Best & Bester (Finnish: Eka & Helmi) is a Finnish animated comedy television series created by Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti. The series is produced by Gigglebug Entertainment in Finland, and animated by Eye Present in the United Kingdom and Nelvana in Canada.
Best & Bester premiered on Nickelodeon in the UK on September 3, 2022, on YTV in Canada on September 18, 2022,[2] and on Yle TV2 via the Galaxi programming block in Finland on March 11, 2023, with episodes released on Yle Areena the same day.[3][4][5] Internationally, the series airs on Nickelodeon.
Premise
Best and Bester are twins who live in the town of Bettervale, which is inhabited by anthropomorphic objects. Due to a glitch in the object-hatching mechanism, they have the unique ability to transform into an object of their choice, once a day.
Cast
- Rupert Simonian as Best
- Kathryn Drysdale as Bester
Episodes
Kitty Taylor is credited as the director of every episode.
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date [6] | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cactus Sitting" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | September 3, 2022[a] | 101 |
| "Disaster of Hole 2" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | |||
| 2 | "Get the Hump" | Kristina Yee | September 4, 2022 | 102 |
| "Sing for Your Supper" | Aidan O'Donovan & Colm Tobin | |||
| 3 | "The Big Game" | Alex Collier | September 10, 2022 | 103 |
| "Get Your Skate On" | ||||
| 4 | "Get Shirty" | Ciaran Morrison & Mick O'Hara | September 11, 2022 | 104 |
| "This Solves Nothing" | Howard Read | |||
| 5 | "Rock-a-Bye Besty" | Howard Read | September 17, 2022 | 105 |
| "Shake or Break" | Tim Bain | |||
| 6 | "Tenta-Flakes" | Dilpreet Kaur Walia | September 18, 2022 | 106 |
| "Boss Level" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | |||
| 7 | "Stage Struck" | Lisa Kohn | September 24, 2022 | 107 |
| "Ball Count" | Ciaran Morrison & Mick O'Hara | |||
| 8 | "Bucket Pants" | Howard Read | September 25, 2022 | 108 |
| "A Best Too Far" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | |||
| 9 | "Spoiler Alert" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | December 12, 2022 | 109A |
| 10 | "Something Fishy" | Kyle Hart, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | December 13, 2022 | 109B |
| 11 | "Fair Share" | Gemma Arrowsmith | December 14, 2022 | 110A |
| 12 | "Power Plant" | Hannah George | December 15, 2022 | 110B |
| 13 | "Best Fwends" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | December 16, 2022 | 111A |
| 14 | "The Trivialist Pursuit" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | December 19, 2022 | 111B |
| 15 | "Bad Eggs" | Kyle Hart | December 20, 2022 | 112A |
| 16 | "Out of Bounds" | Hannah George | December 21, 2022 | 112B |
| 17 | "Robo Stomp" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | December 22, 2022 | 113A |
| 18 | "Wood You?" | Kyle Hart, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | December 23, 2022 | 113B |
| 19 | "Chess-A-Pult" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | December 27, 2022[8] | 114 |
| "Smart & Smarter" | Lisa Kohn | |||
| 20 | "Taken to the Cleaners" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | December 29, 2022[9] | 115 |
| "Mugshot" | ||||
| 21 | "In The Sky With Diamondo" | Gemma Arrowsmith | January 14, 2023[10] | 116 |
| "Best Buddies" | Isabel Fay | |||
| 22 | "Donut Disturb" | Alex Collier | January 15, 2023[11] | 117 |
| "The Cursed Amulet" | Dilpreet Kaur Walia | |||
| 23 | "That's So Cupid" | Tim Bain | January 21, 2023[12] | 118 |
| "Buddy Odour" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | |||
| 24 | "Fight or Flight" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | January 22, 2023[13] | 119 |
| "Employee of the Month" | Alex Collier | |||
| 25 | "Stuck Inside" | Alex Collier | January 28, 2023[14] | 120A |
| 26 | "Long Overdue" | James Bishop & Chris Douch | January 29, 2023[15] | 120B |
| TBA | "Animal Hearts"[16] | Alex Collier | TBA | 121 |
| "Beast & Beaster"[17] | Howard Read | |||
| TBA | "Rocky the Vote" | Howard Read | TBA | 122 |
| "One Star Hotel" | James Bishop & Chris Douch | |||
| TBA | "That Sinkhole Feeling" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | TBA | 123 |
| "Like a Brother" | Isabel Fay | |||
| TBA | "Funny Money" | Alex Collier | TBA | 124 |
| "Shaking Bad" | Shane Langan & Amy Stephenson | |||
| TBA | "Pulling Power" | Isabel Fay | TBA | 125 |
| "Home Security" | Howard Read | |||
| TBA | "One Better Day" | Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett-Jones | TBA | 126 |
Notes
References
- ^ "Nick picks up pre-buy rights for Best & Bester".
- ^ "YTV Canada premieres "Best & Best" on September 18th - Canada Today". 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Nelvana gets in on Best & Bester".
- ^ "Corus Entertainment Announces 35 Greenlights and Renewals for Its Iconic Portfolio of Specialty Networks".
- ^ "Nyt hemmotellaan lapsia! Ylen ohjelmistossa alkaa kolme uutta kotimaista lastenohjelmaa".
- ^ "Best & Bester Season 1".
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- ^ "What's on Nickelodeon?".
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- ^ "Prime Video: Best & Bester Season 1".
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