Fans of the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave will recognize the title character in Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep, a new 40×7 series that has secured pre-sales around the world at MIPCOM 2005. The show was commissioned by CBBC for broadcast in 2007, and has been picked up by co-producer WDR in Germany, as well as ABC Australia, TVNZ New Zealand, SVT Sweden, DRTV Denmark, NRK Norway, YLE Finland and Minimax in Hungary.
Aardman holds worldwide rights to Shaun the Sheep, a stop-motion series about a young member of the flock who doesn’t follow the fold and has to use his resourcefulness to get himself out of trouble when his maverick personality and playful curiosity get him in compromising positions. The show is exec produced by Aardman’s head of broadcast Miles Bullough and CBBC’s head of animation & acquisitions Michael Carrington.
Shaun the Sheep Aardman is is the first-ever stand-alone animation commission from CBBC. Aardman is putting in place a full licensing program and is set to sign up new licensees for the TV property, which is scheduled to go into production in September for delivery in December 2006.
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