Little Robots
Little Robots is a British stop-motion animated children's television series that was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Create TV & Film. The series originally aired on CBeebies, a British children's television channel known for its educational and entertaining programming aimed at preschoolers. PremiseThe show features a group of small, friendly robots living in a colorful world. Each episode follows the adventures of these robots as they navigate their daily lives, solve problems, and explore themes of friendship, cooperation, and creativity. The characters are designed to appeal to preschool audiences. Creation and DevelopmentLittle Robots was based on a book by Mike Brownlow, published in 1999 by Ragged Bears Publishing. The book laid the foundation for the series, inspiring its characters and stories. Vanessa Chapman and Michael Carrington for Create TV & Film developed the series.[2] The series uses stop motion animation.[1] The series was developed by the motion-picture division of Lego Media, a subsidiary of The Lego Group that produced video games and TV shows based on Lego products and properties.[1] Lego Media rebranded to Create TV & Film Ltd. in 2003.[3] BroadcastLego Media International announced the show's production in April 2001 for a 2002 delivery.[4] On 7 October 2001, it was confirmed that the BBC had acquired the UK broadcast rights to the show and that production would start on the series, which would begin to air from January 2003.[5] In December of that year, it was confirmed that BBC Worldwide had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the series, and that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had purchased the Australian broadcast rights to the series.[6] In March 2003, BBC Worldwide pre-sold the series to many different broadcasters, including ZDF and KiKA in Germany, TVOntario, SCN and Knowledge Network in Canada, and the NRK in Norway.[7] It also aired on NHK and Disney Jr. in Japan.[8] MerchandisingFrom 2003 to 2004 a number of construction toy sets based on the TV series were released by as part of the Lego Duplo toy theme. New pieces and figures were created for the toy line. Also made were character plush toys. Most of the sets had limited release and were available only for online shopping in countries where the TV series was aired.[9] References
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