Metalheads (TV series)

Metalheads
Created bySteve Moore[1]
Written by
  • Steve Moore
  • Benjamin Townsend
  • Michael Ryan
  • Olly Smith
  • Ian Carney
Directed byChris Hermans
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Germany
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerDenise Green
Running time12 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companiesTV-Loonland AG
Telemagination
ZDF Enterprises
Original release
NetworkCBBC (United Kingdom)
ZDF (Germany)
Release1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) –
2004 (2004)

Metalheads is a children's cartoon set in the Middle Ages. The show centers around a group of children that attend the Metalhead Academy, a school for trainee knights.[2]

Characters

Main

  • Lester
  • Lady Liddy
  • Schmed
  • Bob
  • Drucilla

Recurring

  • Sir Fuddleby
  • Baron Gruff
  • Sherrif of Nothingham
  • King Trepid
  • Friar Tammy
  • Dangling Dan
  • Harold The Herald
  • Earl Stephanie

Cast

  • Lester-Rob Rackstraw
  • Schmed-David Holt
  • Lady Liddy-Maria Darling
  • Unidentified voices-Jon Glover, Sally Grace, Gary Martin, Kate Sachs

Series 1 (2003–2004)

  • "An Uncivil Suit"
  • "The End of Time"
  • "Watch Ye Birdie"
  • "Dangling Dan's Day Off"
  • "Closed Circuit Tapestry"
  • "Olde soldiers Never Die, Alas"
  • "Ye Kitchen Maids"
  • "Besieged"
  • "Send in the King"
  • "My Life as a Page"
  • "The Stick in the Stone"
  • "Ye Sandwich of Destruction"
  • "First Impressions"
  • "The Not So Magic Kingdom"
  • "A Kingdom For a Horse"
  • "Last Hun Standing"
  • "The King and the Pauper"
  • "Metal Dads"
  • "Knight of Disillusion"
  • "The Schmed With the Golden Wand"
  • "The Art of Courtly Love"
  • "Sir Lester and the Green Knight"
  • "Pygmalihun"
  • "Lay on, MacGruff"
  • "All or Nothingham"
  • "None Shall Pass"

Production

The series was announced in September 2002, when German production/distribution company TV-Loonland under its London-based British animation studio Teleimagination ordered a new animated comedy-adventure series for CBBC and German television network ZDF entitled Metalheads, with Chris Chris Hermans serving as the director for the upcoming series alongside Mike Ryan who will serve as writer for the scripts while TV-Loonland would handle distribution worldwide except Germany.[3]

Awards and recognition

The series was a nominee in the 2004 British Academy Children's Awards for the Animation category.[4]

Home media

A single DVD release of the series containing eight episodes was released in the United Kingdom by Metrodome Distribution in 2004. It also contains several bonus features, including two games, a quiz, character profiles, timelines and a Storyboard sequence.

References

  1. ^ "Metalheads (TV Series 2003–2004)". IMDb. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Toonhound - Metalheads (2003)". Toonhound.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ Godfrey, Leigh (27 September 2002). "TV-Loonland's Metalheads Prepare For Battle". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Children's - Animation in 2004". BAFTA. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalheads_(TV_series)