Category: C91Èȱ¬
Date: 08.11.2005
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Alison Sharman, Controller for C91Èȱ¬, has commissioned three major new children's series from independent production companies as part of her creative vision to ensure that only the best ideas make it onto the screen.
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Tronji is a 30 x 30 series for children aged six to eight years, and has been commissioned from Ragdoll, the makers of Teletubbies. It involves two worlds that co-exist - the Tronji world, and the real world, blending live action and real children with a computer-generated environment.
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It aims to entice its audience into the problem-solving and detecting activities of the Tronji world, encouraging them to help solve the comical dilemmas presented in each episode.
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Also from Ragdoll is In The Night Garden, a series of 100 x 30 episodes aimed at pre-school children. It features a host of wonderfully silly characters living together within a happy and caring community.
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It is filmed in real woodland, weaving together the very latest technical innovations in live-character costume technology and computer-generated animation to create a fully immersive experience for young viewers.
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Both Ragdoll series will be executive produced by Anne Wood.
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Me Too!, another new series for pre-schoolers, has been commissioned from one of Scotland's newest independent production companies, Tattiemoon.
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Series produced by Brian Jamieson, the producer of Balamory, Me Too! is a drama for pre-school children set in a bustling city and revolving around the lives of ten main characters, their children, their jobs and their ambitions.
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Daily stories will reveal what happens in the parallel worlds of the pre-school child at play and the grown-up at work. There are 150 x 20 episodes.
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Anne Gilchrist, C91Èȱ¬'s Executive Editor for Independents, said: "These are three highly significant commissions for C91Èȱ¬ and I'm really pleased that we will be working with people in the independent sector who have such a high calibre of talent and creative expertise.
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"Each one will be innovative, exciting and engaging for their target age groups and promise to become 'classic' children's programmes - which generations to come will enjoy and remember fondly for years."
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Me Too! will begin to transmit in 2006, while Tronji and In the Night Garden will begin airing on the 91Èȱ¬ in 2007.
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