Punky (TV series) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Punky |
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| Genre | Children |
| Created by | Lindsay J. Sedgwick |
| Written by | Andrew Brenner |
| Directed by | Simon Crane |
| Starring | Aimée Richardson Maureen Ward Bradley Burke Paul Tylak |
| Composer(s) | John Atkinson |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gerard O'Rourke |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Monster Animation & Design |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTÉjr on RTÉ Two |
| Original release | 3 May 2011 – present |
Punky is an Irish animated television series created by Lindsay J. Sedgwick and produced by Dublin based Monster Animation and Design. The series features the lead character as having Down syndrome, with the intention of being the first animated series to do so.
Characters
Punky relates tales from the everyday life of a six-year-old little girl who has Down syndrome. Punky is characterized as a happy little girl who, as explained in the introduction of the show, loves "music", "dancing" and "hugs". She is shown to like to play with her older brother, "Con", and her dog, "Rufus". She also tries to make her grandmother "Cranky", "just a little less cranky".
The lead character is voiced by Jo Sherry, a 29-year-old United Kingdom voice actress who has Down syndrome.
Broadcast
It aired in a number of TV networks in the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden to screen the show. An Irish language version of the show is also in production, to be broadcast on TG4.
