''Apple Tree House'' is a television drama series produced by

CBeebies CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older chil ...

for children ages 1 to 6. It is set on the fictitious Apple Tree House estate in London, and filmed in

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. It was produced by Five Apples Ltd for the BBC. Apple Tree House was also available on BBC iPlayer for over a year.

History

The series was originally proposed as an animated series by ''

Rastamouse ''Rastamouse'' is a stop motion animated children's television series created by Genevieve Webster and Michael De Souza and produced by Three Stones Media/The Rastamouse Company and DHX Media for CBeebies. The show follows crime busting mouse reg ...

'' producers Eugenio Perez and Gregory Boardman. The live action series was created by William Vanderpuye, Maria Timotheou and Akindele Akinsiku, drawing on their own childhood experiences. The CBeebies commissioner said of the show that "The urban setting is important for a lot of children. When you’re a child you do read stories and they are a bit idealistic - this will be more real and more authentic." The first of 30 episodes was first broadcast on 22 May 2017, and a second series was commissioned that year.

Cast

;Principal characters *Kobi the Caretaker, played by

William Vanderpuye William Vanderpuye, also known as Will Vanderpuye or Will Vanders, is a British actor, broadcaster, writer, voice-over artist and producer. He played Zoomer and a cast of thousands in the BBC animation series Rastamouse and appeared as "Kobi" ...

*Mali, played by Aamir Tai *Sam, played by Miranda Sarfo Peprah *Bella, played by Summer Jenkins *David, played by Eden Gough *Laila, played by Sahana Rameswaren-Kangesan *Zainab, played by Shaheen Khan *Patience, played by Andrea Hall *Flo, played by Alison Lintott *Katie, played by Rachael Hart

References

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External links

BBC Media Centre
2017 British television series debuts 2010s British children's television series British preschool education television series CBeebies