Dot To Dot’s Monster Show Heads to CBeebies, Sprout

LONDON: Dot To Dot Productions is producing School of Roars, a new 2D animated preschool series that is slated for broadcast on CBeebies in the U.K. and Sprout in the U.S.

School of Roars follows five young monsters as they learn various lessons in school. The voice cast includes Kathy Burke (Gimme Gimme Gimme), Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) and Andrew Scott (Sherlock). The 52×7-minute show, which is due to debut early this year, will be globally distributed by ZDF Enterprises. It was created by Alan Robinson and is being executive produced by Jo Killingley for Dot To Dot and Sarah Legg for CBeebies.

Killingley, the founder of Dot To Dot, remarked: “School of Roars is a unique and exciting property that will appeal to both children and their parents, as it not only educates but prepares children for school in a fun and engaging way. What makes it even more exciting is that it is created, developed, produced and animated in-house by Dot To Dot following the launch of our own animation studio. The new studio will be producing and developing material for children of all ages.”

Kay Benbow, the controller for CBeebies, noted: “We’re sure our youngest viewers will be enchanted by the friendly school-based adventures, the bright design and the quirky humor, whilst parents may be surprised by the hugely talented stellar supporting cast. We hope it’ll become another monster-mazing, super-snufflesome CBeebies favorite!”

Arne Lohmann, the VP of ZDFE.junior, added: “After our successful partnership with Fun With Claude we are delighted to work together again with Dot To Dot Productions. We are sure that School of Roars will be loved by children all over the world, as the mini monsters’ daily life is very similar to their own.”