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2013 British TV series or programme
Strange Hill High
Created byYoshimi & Katoi
Written byJosh Weinstein
Directed byGeoff Walker & Chris Tichbourne
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Original release
NetworkCBBC
Release8 May 2013 (2013-05-08) –
present (present)

Strange Hill High is a children's animated series for CBBC.

Premise

Josh Weinstein (The Simpsons, Futurama) writes the series, created using an animation technique combining puppets, Japanese vinyl toys and digital effects. Strange Hill High follows students Mitchell Tanner, Becky Butters and Templeton as they explore their extraordinary school, uncovering absurd and outrageous occurrences as they go.

Series 1 of the show was filmed at Factory Transmedia's studios in Altrincham, Greater Manchester during 2012/13, and is a co-production between CBBC, FremantleMedia and Factory.

Cast

  • Emma Kennedy as Becky Butters
  • Doc Brown as Mitchell Tanner
  • Richard Ayoade as Templeton
  • Jonathan Keeble as Mr Abercrombie (Voice)
  • John Thomson as Bishop, Peter Dustpan and others
  • Caroline Aherne as Stephanie, Croydonia and others
  • Marc Silk as Matthews, Tyson and others
  • Melissa Sinden as Miss Grackle and others

Episodes

Series 1

# Title Written by Original air date
1"King Mitchell"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths8 May 2013
2"99 Cool Things to do with a Time Machine"Ben Teasdale15 May 2013
3"The Lost and Found Boy"Josh Weinstein22 May 2013
4"Snoozical"Reid Harrison29 May 2013
5"Big Mouth Strikes Again"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths5 June 2013
6"The Most Boring Book In The World"Ben Teasdale12 June 2013
7"Read All About It"Stuart Kenworthy19 June 2013
8"Health & Safety"Emma Kennedy26 June 2013
9"The Ghost Writers of Strange Hill High"Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris3 July 2013
10"Teacher's Pets"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths10 July 2013
11"Lucky Becky"Kirstie Falkous17 July 2013
12"Becky vs Bocky"Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris24 July 2013
13"End Of Terminator"Josh Weinstein31 July 2013

Series 2

# Title Written by Original air date
1"The Curse of the Wereteacher"Josh Weinstein29 April 2014
2"Invasion of the Templetons"Andrew Burrell6 May 2014
3"101% Solution"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths13 May 2014
4"Little School of Horrors"Ben Teasdale20 May 2014
5"Big Templeton is Watching You"Unknown27 May 2014
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Behind the Scenes

Clip 1: Blue Peter- Helen Skelton goes behind the scenes of Strange Hill High to see how the puppets work. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/strange_hill_high/videos/

Clip 2: CBBC Office- Chris and Dodge from CBBC go behind the scenes of Strange Hill High to see how the sets are built. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/clips/p01bdxd5

Clip 3: CBBC Office- Chris from CBBC goes behind the scenes of Strange Hill High (again) but this time, he voices a character named Ken Kong... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90FkA76t-k

Ratings

Episode ratings from BARB.

Episode No. Airdate Viewers CBBC Weekly Ranking
1 8 May 2013 Under 244,000 Outside Top 10
2 15 May 2013 298,000 8
3 22 May 2013 360,000 3
4 29 May 2013 317,000 6
5 5 June 2013 Under 205,000 Outside Top 10
6 12 June 2013 Under 248,000 Outside Top 10
7 19 June 2013 224,000 10
8 26 June 2013 283,000 4
9 3 July 2013 Under 198,000 Outside Top 10
10 10 July 2013 294,000 2
11 17 July 2013 Under 262,000 Outside Top 10
12 24 July 2013 Under 212,000 Outside Top 10
13 31 July 2013 278,000 6

Awards and nominations

Nominated for Best Animated Series at the 2013 BAFTA and Broadcast Awards. Won best Animated Series at the Kidscreen Awards 2014.

References

  1. "Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein launches British TV show". BBC. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. "SOUND POST PRODUCTION MANCHESTER NORTH WEST ENGLAND". 4rfv.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2014/05/13
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2014/05/20
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2014/05/27
  6. http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-10?
  7. http://www.factorytm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162:strange-hill-high-nominated-for-kidscreen-award&catid=36:our-blog

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