Friday, July 10, 2009

Nickelodeon UK To Reinvent Grizzly Tales

From C21 Media:

Grizzly Tales reinvented for Nick

Award-winning UK animated series Grizzly Tales, which originally aired on ITV, is being reinvented for Nickelodeon UK.

Twenty-six new 11-minute episodes have been devised based on the series of books written by Jamie Rix (Not Going Out, The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury).

As in the original series, Grizzly Tales will be narrated by Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, Hairspray).

The new series will be broadcast in 2011, preceded by re-runs of the 79 original episodes in 2010.

The original six series ran from 2000 to 2006 on ITV1 and are based on the original book Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. It is co-exec produced and directed by Sara and Simon Bor and will be distributed by ITV Global Entertainment.

Jules Grant
18 Jun 2009
© C21 Media 2009

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