Iconicles Explained

Genre:	Pre-school
Based On:	An original idea by Lois Lee and Eric Radomski
Starring:	Gavin Stenhouse
Opentheme:	Iconicles Theme
Endtheme:	Iconicles Theme (Instrumental)
Composer:	Lester Barnes
Language:	English
Channel:	CBeebies
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26
Runtime:	25 minutes

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]

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.^[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

Notes and References

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