Barking! Explained

Creator:Georgia Pritchett
Voices:Will Mellor
Theme Music Composer:Rob David
Dan Delor
Country:United Kingdom
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:20
Producer:Pippa Brill
Company:Granada Television
Catherine Bailey Limited
Network:ITV (CITV)

Barking! is a British children's television series that produced three series between October 2004 and February 2006. The show was originally broadcast on ITV's children's slot CITV.[1] It was nominated for Best Drama at the 11th British Academy Children's Awards.[2]

All 20 episodes of Barking! were repeated frequently on the CITV channel between 2006 and 2013. In February 2018, a similar show Waffle the Wonder Dog was released on CBeebies.

Premise

The series stars Katy McGowan as Jezza Matthews, a teenage girl with a talking dog named Georgie, voiced by Will Mellor, who was given as a welcome gift by her stepfather, Greg (Charles Dale), when Jezza moved with her family to Devon. Jezza is the only person that knows that Georgie could talk, as they go out on adventures around the fictional town of Stonemoor in Devon, but Georgie always causes mischief and gets Jezza in for the blame, Jezza doesn't mind though as they are still close. Other major characters in the show included Jezza's mother, Pippa (Robin Weaver), and her stepbrothers Dan (Adam Scourfield) and Ollie (Tom Millner).

Cast

Production

The series was filmed in the small country market town of Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire.

It was created by Georgia Pritchett and produced by Pippa Brill. The title sequence and design was made and produced by Hello Charlie.

The song composers and producers for the opening sequence were Rob David and Dan Delor who also did composing for other programmes like documentaries for the BBC.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006-10-24 . Presenters vie for Bafta Children's Awards . 2023-01-25 . The Guardian . en.
  2. Web site: Guardian Staff . 2006-10-24 . Bafta Children's Awards nominees . 2023-01-25 . The Guardian . en.
  3. Web site: BBC - Press Office - Drop Dead Gorgeous: Biographies . 2023-01-25 . www.bbc.co.uk.