Children’s Fantasy on the BBC this Winter and Spring

The BBC has announced its Winter/Spring season from CBeebies and CBBC across TV, radio and online.

Half Moon Investigations is a brand new comedy drama series based on Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer‘s book, centred around schoolboy turned private detective Fletcher "Half" Moon.

Waybuloo is described by the BBC as "not just a series, it’s a philosophy for a happy life, and is like nothing children will have ever seen before". The series transports children into a magical land called Nara – a real world, which is inhabited by animated characters called Piplings who embody a range of emotions including love, wisdom, happiness and harmony.

Grandpa In My Pocket, a new comedy drama aimed at four-to-six year olds, features a Grandpa with a magic shrinking cap, enabling his grandson Jason to put him in his pocket.

And myths, legends and age-old tales from around the world will feature in the partially-animated Tellytales.

Born on 14th May 1965 in Wexford, South-East Ireland Eoin Colfer attended Dublin University to gain his degree and qualify as a primary school teacher like his father before him. Returning to Wexford to begin his teaching career he left his home county once again in 1992, this time with his now wife Jackie, whom he married in 1991, to teach in East Africa, Asia and Europe (Italy) over a period of four years. His first book, Benny and Omar was inspired by his experiences in Tunisia, East Africa and was published in 1998. It has since gone on to be translated into several different European languages.

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Posted: December 4th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Eoin Colfer

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