''Rocket's Island'' is a British

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series, created by

Nick Leather Nick Leather is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known as the creator of the drama series '' The Control Room'' for BBC One, as well as the CBBC children's series '' Rocket's Island''. Early life Leather grew up in Newton-le-Willows ...

about a family taking care of

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. It stars Jordan Benjamin, Samuel Bottomley, Jack Hartley, Tom Coliandris, Helen Daniels and Joe Gallucci. It was produced by

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and

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for

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. It was nominated for a BAFTA children's award in the

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category in 2016, but lost out to the winner ''Refugee''. Rocket's Island has never been released on

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. The first series consisted of three episode, whilst series two and three consisted of thirteen episodes.

Plot

''Rocket's Island'' is about the Boulsworth family, who live at and run Knot Farm, who take care of a number of foster children who come and stay with them. Rocket and his friends have many adventures in their day-to-day lives with plenty of drama involved.

Cast

Main

* Joe Gallucci as William "Rocket" Boulsworth * Helen Daniels as Alli Boulsworth * Jordan Benjamin as Daniel "Dibber" Sparks * Keith Rice as Casey (series 1) * Sydney Wade as Lena/Jade Hollis *

Samuel Bottomley Samuel Bottomley (born 14 June 2001) is an English actor. He began acting at the age of nine, when he made his professional debut in the 2011 film '' Tyrannosaur''. After portraying Brandon Kelleher on the CBBC series '' Rocket's Island'', Botto ...

as Brandon Keleher (series 2–3) *

Debra Stephenson Deborah Lee Duffield (' Stephenson; born 4 June 1972), known professionally as Debra Stephenson, is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer, best known for her roles as Diane Powell in '' Playing the Field'' (1999–2000), Shell ...

(series 1)/Natasha Joseph (series 2–3) as Sarah Boulsworth *

Anthony Flanagan Anthony Flanagan (born 11 April 1972 as Tony Bonello) is an English actor most widely known for his portrayal of policeman Tony in Channel 4's comedy-drama series '' Shameless''. Biography Flanagan was born in Stockport, Cheshire. At school he ...

(series 1)/

Mark Jordon Mark Jordon (born 25 January 1965) is an English actor, best known for playing PC Phil Bellamy in the British television series '' Heartbeat'', until he left the role in 2007. A documentary, ''Heartbeat – Farewell Phil'', was broadcast on Chri ...

(series 2–3) as Peter Boulsworth * Kit Connor as Archie Beckles (main series 3; recurring series 2) * Lauren Press as Izabella "Izzy Wizzy" Winston (series 3)

Recurring

* Tom Gilling as PC Gerry Beddoe * William Hall as Jonathan Healey * Tom Coliandris as Lucas Summer * Leisa Gwenllian as Bethany Summer * Isaac Rouse as Ben & Barney Bean * Jack Hartley as Tyler McCray * Gia Lodge–O'Meally as Madison Creetch *

Mark Frost Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film and television producer and director. He is the co-creator of the mystery-horror television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) and was a writer and executiv ...

as Elfyn Summers (series 3) *

Kéllé Bryan Kéllé Bryan (born 12 March 1975) is an English singer and actress. Known as one of the founding members of girl group Eternal, she sold more than 10 million records and achieved the UK number-one single, " I Wanna Be The Only One" alongside ...

(series 1)/ Suzette Llewellyn (series 2–3) as Wendy Sparks *

Ram John Holder John Wesley Holder (born 2 February 1934), known professionally as Ram John Holder, is a Guyanese-British actor and musician, who began his professional career as a singer in New York City, before moving to England in 1962. He has performed o ...

as Grandad "The Oldest Man" Sparks

Production

The series was filmed in North Wales, and in the

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Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

References

External links

* *{{IMDb title, 2555406 BBC children's television shows British English-language television shows Television series by All3Media 2012 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings British children's fantasy television series