{"id":18837,"date":"2020-07-09T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-brilliant-world-tom-gates\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:41:53","slug":"sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Orders The Brilliant World of Tom Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sky has commissioned the new children\u2019s series <em>The Brilliant World of Tom Gates<\/em> from TG Entertainment for Sky Kids.<\/p>\n<p>A Sky Original kids\u2019 series featuring a modular mixed-media magazine format, <em>The Brilliant World of Tom Gates<\/em> is based on the award-winning and best-selling Tom Gates books, written and illustrated by Liz Pichon. The series will be available on Sky\u2019s on-demand service Sky Kids in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at kids aged 7 to 12, the series brings to life the unique and comical world of Tom Gates with a combination of 2D and stop-motion animation with live action. It blends Tom\u2019s humor with craft ideas and tips and tricks, along with interactive games, gags and songs. Pichon, who serves as executive producer and presenter on the series, shares tips on how to draw the characters from the books.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Brilliant World of Tom Gates<\/em> is produced by TG Entertainment with additional investment from Screen Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Murphy, director of kids\u2019 content at Sky UK &amp; Ireland, said: \u201cI absolutely love the <em>Tom Gates<\/em> books! Liz Pichon has a brilliant knack of knowing what kids find funny and engaging and I\u2019m delighted to team up with TG Entertainment to bring Tom\u2019s world to the screen for Sky Kids. I know our audience will love this show and be inspired by Tom and Liz to get crafty and creative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ken Anderson and Arabella Page Croft, of TG Entertainment executive producers, said: \u201cTom\u2019s world perfectly lends itself to a winning format for TV and, thanks to the tremendous support from the team at Sky Kids, we\u2019re looking forward to delivering a series that is as much fun to watch as it is to work on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pichon commented: \u201cThis TV show is exactly the kind of program that I would have LOVED to watch as a kid and been completely obsessed by. It\u2019s going to be funny, fun, bursting with creativity and snacks\u2014all the things kids love about the books and so much more. I am thrilled that Sky has commissioned it (thank you!) and I\u2019m looking forward to bringing the whole world to life with the very talented and hugely enthusiastic team at TG Entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Bell, co-group managing director for Scholastic UK, said: \u201cLiz Pichon is an exceptional talent with a unique comic gift and is an inspirational creative force for children. Her <em>Tom Gates<\/em> books are a global success and we can\u2019t wait to see them move from page to screen at the start of the exciting 10th anniversary year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Screen Scotland\u2019s Jennifer Armitage said: \u201cTG Entertainment is run by two of Scotland\u2019s most dynamic producers and we are delighted to support this original new series which will be wholly produced in Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky has commissioned the new children\u2019s series The Brilliant World of Tom Gates from TG Entertainment for Sky Kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":18838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[975,976,5560,5561],"class_list":["post-18837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sky","tag-sky-kids","tag-tg-entertainment","tag-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sky Orders The Brilliant World of Tom Gates - 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\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sky Orders The Brilliant World of Tom Gates - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sky has commissioned the new children\u2019s series The Brilliant World of Tom Gates from TG Entertainment for Sky Kids.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-09T13:51:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-09T15:41:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Tom-Gates-Liz-Pichon-Sky-720.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/\",\"name\":\"Sky Orders The Brilliant World of Tom Gates - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-09T13:51:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-09T15:41:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-orders-the-brilliant-world-of-tom-gates\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sky Orders The Brilliant World of Tom Gates\"}]},{\"@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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