The Children’s BAFTA nominations were announced this morning, and The Octonauts are nominated in the Best Pre-School Animation category!
The other nominees in our category are Rastamouse, Peppa Pig and Little Princess. The Children’s BAFTAs take place in London on Saturday November 27th.
Octonauts, let’s do this!
8:30am. I arrive in to the studio early as I live in the countryside (Clane, to be precise) and the next bus will have me in late. There’s Derek, our 2d concepts artist, also in early to learn 3d in his spare time. I’ll just hide behind my monitor so I don’t get a torrent of questions about the model he’s working on! Sign into our timesheet software and I’m ready for the day.
8:32am. Derek’s spotted me and comes over with 3d questions. I promise to help him once I’ve had my 1st cup of coffee.
2d Artist Derek Horan at work
8:40am. Coffee in hand I come over to help Derek out with his personal project. It’s a Hover Car and looks pretty neat. Only advice I have for him is a couple of basic geometry tweaks.
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Our Octonauts blog posts continue to receive comments every day from parents of Octonauts fans (and sometimes the kids themselves!), desperate for toys, DVDs and other goodies. We don’t have a DVD release date yet but promise we will let you know as soon as we hear. As for the official toys, stand by for the amazing Octonauts toy range coming this August from Fisher Price. We can’t wait to get our hands on an Octopod!
In the meantime; loads of mums, dads, grandparents, aunties and kids have been making their own Octonauts toys, costumes, art, cakes and goodies. We’ve been blown away by the incredible creativity shown by these talented fans. It’s been fantastic to read all about the Octonauts-themed birthday parties and homemade presents. A few Octo-fans have even transformed their bedrooms into underwater worlds!
Here are some of the great home-made Octo-goodies that have been shared on Octonauts creators Meomi’s Octonauts Facebook and the Octonauts TV Facebook. We hope they inspire you to create your own cool toys while waiting for the official ones.
And please post them for us – they make our day! 
We’ve been overwhelmed by the fantastic comments on our blog from viewers of The Octonauts since the show started on CBeebies last month. There’s been a big demand for Octonauts toys, and Chorion will be posting news of the 2011 toy range on the Facebook page, OCTONAUTS TV. It’s the place to go to discuss episodes, get news on Octonauts DVDs, toys & goodies, and share viewers’ own Octonauts art.
The time has finally arrived when we get to share The Octonauts with the wider world! Our latest TV series launches on BBC’s CBeebies and BBC HD channels from next Monday, 4th October.
Kwaazi, Barnacles & Peso!
The Octonauts invites children to take the plunge and go on an exciting voyage of discovery through the world’s oceans this autumn. Splashing onto CBeebies from Monday 4 October, The Octonauts are a new band of heroes who patrol the oceans and have thrilling adventures underwater.
Produced in Dublin by Brown Bag Films for children’s entertainment provider Chorion, the 52 eleven minute episodes are based on the richly imaginative books by design team, Meomi. Created in HD, The Octonauts combines classic team adventure with dazzling CGI animation to transport children to a deep underwater world they don’t normally visit.
“This has been the most technically challenging show that Brown Bag Films has produced to date”, says director Darragh O’Connell. “We have had an amazingly talented crew working around the clock for the last 18 months to create this wonderful series, and I think it’s going to set a new bar for kids TV animation.”
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Brown Bag Films are to produce The Octonauts, a new 52 x 11min series for Chorion, the rights-holders of Olivia and Noddy In Toyland. more ›
