Aardman has unveiled a brand new stop-motion animated series featuring the youngest sheep in the flock...Timmy!
The 52 x 10-minute series has already been pre-bought by CBeebies in the UK, and Aardman International is looking to secure further worldwide pre-sale deals at the market.
Currently in pre-production, Timmy is scheduled for transmission in 2009.
The series combines Aardman’s world-class stop-motion style with the colourful simplicity of classic pre-school animation. The character designs for Timmy are based on sketches by Academy award-winning Nick Park.
Timmy made his first television appearance in Aardman’s hit animated series Shaun the Sheep, which has racked up television sales and licensing deals in over 150 territories and has won several prestigious accolades including the Cristal Award for Best TV Production at the Annecy Animated Film Festival earlier this year.
Aimed at both boys and girls, the series will be non dialogue, but will feature a variety of animal noises, comedy, fun and strong character animation.
Timmy, age 3 (in sheep years), is adorable, but he’s a little lamb with a lot to learn.
Each episode will follow a day in the life of Timmy in Nursery as he learns something about himself and all is friends – an assortment of bright young animals, some farmyard, some domestic, some wild.
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