Puffin Rock | |
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Genre | Children's television series |
Created by | Lily Bernard Tomm Moore Paul Young |
Written by | Sara Daddy Davey Moore Rachel Dawson Chris Baugh Denise Cassar |
Directed by | Maurice Joyce |
Voices of | Kate McCafferty Sally McDaid Darragh Gargan Anna McDaid Laura McCallan Brenn Doherty |
Narrated by | Chris O'Dowd |
Country of origin | Ireland United Kingdom United States |
Original languages | English Irish |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 (78 segments) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Gerry Shirren Fionnuala Deane Francesca Dow |
Producers | Paul Young Laura Campbell John McDaid |
Editor | Alan Slattery |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Cartoon Saloon Dog Ears Penguin Random House[1] |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉjr |
Release | 12 January 2015 12 August 2016 | –
Puffin Rock is an Irish animated children's television series that aired on RTÉjr. Narrated by Chris O'Dowd, the series premiered on 12 January 2015 and is co-produced by Irish company Cartoon Saloon, UK company Dog Ears and American company Penguin Random House.
It originally aired on RTÉjr in Ireland, Nick Jr., Nick Jr. Too and Milkshake! in the United Kingdom, Nick Jr. in Italy, ABC Kids in Australia,[2] ERT2 in Greece and Netflix in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Spain, the Benelux countries, UK, Poland, France, Denmark and Germany.[3]
Based on Puffin Island, situated off the Irish coast, the series follows a young puffin named Oona and her baby brother Baba as they explore their world.
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Kidscreen Awards | February 9, 2016 | Best New Series, preschool | Won | [4][5] | |
Best Animated Series, preschool | Won | ||||
Annie Awards | February 4, 2017 | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children | Puffin Rock - The First Snow - Episode: 59 | Nominated | [6] |
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Lily Bernard for The First Snow - Episode: 59 | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Davey Moore for The First Snow - Episode: 59 | Nominated | |||
International Emmy Kids Awards | April 10, 2018 | Best preschool program | Nominated | [7][8] |
The series was made by Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon, the studio behind the Academy Award-nominated feature Song of the Sea, and Derry based creative studio Dog Ears.[9]
By July 2019, a film based on the series was in development.[10] The film's title and cast were revealed in February 2023, the name of the film was revealed to be Puffin Rock and the New Friends, with most of the cast reprising their roles, and Chris O'Dowd reprising his role as the narrator. However, most of the actors for the pre-school aged characters did not return, and were replaced, with Beth McCafferty replacing Kate McCafferty as Oona.[11] The film theatrically released on 14 July 2023 in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and then on August 11 for the rest of the United Kingdom.[12] The film was also released in the Irish language under the title Puffin Rock agus Cairde Nua.[13]