The Professor, Pipsquawk, Trevor and Mr. Crumble in '' Frankenstein's Cat'' and in 2009, participated on voice in Disney Channel's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carin Greenberg
Carin Greenberg (born September 17, 1959) is a writer, story editor and producer of children’s entertainment. She is a Peabody finalist and winner of three Daytime Emmys, two Annie Awards and a Writers Guild Award. She wrote a series of children's books under the name Carin Greenberg Baker. Life and career Greenberg was born on September 17, 1959, in New York City, to parents Elaine Kussack, an actress, and Lawrence J. Greenberg, a U.S. Air Force officer. As a child, Greenberg acted in television and film. In 1980, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and subsequently attended Georgetown University Law Center. She left law school to begin a writing career, starting out as a copywriter for advertisements and later becoming a ghostwriter of young adult books. In 1992, she began publishing her ''Karate Club'' series of children's books; at the time of writing them, she practiced karate and her husband operated a karate school. She was an executive producer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Rackstraw
Robert Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965) is an English voice actor who has worked in various animated films, television shows and video games. Early life Rackstraw grew up in the Sunderland suburb of New Silksworth, and attended Southmoor Comprehensive. His voice acting career began with a chance meeting with a local radio presenter, when he began writing scripts for radio adverts, and later voicing them. He said in 2013: “I thought it was daft that these guys get paid a lot more FOR reading than I was FOR writing. So I started augmenting my income by writing ridiculous things and accents into my scripts that no one else could do but me. I eventually got a show reel together and I started sending it all over the country." Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * 1965 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male television writers English male voice actors English televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
