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Bluey'' is an Australian
animated television series for preschoolers that premiered on
ABC Kids on 1 October 2018. The series was created by
Joe Brumm
Joe Brumm is an Australian animator. After working on multiple British animated children's shows, he created the animated Australian television series ''Bluey (2018 TV series), Bluey''.
Early life
Brumm was born in Winton, Queensland, Winton i ...
with
Queensland
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production group Ludo Studio. The show follows Bluey, an
anthropomorphic
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology.
Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
six-year-old
Blue Heeler
The Australian Cattle Dog (ACD), or simply Cattle Dog, is a breed of herding dog originally developed in Australia for droving cattle over long distances across rough terrain. This breed is a medium-sized, short-coated dog that occurs in two ...
puppy
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who is characterised by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world.
The young dog lives with her father, Bandit; mother, Chilli; and younger sister, Bingo, who regularly joins Bluey on adventures as the pair embark on imaginative play together.
Other characters featured are each depicted as a different
dog breed
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, some inspired by dogs from Brumm's childhood.
Overarching themes include the influence of a supportive family, Australian culture, and the importance of play throughout childhood.
The program was created and produced in Queensland; its capital city,
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
, inspires the show's setting.
The series was co-commissioned by the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
and the
British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC
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.
BBC Studios
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hold global distribution and merchandising rights.
The international broadcasting rights to the series were acquired by
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Stud ...
in 2019.
Since its debut on 1 October 2018, ''Bluey'' has broadcast 151 episodes, and its third series first aired on 5 September 2021. Two Christmas-themed episodes have aired, as part of both the first ("Verandah Santa")
and second series ("Christmas Swim").
An Easter-themed episode ("Easter") aired as part of the second series,
and a Father's Day-themed episode ("Perfect") aired as part of the third.
Richard Jeffery won an
Australian Directors' Guild Award
The Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) is an industry guild representing the interests of film, television, commercials and digital media directors, including documentary makers and animators, throughout Australia. With its headquarters in Syd ...
in 2021 for his direction of the episode "
Sleepytime
Sleepytime (foaled 20 February 1994) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from September 1996 to April 1998 she ran six times and won two races. In two races as a two-year-old she won one ra ...
"; the episode itself won the 2022 Prix Jeunesse International Award in the category of TV – Up to 6 Years Fiction (Children's).
The musical scores for specific episodes of ''Bluey'' have been nominated for
APRA Screen Music Awards, credited to Joff Bush as the composer. These include "Teasing" and "Flat Pack", which were both nominated for Best Music for Children's Television in
2019
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and
2020
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respectively.
Selected episodes have also been
adapted into picture books, including "The Beach", which won the
Australian Book Industry Awards
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". ...
for Book of the Year and Children's Picture Book of the Year (Ages 0–6) in 2020.
Episodes have also been released in volumes on
DVD
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in Australia, distributed by BBC Studios.
Series overview
Episodes
Series 1 (2018–19)
Series 2 (2020–21)
Series 3 (2021–23)
Ratings
References
Notes
Citations
External links
*
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Lists of Australian children's television series episodes
2020s television-related lists
2010s television-related lists
Episodes
Episodes may refer to:
* Episode, a part of a dramatic work
* ''Episodes'' (TV series), a British/American television sitcom which premiered in 2011
* ''Episodes'' (journal), a geological science journal
* ''Episodes'' (ballet), a ballet by Ge ...