Dani's Castle
| Dani's Castle | |
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Series 3 Title Card
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Raymond Lau Paul Rose Dez McCarthy |
| Written by | various; lead writer Paul Rose |
| Starring |
Dani Harmer Niall Wright Shannon Flynn Lorenzo Rodriguez Jordan Brown Richard Wisker Toby Murray Jessica Forrest Lucy Hutchinson |
| Opening theme | "Ferrari" (Wonder Villains) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Elaine Sperber Dani Harmer Melissa Hardinge |
| Producer(s) | Raymond Lau Paul McKenzie |
| Location(s) | Killyleagh Castle, Northern Ireland |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
CBBC Channel The Foundation Zodiak Media Company |
| Distributor | BBC CBBC |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBBC CBBC HD |
| Picture format | 300px 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 17 January 2013 – 15 December 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dani's House (2008–2012) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dani's Castle, (informally titled Rich Jimmy & Kait's Castle in Series 3), is a British children's comedy-drama broadcast on the CBBC Channel. Dani inherits a castle in Northern Ireland from her deceased aunt and gets more than she expected. She meets three residents, an unknown cousin, and two people who died 250 years ago. It is the spin-off series to Dani's House. Series 1 began airing on 17 January 2013 on the CBBC Channel, and 1 April 2013 on ABC3. Series 2 of Dani's Castle aired from 14 November 2013 to 3 January 2014. Series 3 aired from 7 July 2015 to 22 September 2015, and then returned for a finale Christmas episode on 15 December 2015. It was filmed in County Down in Northern Ireland.
Following the events of Dani's House, Dani's Castle sees Dani re-evaluating her whole life after McHurtie's Hospital, a fictional soap opera, is cancelled. But her fortunes soon change when her Great-Aunt Marjorie dies and leaves Dani with her very own castle. With dreams of becoming the lady of the manor, Dani arrives at her new home full of ideas and optimism. But she's soon brought up short when she reaches Bogmoor Castle to find it's been voted the "No.1 Worst Tourist Attraction" in the country for 10 years running, with crumbling towers, howling corridors, and an overgrown jungle for a garden, even a resident pair of young 250-year-old ghosts – Gabe and Esme. And Dani isn't the only heir; she soon encounters a troublesome cousin she didn't even know she had, who seems to break anything and everything. Worst of all: Great-Aunt Marjorie has left her a large stack of debts and unpaid bills.
The new series picks up from series 1 and Dani has moved on. She's a Hollywood star now, but Bogmoor Castle is still her home and she cares about the people who live there. But since she can't be there in person, she can at least be a font of wisdom on the webcam. But Kait, Jimmy, Rich, Dylan, Esme, and Gabe still need her! Having left the castle in the hands of her cousins Rich and Jimmy, spectral ancestors Gabe and Esme, her best friend Kait, and Rich's little brother Dylan, there's still plenty for Dani to worry about. Also, there is a growing relationship between Kait and Rich. In this series, Rich is still coming up with money-making schemes for the castle – and sets up a brand new radio station, Bogmoor FM.
The show was renewed for a new series and renamed to Rich, Jimmy & Kait's Castle following Dani Harmer's exit. In the series Kait sets up her own business, while Rich and Jimmy work on adding a recording studio to Bogmoor FM, Gabe sets up a Ghostel, Leonie invites The Dead Headz to play on Bogmoor FM, and Dylan meets a ghost from the Titanic. Rich and Kait split up, a prank war breaks out, Gabe and Rich counsel a nervous ghost, Gabe and Leonie switch places with Rich and Kait, Gabe gets a visit from a Ghostel inspector, Kait wins best newcomer at the pet snack business of year award, and it's Dylan's birthday. Rich and Kait feel awkward when they are made to play two people in love when acting out Midsummer Night's Dream, Jimmy returns home from his Street Dance Academy tour, and Jimmy and Clare go on a picnic date. Jimmy and Clare get together and Rich and Kait get back together. Gabe wants to write a gossip novel. The series introduced two new characters, Clare (Jessica Forrest) and Leonie (Lucy Hutchinson). The series aired from 7 July 2015 to 15 December 2015. This was the final series.
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