Whatever
- Studio
- Happy Films
- Distributor
- Fremantle Media Enterprises
Synopsis
Former England goalkeeper David Seaman towers above the crowd as he waits for the concert to start. But there is a key player missing -- Bookaboo! Armed with his favorite story, "Whatever," by William Bee, David uses all his skills to tackle the problem of how to get Bookaboo on stage. Will he be able to convince him that he can save the day -- or does Bookaboo already think that he's lost the match?
Characters
Bookaboo
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ian Emes, Lucy Goodman
Producing
- Producer
- Lucy Goodman
- Line Producer (Pre-Production)
- Steve Newton
- Executive Producers
- Martyn Freeman, Emma Tennant
Writing
- Writer
- Lucy Goodman, Alex Williams
Voices
- Voice
- Marcus Clarke (Bookaboo)
Music
- Music
- Mark Dyson, Bella Saer
Editing
- Editor
- Bjorn Johnson, Paula Baker
Crew
- Creator
- Lucy Goodman
- Casting
- Alka Johnson
- Author/Illustrator
- William Bee
- Production Design
- David Bryan, Fran Cooper, Ian Emes
- Art Director
- Prue Howard
- Assistant Art Director
- Rebecca Rainford
- Animators
- Dan Blacker, Andrea Tran
- First Assistant Director
- Steve Newton
- Third Assistant Director
- Bryony Cook
- Camera
- Trevor Forrest
- First Assistant Camera
- Jon Priddle
- Best Boy
- Barnaby Sweet
- Digital Imaging Technician
- Danny Gagatt
- Gaffer
- Steve Finberg
- Grip
- Alex Meacock
- Makeup Artists
- Hilary Martin, Charlotte Rogers
- Editors
- Bjorn Johnson, Paula Baker
- On-Line Editors
- Owen Hulme, John Kerron
- Music
- Mark Dyson, Bella Saer
- Theme
- Mark Dyson
- Drummer
- Alex Toff
- Backing Vocals
- Jayne Boniface, Kate Kape
- Sound Designer
- Sean O'Shea
- Sound Recordist
- Malcolm Hirst
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Ben Baird, Mike Prestwood Smith
- Sound Effects Editor
- Jee Lun Kan
- Script Supervisor
- Ann Garraway
Companies and other credits
- Red Camera Work Flow: 4K London
- Sound Post-Production: Aquarium Studios
Production notes
Guest Star: David Seaman (Footballer).
A multi-platform live-action and animation series about a famous drum-playing "rock puppy" who can't perform his solo unless he has heard a great, funny, scary, exciting or brilliant story. Featured celebrity guests met Bookaboo backstage and helped him out by sharing a story.
The series was supported by an online Bookaboo Book Club, live events and in-store promotions.
This series was commissioned by Emma Tennant, controller of CITV and ITV3, to back the National Year of Reading 2008 initiative to promote child and adult literacy in the United Kingdom.
With an increasing number of parents lacking confidence in their own literacy skills and one in five children leaving primary school, unable to read, the series aimed to highlight the fun that can be had when adults and children share a book.
A multi-platform live-action and animation series about a famous drum-playing "rock puppy" who can't perform his solo unless he has heard a great, funny, scary, exciting or brilliant story. Featured celebrity guests met Bookaboo backstage and helped him out by sharing a story.
The series was supported by an online Bookaboo Book Club, live events and in-store promotions.
This series was commissioned by Emma Tennant, controller of CITV and ITV3, to back the National Year of Reading 2008 initiative to promote child and adult literacy in the United Kingdom.
With an increasing number of parents lacking confidence in their own literacy skills and one in five children leaving primary school, unable to read, the series aimed to highlight the fun that can be had when adults and children share a book.
Awards
BAFTA Children's Award, Pre-School Live Action, Ian Emes and Lucy Goodman, 2011.
BAFTA Children's Award, Best Pre-School Live Action, Lucy Goodman and Ian Emes, 2009.
Prix Jeunesse, Up to 6 Non-Fiction, Lucy Goodman, Prix Jeunesse International, Germany, 2010.
Nominee, Royal Television Society Television Award, Best Children's Entertainment Lucy Goodman, 2010
BAFTA Children's Award, Best Pre-School Live Action, Lucy Goodman and Ian Emes, 2009.
Prix Jeunesse, Up to 6 Non-Fiction, Lucy Goodman, Prix Jeunesse International, Germany, 2010.
Nominee, Royal Television Society Television Award, Best Children's Entertainment Lucy Goodman, 2010