Iconicles

Iconicles is a live-action/animated television series for pre-schoolers. The series is a British-American co-production between Create Media Ventures (as "Iconicles Limited") and phuuz entertainment, in association with Foothill Entertainment and Dinamo Productions. The series uses a cross between live-action, flash animation, and CGI animation.[1]

Iconicles
GenrePre-school
Created by
Based onAn original idea by Lois Lee and Eric Radomski
Directed by
  • Richard Bradley (Live-Action)
  • Dino Athanassiou (CGI)
  • Sam Cundall (2D)
StarringGavin Stenhouse
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • John Greswell
  • Christopher Taylor
Opening themeIconicles Theme
Ending themeIconicles Theme (Instrumental)
ComposerLester Barnes
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • For Iconicles Ltd.
  • Vanessa Chapman
  • Lucy Murphy
  • Christopher Keenan
  • For CBeebies
  • Kay Benbow
  • Jackie Edwards
Producers
  • Alan Dewhurst (Series)
  • Aron Evans (Animation)
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
  • Create Media Ventures (Iconicles Ltd.)
  • phuuz entertainment
  • Foothill Entertainment
  • Dinamo Productions
Release
Original networkCBeebies
Original release5 September (2011-09-05) –
10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)

Plot

The series tells of a man named Nat (Gavin Stenhouse) who invents an amazing display, the Iconi-Screen, that allows him to communicate with animated animals in various settings, such as a farm, the sea, a jungle, and a forest. The animals are called "Iconicles". In every episode, Nat has a problem and is helped to solve it by an Iconicle, who jumps out of the Iconi-Screen to enter the real world and interact with Nat. At some point in every episode, there is a game with questions and answers based on what happened with some of the Iconicles.[1][2]

Characters

The most prominent Iconicles:

  • Rumple (voiced by Toby Williams): a grumpy rhino who has a big heart for other Iconicles.
  • Miss Moo (voiced by Helen Lederer): a cow who has strict rules to keep everything tidy yet is very humble.
  • Splish and Splash (voiced by Sam Lewis and Ellie Jayne Howick): Two twin polar bear cubs who are curious and always want to have a lot of fun.
  • Skitter (voiced by Tim Dann): a friendly squirrel who loves to collect acorns.[2]

Development

The show's development began as early as September 2005,[3] and was announced to be in production by March 2006. when Foothill and Create Media Ventures announced development deals with Phuuz Entertainment for the production of the series.[4]

In April 2007, CBeebies announced they had greenlit the series with plans for it to broadcast within a Fall 2008 delivery window. BBC Worldwide were also once involved in the production of the series.[5]

The series never got past this window, and more information about the show was announced by CBeebies on 25 November 2008, with the intention of the series being broadcast within the 2009 schedule.[6] Once again, the series never aired during this window.

In March 2010, Beyond Distribution acquired distribution rights to the series.[7]

In May 2011, production of the series was announced to be almost complete.[8] The series would premiere on CBeebies on 5 September 2011.[9]

Broadcast

On 23 February 2012, Discovery Kids, TVOntario and Discovery Familia acquired the Latin American, Canadian and Hispanic American broadcast rights to the series.[10]

Episodes
No. Title Broadcast Iconicles Location Prod. Code
1 Mungo's Tummy Trouble! 5 September 2011 Splish and Splash The Wild Wild Wilderness 108
2 The Surprise 6 September 2011 Rumple The Water's Edge 106
3 Dapper's Muddy Dilemma! 7 September 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 113
4 Zee Can Fix It 8 September 2011 Skitter The Wild Wild Wilderness 122
5 Lost and Found 9 September 2011 Rumple Around the Garden 123
6 Four Wonders 12 September 2011 Miss Moo The Wild Wild Wilderness 107
7 Dive, Dive, Dive 13 September 2011 Skitter The Water's Edge 105
8 The Pom Pom Tree 14 September 2011 Splish and Splash The Wild Wild Wilderness 109
9 My Ball, Your Ball 15 September 2011 Miss Moo The Water's Edge 101
10 Missing You 16 September 2011 Skitter The Water's Edge 126
11 Puddle Muddle 19 September 2011 Rumple Down on the Farm 119
12 Sleepover Showdown 20 September 2011 Skitter The Wild Wild Wilderness 102
13 Strictly Barn Yard 21 September 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 111
14 If A Job's Worth Doing 22 September 2011 Skitter The Water's Edge 103
15 When It Comes To The Crunch 23 September 2011 Skitter The Wild Wild Wilderness 115
16 Whale Song Wrong 26 September 2011 Miss Moo The Water's Edge 104
17 King For A Day 27 September 2011 Rumple Around the Garden 116
18 Dapper Duck Messes Up 28 September 2011 Rumple Down on the Farm 114
19 Scotty's Bedtime Routine 29 September 2011 Miss Moo The Water's Edge 124
20 Show Time 30 September 2011 Splish and Splash Around the Garden 112
21 The Whoo Wack 3 October 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 120
22 You and Me 4 October 2011 Skitter Down on the Farm 121
23 Don't Look Now 5 October 2011 Miss Moo Around the Garden 118
24 Elvis Has Left the Farmyard 6 October 2011 Splish and Splash Down on the Farm 110
25 Shelly's Boot Camp 7 October 2011 Rumple Around the Garden 125
26 Snow Time 10 October 2011 Miss Moo Around the Garden 117

References
  1. "About the Show | Iconicles".
  2. "Meet the Iconicles | Iconicles".
  3. "Foothill hot foots it to Mipcom JNR".
  4. "Foothill ventures into development deal".
  5. "BBC Children's greenlights animal variety show".
  6. "BBC - Press Office - CBBC/CBeebies Winter/Spring 2009 press pack: CBeebies programmes G-M".
  7. "Beyond finalises Iconicles acquisition". C21Media.
  8. "Create & phuuz Ready to Deliver 'Iconicles'". 16 May 2011.
  9. "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 5 September 2011".
  10. "Iconicles sold across North and Latin America".
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