Rocket's Island Explained

Genre:Fantasy
Adventure
Mystery
Creator:Nick Leather
Producer:Tim Compton
Lucy Martin
Executive Producer:Sue Nott
Rebecca Hodgson
Steve Christian
Tony Wood
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Company:Lime Pictures
All3Media[1]
Network:CBBC (2012–2015)
Runtime:30 minutes
Num Series:3
Num Episodes:29
List Episodes:
  1. Episodes

Rocket's Island is a British television series, created by Nick Leather about a family taking care of foster children. It stars Jordan Benjamin, Samuel Bottomley, Jack Hartley, Tom Coliandris, Helen Daniels and Joe Gallucci. It was produced by Lime Pictures and All3Media for CBBC.[2]

It was nominated for a BAFTA children's award in the drama category in 2016, but lost out to the winner Refugee.[3] Rocket's Island has never been released on DVD. The first series consisted of three episode, whilst series two and three consisted of thirteen episodes.

Plot

Rocket's Island is about the Boulsworth family, who live at and run Knot Farm, who take care of a number of foster children who come and stay with them. Rocket and his friends have many adventures in their day-to-day lives with plenty of drama involved.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

The series was filmed in North Wales,[4] and in the Isle of Man.[5]

Episodes

Series 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rocket's Island .
  2. Web site: Rocket's Island. 2021-06-09. www.all3mediainternational.com.
  3. Web site: 2016 Children's Drama BAFTA Awards. 2022-01-18. awards.bafta.org.
  4. Web site: Flintshire transformed into fictional island for CBBC series . 25 October 2013 .
  5. Web site: Rocket's Island .