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Octonauts
''Octonauts'' is a children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies, and based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy. The show follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized 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 (TV series), 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 work. A Netflix-original spin-off (media), spinoff, subtitled ''Octon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvergate Media
Silvergate Media Holdings Limited, doing business as Sony Pictures Television - Kids, is a television production and brand licensing company based in New York City and London. The company was founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli and was acquired by Sony Pictures Television in 2019. 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 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. Silvergate also produced '' Sunny Day'' for Nickelod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Bag Films
Brown Bag Films (BBF) is an Irish television CGI and computer animation production studio owned by Canadian production studio 9 Story Media Group and based in Dublin with 2D and 3D animation facilities based in Bali, Toronto and formerly Manchester. Founded in 1994 by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell, the studio is well known for the production of CGI-animated and 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'' and ''Henry Hugglemonster''. Brown Bag Films have produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorion (company)
Chorion Limited was a multinational media production company with offices in London, New York, and Sydney. The company produced TV shows and Feature Films, 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 Mr. Men, ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', ''Olivia (TV series), Olivia'', Gaspard and Lisa (TV series), Gaspard and Lisa and Noddy. The company also owned the rights to the Agatha Christie Estate (including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, 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 1998–2002: Beginnings Chorion was created on 4 April 1998 as a new name for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Greenall
Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, producer, writer and voice artist. He has portrayed Michael in the BBC television series '' I'm Alan Partridge'', as well as in '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa,'' the Caretaker in the CBBC game show '' Trapped! and'' Richard in ''Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married.'' He has also appeared in various roles in television comedies such as ''Harry Enfield's Television Programme'', ''The Armstrong and Miller Show'', ''Alas Smith and Jones'', ''The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson'' and ''Benidorm''. As a voice artist, Greenall is best known for voicing Mr Aleksandr Orlov and Sergi in the Compare the Meerkat advertising campaign for comparethemarket.com along with Captain Barnacles in ''The Octonauts.'' He also voiced Iqbal and Martin in ''Bromwell High'', the Twins in the ''Shaun the Sheep Movie'' along with its sequel '' A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon'', Snout In Kerwhizz and multiple voices in Monkey Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Wyatt
Jo Wyatt is an English actress. She is known for her voice as Tweak in ''The Octonauts'', Little Miss Helpful, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Scary and Little Miss Sunshine in ''The Mr. Men Show''. She also voiced Daisy Kribotnik in ''Love Soup'', a woman in a bar in '' Extras'', 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 televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Gallagher
Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. 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 others children's series including ''The Mr. Men Show'', ''Alphablocks'', ''Numberblocks'', and ''The Octonauts''. She has recorded redubs for several anime films such as ''Laughing Target'', '' X'', '' Bounty Dog'', ''Demon City Shinjuku,'' and ''Cyber City Oedo 808'' and 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's drama '' The Darker Face of the Earth'', opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in the play's BBC radio adaptation. In 2010, she voiced Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Rackstraw
Robert Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965) is a British voice actor who has worked in various animated films, television shows and video games. Career Rackstraw has an extensive voiceover career over 20 years. He voiced the main villain Pew in ''The Legends of Treasure Island'', Voracious, Attila and Farmer Farmer in ''Foxbusters'', James in the UK and US versions of Thomas and Friends, Buster and George in ''The Koala Brothers'', Professor Professor in ''The Secret Show'', Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Tickle and Mr. Happy in the UK version of ''The Mr. Men Show'', Dad in ''Dennis and Gnasher'', Kwazii in ''The Octonauts'', Roger and Isambard in ''Lavender Castle'', and Captain Campion in ''Watership Down''. He wrote episodes of ''Avenger Penguins'' and ''Fantomcat''. He made his very first voice acting role as Dave the Policeman in the 1992 stop motion animated series ''Truckers''. He provided additional voices for ''Realms of the Haunting'', '' Dragon Quest VIII: Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Wickham
Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', and Polluto in '' Tommy Zoom''. 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 ''Jungle Junction'', for then Pl ... [...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 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 children ages 6–12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. History On November 20, 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block, and would be used as both a pre-school block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel officially launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC channel, as a spinoff from the BBC's children's television strand. The first four shows to air on the channel were ''Teletubbies'', ''Binka'', '' Step Inside'', and ''Pingu''. CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 6 am to 6:58 pm, broadcasting 7 days per week, and as a result, it timeshares with fellow BBC channel BBC Four, which is on air after this channel goes off air for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainframe Studios
Mainframe Studios is a Canadian computer animation company 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) 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 25 October 2016, the company announced a triple acquisition and merger of Frederator Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polar Bear
The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear species, as well as the largest extant land carnivore. A boar (adult male) weighs around , while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water, and for hunting seals, which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time on the sea ice. Their scientific name means "maritime bear" and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present. Because of their dependence on the sea ice, polar be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
