Archie - Online press roundup
13/04/10 01:03
Here are
a selection of sites who ran the launch of Archie :
Muppetwikia
Alaninbelfast
Examiner.com
Worldscreen.com
Ni4kids.com
Clicksmarts.com
Cynopsis.com
NorthernIreland Screen
Muppetwikia
Alaninbelfast
Examiner.com
Worldscreen.com
Ni4kids.com
Clicksmarts.com
Cynopsis.com
NorthernIreland Screen
Archie joins Potto and Hilda in Sesame Tree!
13/04/10 00:38
A bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Muppet will be moving to Sesame Tree, Northern Ireland’s very own version of Sesame Street, when the second series debuts later this year.
Archie, a three and a half year old squirrel with a love of learning, will join friends Hilda and Potto on their adventures as they encourage children to explore the world around them, promoting respect and understanding through educational messages. The trio will answer questions on many topics posed by children and introduce local mini documentaries that showcase the diversity of life in Northern Ireland. Archie is played by local puppeteer, Mike Smith.
Currently being filmed in Northern Ireland, the new Sesame Tree TV series will be accompanied by educational outreach materials and a website.
The new character has been developed by the local Sesame Tree production company Sixteen South Television, and Sesame Workshop, the not-for-profit organisation behind Sesame Street. The series is due to air across the UK on CBeebies later this year.
Archie (short for Archimedes) is a squirrel with a big bushy tail, bright eyes and cool glasses. With a signature phrase of “Sweetily deet!”, he loves to learn new things, especially when it comes to counting and measuring. He is truly delighted to be friends with Potto and Hilda and loves the fact that every day in the Sesame Tree is filled with laughter, singing, learning and lots of silliness. Archie is like an adorable much loved little brother to Potto and Hilda. They encourage him to find ways to be less afraid if he’s frightened of something – or help him to prepare for a new challenge. The three friends are always looking out for each other.
Colin Williams, Executive Producer for Sesame Tree comments, “It’s great to be back filming Sesame Tree for its second series, even more so as we have our new character, Archie, to introduce to the sights and sounds of everyday life in Northern Ireland. Sesame Tree has been developed to support the new NI curriculum so Archie and his friends have an important role to play in educating young children. He is a very welcome addition to the Tree. It is really exciting to see Archie and Hilda out and about on location as part of the documentary filming with local children and families for our new series.”
The Sesame Tree project is funded by the International Fund for Ireland, which promotes integration and reconciliation throughout Northern Ireland and the southern border counties, and also by Northern Ireland Screen. The second series of Sesame Tree will be broadcast on CBeebies in late 2010.
Big City Park commissioned by CBeebies
23/12/09 03:12
We’ve just received one of the best Christmas presents ever...
Anyone who has ever worked in television development will know that patience and perseverance are such difficult concepts to come to terms with. We have been developing Big City Park, our outdoors preschool show for almost two years, and it has taken more twists and turns than Silverstone. We teamed up with our wonderful friends at BBC Scotland to develop it as a co-production and for the last six months, we’ve been knee-deep in research, creating a new family of human and puppet characters and clocking up enough airmiles between Belfast and Glasgow to do a round-world trip. CBeebies liked our idea and funded a pilot episode, so we assembled an A-team and brought a brilliant consultant, puppet designer, director, producer, composer and production designer on-board to make our dream a reality.
We shot the pilot over three days in a Belfast park with a lead actress, three puppets and four children.... IN THE RAIN
We’re so tickled pink to have just had Big City Park commissioned by CBeebies. The channel has placed an initial order of 26 x 15 minute shows.
Big City Park is a celebration of the outdoors. It’s set in the park in a big city and encourages children to get outside, to splash, explore and have fun. It also encourages parents and caregivers to loosen the reins and unwrap our children from the cotton wool - and let them discover the freedom of being outdoors.
Big City Park goes into production right away with transmission on CBeebies from 6 August 2010.
CBeebies commissions a new series of Sesame Tree
06/01/10 03:12
We are so truly delighted that CBeebies have commissioned a second season of Sesame Tree! Season One achieved excellent ratings and it’s such an incredible privilege to produce another 20 episodes of this brilliant show with our friends, the people behind Sesame Street, the world’s number one preschool programme.
Broadcast date is provisionally Winter 2010
CBeebies ratings...
14/09/08 03:04
They say that the proof is in the pudding. To be honest, none of us really like pudding, but we do like good programme ratings!
The CBeebies ratings are just in and we're delighted to hear that many, many boys and girls love to watch Sesame Tree!
The programme acheived up to 205,000 viewers which is 70% of the highest rated, long running programme on the channel.
Fantastic!
CBeebies takes Sesame Tree!
14/09/08 03:03
Can it get any
better...?
CBeebies have taken Sesame Tree for broadcast!
It will air daily at 10am and 1pm every weekday throughout August and will be heavily trailed and promoted through on-air presentation.
This is amazing news for us - and for the television production community of Northern Ireland. Sesame Tree was produced for a Northern Irish audience - with local humour, stories and strong accents. To see it being taken by CBeebies, the most revered childrens' channel in Europe is a huge compliment to everyone that was involved in making it such a great production. It's fantastic to hear Northern Irish voices on national childrens' television.
For a producer to have a programme taken by CBeebies is the ultimate goal. We are chuffed.
CBeebies have taken Sesame Tree for broadcast!
It will air daily at 10am and 1pm every weekday throughout August and will be heavily trailed and promoted through on-air presentation.
This is amazing news for us - and for the television production community of Northern Ireland. Sesame Tree was produced for a Northern Irish audience - with local humour, stories and strong accents. To see it being taken by CBeebies, the most revered childrens' channel in Europe is a huge compliment to everyone that was involved in making it such a great production. It's fantastic to hear Northern Irish voices on national childrens' television.
For a producer to have a programme taken by CBeebies is the ultimate goal. We are chuffed.
Sesame Tree goes network on BBC2
11/04/08 18:46
Wow! Sesame Tree has been taken by BBC network and is being shown on BBC2 every morning at 7.45am. It's being shown on terrestial - which means that every television in the UK (and most of Ireland) with an aerial can receive the programme.
This is amazing news and is something we couldn't dream of when we were making the show.
We're so delighted!
BBC iPlayer
06/04/08 00:59
The first show - 'The Bookworms move house' is currently on BBC's iPlayer.
Each week's show will be added - search under the childrens genre.
More Interviews
04/04/08 08:58
We've
almost lost count of the amount of television,
radio and press interviews we have given for Sesame
Tree.
Everything from the Financial Times in New York, to broadcast journals and our own local press too.
This morning it was BBC World radio which went out quite literally across the world on two programmes, 'The Word Today' and 'World Update'.
Everything from the Financial Times in New York, to broadcast journals and our own local press too.
This morning it was BBC World radio which went out quite literally across the world on two programmes, 'The Word Today' and 'World Update'.
Sesame Tree - Transmission
29/03/08 23:22
Our
production of Sesame Tree will be shown on BBC2
Northern Ireland FIVE TIMES a week!
First episode transmission is Saturday 5 April and every week for 20 weeks.
Saturdays @ 6.15am and repeated at 6.45am
Sundays @ 6.15am and repeated at 6.45am
Tuesdays @ 2pm
So look out for 100 Sesame Tree airings starting 5 April!
First episode transmission is Saturday 5 April and every week for 20 weeks.
Saturdays @ 6.15am and repeated at 6.45am
Sundays @ 6.15am and repeated at 6.45am
Tuesdays @ 2pm
So look out for 100 Sesame Tree airings starting 5 April!
Sesame Tree Press - 2008
12/03/08 03:39
Here is a roundup of current news stories
online about our Sesame Tree production (with
grateful thanks for our wonderful friends at our PR
company!)
Sesame Tree on Wikipedia (we didn't create this!)
The Muppet Wiki
BBC - The official Sesame Tree website
BBC - Sesame Tree
BBC - Sesame Tree preview on iPlayer - 11 March 2008
BBC - From Stormont to Sesame Tree - 11 March 2008
BBC - Bert and Ernie in Belfast Debut - 11 March 2008
BBC - Sesame wannabes begin auditions - 25 September 2007
Belfast Telegraph - A specisl treat for the Duke - 12 March 2008
Belfast Telegraph - Meet the trio in the tree - 8 November 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Meet the Muppets - 26 October 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Ulster on way to Sesame Street - 10 October 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Sesame Tree - An open door for young stars - 25 September 2007
News Letter - Paul's acting the muppet - 4 April 2008
News Letter - Bert and Ernoe talk Norn Iron - 25 September 2007
News Letter - Children's show takes root in Ulster - 9 November 2007
Irish News - My Kind of job... - 10 April 2008
Irish News - Open Sesame for North's Muppets - 1 April 2008
Sesame Workshop - Muppets arrive in Belfast
Sesame Workshop - Residents of Sesame Tree unveiled
Sesame Workshop - Search begins for Sesame Tree Cast
The Stage - Branching out: The Sesame Tree - 4 April 2008
Northern Ireland Screen - Sesame Tree debuts on BBC - 13 March 2008
UK Film & Television news - Muppets mania in Belfast - 11 March 2008
Worldscreen.com - Sesame Tree to debut on BBC Northern Ireland - 11 March 2008
Virgin Radio - Duke Special & Sesame Tree
4NI - Northern Ireland's own Sesame Tree launched - 11 March 2008
Belfast Child - Bert and Ernie in Belfast debut - 11 March 2008
The Optimist - Bert and Ernie promote respect - 11 March 2008
Queens University - Sesame Street comes to Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive - Stormont for Sesame Street - 11 March 2008
Unreality TV - Sesame Tree comes to Northern Ireland
NI4Kids - Wake up to Sesame Tree - 4 April 2008
Alan in Belfast - Northern Ireland muppetry coming soon
The Ireland Funds
Sesame Tree on Wikipedia (we didn't create this!)
The Muppet Wiki
BBC - The official Sesame Tree website
BBC - Sesame Tree
BBC - Sesame Tree preview on iPlayer - 11 March 2008
BBC - From Stormont to Sesame Tree - 11 March 2008
BBC - Bert and Ernie in Belfast Debut - 11 March 2008
BBC - Sesame wannabes begin auditions - 25 September 2007
Belfast Telegraph - A specisl treat for the Duke - 12 March 2008
Belfast Telegraph - Meet the trio in the tree - 8 November 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Meet the Muppets - 26 October 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Ulster on way to Sesame Street - 10 October 2007
Belfast Telegraph - Sesame Tree - An open door for young stars - 25 September 2007
News Letter - Paul's acting the muppet - 4 April 2008
News Letter - Bert and Ernoe talk Norn Iron - 25 September 2007
News Letter - Children's show takes root in Ulster - 9 November 2007
Irish News - My Kind of job... - 10 April 2008
Irish News - Open Sesame for North's Muppets - 1 April 2008
Sesame Workshop - Muppets arrive in Belfast
Sesame Workshop - Residents of Sesame Tree unveiled
Sesame Workshop - Search begins for Sesame Tree Cast
The Stage - Branching out: The Sesame Tree - 4 April 2008
Northern Ireland Screen - Sesame Tree debuts on BBC - 13 March 2008
UK Film & Television news - Muppets mania in Belfast - 11 March 2008
Worldscreen.com - Sesame Tree to debut on BBC Northern Ireland - 11 March 2008
Virgin Radio - Duke Special & Sesame Tree
4NI - Northern Ireland's own Sesame Tree launched - 11 March 2008
Belfast Child - Bert and Ernie in Belfast debut - 11 March 2008
The Optimist - Bert and Ernie promote respect - 11 March 2008
Queens University - Sesame Street comes to Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive - Stormont for Sesame Street - 11 March 2008
Unreality TV - Sesame Tree comes to Northern Ireland
NI4Kids - Wake up to Sesame Tree - 4 April 2008
Alan in Belfast - Northern Ireland muppetry coming soon
The Ireland Funds
That's a wrap!
22/03/08 15:37
We've just delivered all 20 episodes of Sesame Tree to BBCNI for broadcast. We're enormously proud of them and are delighted that they are not only visually beautiful, but are woven around important educational and moral teaching.
The show is broadcast on Saturdays on BBC2 at 7.15am on Saturdays and repeated on Sundays at the same time.
First show is Saturday 5th April!