Classic Media to Showcase New Kids’ Comedies

LONDON: Classic Media has taken on the worldwide TV, home-entertainment and digital media distribution rights, outside of the U.K., to the latest season of the BBC tween series Tracy Beaker Returns as well as the new BBC stop-motion comedy sketch show OOglies.

The new 13×30-minute comedy Tracy Beaker Returns is currently airing on CBBC in the U.K. The series is based on the popular novel The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson. OOglies is a slapstick comedy that features an eccentric ensemble of household pranksters. The show is aimed at 3- to 9-year-olds.

Chloé van den Berg, the executive VP of international at Classic Media, commented: "We’re thrilled to partner with the BBC on this fantastic new content. We’ve experienced phenonmenal success with the Tracy Beaker catalogue internationally and look forward to unveiling the new series at MIPTV." She continued, "OOglies is utterly hilarious and has already garnered a huge audience both online and on-air in the U.K."