Iconicles
{{Short description|Television series for children}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
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| genre = Pre-school
| creator = {{unbulleted list|Lois Lee|Eric Radomski}}
| based_on = An original idea by Lois Lee and Eric Radomski
| director = {{unbulleted list|Richard Bradley (Live-Action)|Dino Athanassiou (CGI)|Sam Cundall (2D)}}
| starring = Gavin Stenhouse
| voices = {{unbulleted list|Sam Lewis|Ellie Jayne Howick|Tim Dann|Helen Lederer|Toby Williams}}
| theme_music_composer = {{unbulleted list|John Greswell|Christopher Taylor}}
| opentheme = Iconicles Theme
| endtheme = Iconicles Theme (Instrumental)
| composer = Lester Barnes
| country = {{unbulleted list|United Kingdom|United States}}
| language = English
| channel = CBeebies
| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list|For Iconicles Ltd.|Vanessa Chapman|Lucy Murphy|Christopher Keenan|For CBeebies|Kay Benbow|Jackie Edwards}}
| producer = {{unbulleted list|Alan Dewhurst (Series)|Aron Evans (Animation)}}
| company = {{unbulleted list|Create Media Ventures (Iconicles Ltd.)|phuuz entertainment|Foothill Entertainment|Dinamo Productions}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 26
| runtime = 25 minutes
| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|08|08|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9s/2011/08/08 | title=CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011 }}
| last_aired = {{End date|2011|10|10|df=y}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iconicles.com/about-show|title = About the Show | Iconicles}}
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.
Characters
The most prominent Iconicles:
- Rumple (voiced by Toby Williams): a grumpy rhino who has a big heart for other Iconicles. He lives in the Wild Wilderness.
- Miss Moo (voiced by Helen Lederer): a cow who has strict rules to keep everything tidy yet is very humble. She lives down on the farm.
- 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. They live in the Water's Edge.
- Skitter (voiced by Tim Dann): a friendly squirrel who loves to collect acorns. He lives around the garden.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iconicles.com/iconicles|title = Meet the Iconicles | Iconicles}}
Development
The show's development began as early as September 2005,{{Cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/foothill-hot-foots-it-to-mipcom-jnr/ | title=Foothill hot foots it to Mipcom JNR }} 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.{{Cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/foothill-ventures-into-development-deal/ | title=Foothill ventures into development deal }}
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.{{Cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/bbc-childrens-greenlights-animal-variety-show/ | title=BBC Children's greenlights animal variety show }}
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.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/25/childrens6.shtml | title=BBC - Press Office - CBBC/CBeebies Winter/Spring 2009 press pack: CBeebies programmes G-M }} Once again, the series never aired during this window.
In March 2010, Beyond Distribution acquired distribution rights to the series.{{Cite news | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/beyond-finalises-iconicles-acquisition/ | title=Beyond finalises Iconicles acquisition | newspaper=C21Media }}
In May 2011, production of the series was announced to be almost complete.{{Cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/create-phuuz-ready-to-deliver-iconicles/ | title=Create & phuuz Ready to Deliver 'Iconicles' | date=16 May 2011 }} The series would premiere on CBeebies on 8 August 2011.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9s/2011/08/08 | title=CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 8 August 2011 }}
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On 23 February 2012, Discovery Kids, TVOntario and Discovery Familia acquired the Latin American, Canadian and Hispanic American broadcast rights to the series.{{Cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2012/02/23/iconicles-sold-across-north-and-latin-america/ | title=Iconicles sold across North and Latin America }}
Episodes
| class="wikitable"
! No. ! Title ! Broadcast ! Iconicles ! Location ! Prod. Code |
| 1
| Mungo's Tummy Trouble! | 8 August 2011 | Splish and Splash | The Wild Wild Wilderness | 108 |
| 2
| The Surprise | 9 August 2011 | Rumple | The Water's Edge | 106 |
| 3
| Dapper's Muddy Dilemma! | 10 August 2011 | Splish and Splash | Down on the Farm | 113 |
| 4
| Zee Can Fix It! | 11 August 2011 | Skitter | The Wild Wild Wilderness | 122 |
| 5
| Lost and Found | 12 August 2011 | Rumple | Around the Garden | 123 |
| 6
| Four Wonders | 15 August 2011 | Miss Moo | The Wild Wild Wilderness | 107 |
| 7
| Dive, Dive, Dive | 16 August 2011 | Skitter | The Water's Edge | 105 |
| 8
| The Pom Pom Tree | 17 August 2011 | Splish and Splash | The Wild Wild Wilderness | 109 |
| 9
| My Ball, Your Ball | 18 August 2011 | Miss Moo | The Water's Edge | 101 |
| 10
| Missing You | 19 August 2011 | Skitter | The Water's Edge | 126 |
| 11
| Puddle Muddle | 22 August 2011 | Rumple | Down on the Farm | 119 |
| 12
| Sleepover Showdown! | 23 August 2011 | Skitter | The Wild Wild Wilderness | 102 |
| 13
| Strictly Barn Yard | 24 August 2011 | Splish and Splash | Down on the Farm | 111 |
| 14
| If A Job's Worth Doing | 25 August 2011 | Skitter | The Water's Edge | 103 |
| 15
| When It Comes To The Crunch | 26 August 2011 | Skitter | The Wild Wild Wilderness | 115 |
| 16
| Whale Song Wrong | 29 August 2011 | Miss Moo | The Water's Edge | 104 |
| 17
| King For A Day | 30 August 2011 | Rumple | Around the Garden | 116 |
| 18
| Dapper Duck Messes Up! | 31 August 2011 | Rumple | Down on the Farm | 114 |
| 19
| Scotty's Bedtime Routine | 1 September 2011 | Miss Moo | The Water's Edge | 124 |
| 20
| Show Time | 2 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
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Category:2011 American animated television series debuts
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Category:2010s American animated television series
Category:2010s American children's television series
Category:2010s preschool education television series
Category:2011 British television series debuts
Category:2011 British television series endings
Category:2010s British animated television series
Category:2010s British children's television series
Category:American children's animated television series
Category:American computer-animated television series
Category:American flash animated television series
Category:American preschool education television series
Category:American television series with live action and animation
Category:Animated preschool education television series
Category:British children's animated television shows
Category:British computer-animated television series
Category:British flash animated television series
Category:British preschool education television series
Category:British television series with live action and animation