Bottersnikes and Gumbles (TV series) facts for kids

Bottersnikes and Gumbles is a British-Australian-American animated television series which first aired on 7TWO in Australia and CBBC in the United Kingdom. The cast includes Jason Callender, Richard Grieve, Jeff Rawle, Kathryn Drysdale and Miriam Margolyes. It was released on Netflix in North America on 19 August 2016 but was re-dubbed with American accents.

History

Bottersnikes and Gumbles was in development as early as 2012 by Mighty Nice and Cheeky Little Media. The TV series is based on the Australlian children's book series of the same name written by S. A. Wakefield. In early 2015, the streaming video service Netflix announced it had acquired the rights to the series and it was released as 52 eleven-minute episodes. It later aired on 7TWO in Australia on 18 December 2015 until 22 January 2016 and CBBC in the UK in 2016. It is pitched at "6 to 9 year old boys and girls." Patrick Egerton, the producer and Cheeky Little Media CEO, described how the "books contain such a rich, distinctive world and made an indelible mark on my mind as a kid. With the CG tools and skills now available, we knew the timing was right to develop the property for TV and really do it justice."

According to Animation World Network (AWN) staff editor it "follows the adventures of three young Gumbles, Tink, Bounce and Willi, who love nothing better than to 'gumble' all day long. Endless battles ensue involving plenty of stealth, trickery, daring rescues and narrow escapes as the Gumbles try to outwit the Bottersnikes in every episode." The cast includes Richard Grieve, Jeff Rawle, Kathryn Drysdale and Miriam Margolyes. It was released on Netflix in North America on 19 August 2016; which was re-dubbed with American accents.

Sean O'Grady of The Independent felt the series based on Wakefield's books "are better adapted than most other exercises of this nature. Bottersnikes are superbly rendered lizardly creatures that are the bogeymen of the show, a bit like Momentum in the Labour Party; Gumbles are apparently normal, but hopelessly optimistic, like Brexiteers. The stories are short and sweet and the attention to detail is remarkable." The show received a Pulcinella Award for 'Best Kids TV Series' at the international animation festival, Cartoons on the Bay, in Venice and was nominated for 'Most Outstanding Children’s program' at the 2016 Logie Awards.

Cast

UK version

• Jason Callender as Tink
• Kathryn Drysdale as Bounce and Merri
• Akiya Henry as Willi and Jolli
• Richard Grieve as Toot, King Snike and Glob
• Jeff Rawle as Happi and Rock
• Miriam Margolyes as Weathersnike
• Alex Babic as Chank and Gubbo
• Gem Knight as Float and Snorg

US version

• Robbie Daymond as Tink
• Erica Lindbeck as Bounce
• Tara Sands as Willi
• Hal Dibble as Happi
• David W. Collins as Toot, Sammi and Rock
• Nile Kliewer as Merri
• Karen Strassman as Float and Jolli
• Ray Chase as King Snike
• Kyle McCarley as Chank
• Barbara Goodson as Weathersnike
• Kyle Hebert as Gubbo
• Keith Silverstein as Smiggles
• Jessica Gee as Glob
• Laila Berzins as Snorg
• Kaiji Tang as Burples and Angry Strawberry

Also starring

• Audrey Wasilewski as a many more gloomy
• Vincent Martella as a Jole
• Nick Mohammed as Zach
• Nika Futterman as Stacy
• Tara Strong as Melissa
• Grey Delisle as a Small Chinkel Spider
• Tom Kenny as a Night Kingdom
• Bill Farmer as a many more Kingdom, a some stream when he notices.
• Mr. Lawrence as Vincent, a some slamming dunk.
• It sound they're like saying "CHICKENS!" (voiced by Gray Delisle)
• Carlos Alazraqui as The Principal
• Chuck McCann as Hicks
• Carolyn Lawrence as The high-pitched singing banana
• Carlos Jaime Alazraqui, Tom Kenny and Roger Craig Smith as The Brown Jay