Rootie Kazootie was the principal character on the 1950s children's television show The Rootie Kazootie Club. The show was the creation of Steve Carlin and featured human actors along with hand puppets.
In each episode the animal music artists ooze attitude and present the viewers with a unique take on urban wildlife. Through musical rhyme children find out what life is really like for the wild creatures living amongst us in our cities.
These seriously catchy tunes will stick in your head for days. Animal rap stars strut their stuff in these lively short episodes that will have audiences tuning in for their daily musical fix.
The series developed from our first Urban Tails pilot episode “Funky Foxes” made for the RTÉ short scheme in 2016.
The series concept was launched at Cartoon Forum and was nominated for BEST PILOT at Cartoons on the Bay. Urban Tails’ second pilot “Mista C-Lion” was launched at MIP 2017 in partnership with Screen Ireland. Both pilots can be seen below.
Bo the StoryBot attempts to read animated rhyming stories to groups of real-life kids from around the world - but the kids have OTHER ideas. This Kidscreen Award-winning limited series from Netflix's StoryBots universe uses an innovative blend of animation with live action, real and unscripted kids from all over the globe.
Live, interactive programmes devised by BBC Learning to support teachers and bring curriculum content to life, directly to your classroom. With access to leading experts and some of the BBC's biggest brands and talent, Live Lessons are a shared learning experience for schools all over the UK.