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Product News JB PRODUCTIONS FUMBLES began three years ago as a
live-theatre educational musical show and workshops, then developed into a TV show. It will launch its first publishing and L&M products in 2018. In Fumbleland, if a child makes a spelling mistake, mischievous creatures called Fumbles appear. For example: if a child writes nosebook instead of notebook the notebook will turn into a nose book and begin to sneeze.
BEYOND DISTRIBUTION BEAT Bugs (52 x 11 mins/26 x 30 mins)
MIPCOM is Tee And Mo (50 x 7 mins), a pre-school series for the UK’s CBeebies. Following its digital debut as a suite of games and four songs, the series features a fun-loving three-yearold monkey, Tee, and super-mum Mo, as they navigate the ups and downs of their daily life.
is launched in Cannes by Beyond Distribution. This is the first children’s animated show to feature songs made famous by the Beatles, performed by leading artists. Jay, Kumi, Crick, Buzz and Walter are best friends who have a knack for getting themselves into mischief as they explore and learn about life in their overgrown backyard.
Tee And Mo (Zodiak Kids)
Beat Bugs (Beyond Distribution)
LAGARDERE STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LAGARDERE Studios Distribution is launching two youth series in Cannes.
Fumbles (JB Productions)
MONDO TV ITALY’s Mondo TV brings a range of
shows to MIPCOM. The second series of Robot Trains (52 x 11 mins), a coproduction by Mondo and Korea’s CJ E&M, introduces Rail Watch, featuring the trusted robot train guardians of Rail World. Other titles include: Invention Story (104 x 11 mins), which offers learning and fun through the adventures of a creative fox; YooHoo & Friends (52 x 11 mins), which features a team that helps and supports endangered animals; and two further seasons of live-action show Heidi.
Robot Trains (Mondo TV)
ZODIAK KIDS HEADING the slate for Zodiak Kids at
Edutainment show Top Of The Tops is a series of shorts for nine- to 12-year-olds. Subjects include sports, fashion, DIY, recipes, magic, animals, history and science. The Avatars (52 x 4 mins) is a live-action series in which three music-loving teenagers dream of becoming world-famous rock stars. Unfortunately, despite their talent, the boys are repeatedly rejected by record label executives who keep telling them that they are too young. Everything changes when JP’s sister suggests they create a virtual band.
GLOBAL SCREEN ZENITH (7 x 25 mins), a
series from The Netherlands brought to Cannes by Germany’s Global Screen, features siblings Fay (14) and Boris (10) who discover their parents have been replaced by robots that look exactly like them. When Fay and Boris find a way to control the robots they realise they can make their new parents do whatever they want.
Zenith (Global Screen) preview magazine I September 2017 I www.mipjunior.com