Award-winning RTjr animation series the DAY HENRY MET launches.

Award-winning RT jr animation series THE DAY HENRY MET launches.

A brand new Irish animated series, The Day Henry Met, featuring the many voices of RT star Oliver Callan has its international premiere on RT jr this Monday (13 July).

Created and produced by Dublin-based animation company Wiggleywoo, The Day Henry Met is a fun new series aimed at encouraging children to use their imagination and discover the world around them through play and adventure.

Callan and his Callan's Kicks co-star Lisa Garvey feature in the voice-over for the series while Henry himself is voiced by ten-year-old Darragh Malone from Clonsilla in Dublin 15.

The show, which is Wiggleywoo's first pre-school series, has been pre-sold to key territories around the world including Nick Jr. as well as broadcasters in Canada, Finland, Sweden and, most recently, Australia. Earlier this year, it won Best European Work at the prestigious Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Awards in Italy.

Commenting, RT executive producer Pauline Macnamara said: The Day Henry Met is a delightful series that stands out for its visual style. Every episode explores the fun new stuff pre-schoolers meet in any day and I know that creator Gilly's unique design combined with Henry's infectious optimism and boundless curiosity will enthral RT jr audiences all summer and beyond .

The Day Henry Met is produced by Wiggleywoo Ltd, an animation company co-founded in 2012 by creative director Gilly and producer Susan Broe. After working on Henry for over two years we re delighted little audiences finally get to meet him. I m sure pre-schoolers and their parents will be charmed and delighted by this inquisitive little boy and his adventures, said Gilly, the show's writer and director.

The launch of The Day Henry Met is part of a range of new and exciting programming reflecting RT jr's commitment to supporting animation. Also premiering on 13 July are 26 new episodes of Wildernuts, the popular series from Dublin-based Kavaleer Productions which follows the Wildernuts as they navigate the skies on The Cloudhopper, visiting new locations and exploring the environment to learn about animals, plants and insects.

Fans of the beautiful, weather-themed animation series Nelly & Nora following the day-to-day exploits of two young sisters at their mobile home park by the sea in Co Wicklow, can look forward to 26 great new episodes.

Next year will bring the ever popular Zig and Zag back to Irish television with a 26-episode animated series from producers Double Z, Flickerpix and Jam Media. Airing in late 2016, Zig & Zag is set to capture the fun and mayhem of Ireland's favourite aliens for a whole new audience. Also in production is the second series of Puffin Rock from Cartoon Saloon, the two time Oscar-nominated production company behind Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells.

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