''Planet Cosmo'' is a British-Irish children’s animated television series about space. The series formerly aired on
RTÉjr
RTÉjr is an Irish free-to-air children's television channel operated by state-owned broadcaster RTÉ. The channel mainly targets a demographic of 2- to 7-year-olds, but some cartoons for older children also air. The channel is part of RTÉ ...
.
Premise
Cosmo and her family live on the moon and explore space together. Through fun, songs and adventure, children learn about all planets of the
Solar System
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Characters
Cosmo (voiced by Ali Lyons
) The main character of the series.
She is a young astronaut who loves to go explore the planets with Dad.5 year.
Sol (voiced by Elijah O'Sullivan
) A younger astronaut who is Cosmo's little brother. He speaks in a
lisp
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Originally specified in the late 1950s, ...
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Dad (voiced by
Jason Tammemägi) Cosmo's dad; he is very silly and sometimes clumsy.
Mum (voiced by Doireann Ní Chorragáin)
Cosmo's mum; she is very sensitive and a professional and sometimes stubborn.
GIL (voiced by
Paul Tylak
Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian.
Personal life
Paul Tylak was born to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father, and grew up between Ireland and England. He attended the now closed De Burgh School in Tadworth, Surrey. He has li ...
)
A supercomputer who sometimes crashes.
Lifter (voiced by
Paul Tylak
Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian.
Personal life
Paul Tylak was born to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father, and grew up between Ireland and England. He attended the now closed De Burgh School in Tadworth, Surrey. He has li ...
)
A rover who's strong and sometimes clumsy.
Cian (voiced by Cian Vaughan (voiced by himself)
) is the
astronomer
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to teach the kids about the planets. He is both animated and in live-action in two different versions.
Release
A
double DVD was released with 15 episodes that ran for 195 minutes/3 hours.
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References
British children's animated space adventure television series
Irish children's animated space adventure television series
ITV children's television shows