{"id":17927,"date":"2020-01-22T09:35:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-puppet-series-monty-co\/"},"modified":"2020-01-22T11:32:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T16:32:08","slug":"cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/","title":{"rendered":"CBeebies Picks Up Puppet Series Monty &amp; Co"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC preschool channel CBeebies has acquired the linear and FVOD rights to the new puppet series <em>Monty &amp; Co<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From the U.K.-based Pipkins Productions,<em> Monty &amp; Co<\/em> follows the lives of an eclectic group of characters living above a bring, buy and mend shop, with each episode written as a musical mini-drama. Serious Lunch is representing worldwide rights for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Genevieve Dexter, founder and CEO of Serious Lunch, said: \u201cWe are delighted, it has been a long time since the U.K. has produced a homegrown puppet series of this caliber. Young children enjoy intense emotional connection with puppets, and it\u2019s a lovely thing to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Plaskitt of Pipkins Productions said: \u201c<em>Monty &amp; Co<\/em> was produced using a unique funding model operating under the U.K.\u2019s Enterprise Investment Scheme and we hope the CBeebies broadcast and Serious Lunch\u2019s will now attract further investment and sales to produce more episodes going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC preschool channel CBeebies has acquired the linear and FVOD rights to the new puppet series Monty &amp; Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[494,5198,1024],"class_list":["post-17927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cbeebies","tag-monty-co","tag-serious-lunch","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBeebies Picks Up Puppet Series Monty &amp; Co - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBeebies Picks Up Puppet Series Monty &amp; Co - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BBC preschool channel CBeebies has acquired the linear and FVOD rights to the new puppet series Monty &amp; Co.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-22T14:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-22T16:32:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Admiral-Monty-serious-lunch-0120.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/\",\"name\":\"CBeebies Picks Up Puppet Series Monty &amp; Co - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-22T14:35:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-22T16:32:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cbeebies-picks-up-puppet-series-monty-co\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CBeebies Picks Up Puppet Series Monty &amp; Co\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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