Lockie Leonard (TV series)
| Lockie Leonard | |
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| Genre | Children's Drama |
| Created by | Tim Winton |
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| Theme music composer | Jebediah |
| Opening theme | "Worlds Away" |
| Ending theme | "Worlds Away" |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Location(s) | Albany, Western Australia |
| Running time | 890 minutes |
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| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 19 June 2007 – 27 July 2010 |
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| Website | |
Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series that was adapted from the Lockie Leonard books by Tim Winton. Filmed in Albany, Western Australia, the series premiere was on the Nine Network on 19 June 2007.
Lockie Leonard was produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia and is distributed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The theme song "Worlds Away" is performed by Jebediah.
Lockie Leonard premiered in the UK on Saturday 27 September 2008, as part of the long running children's Saturday morning programme TMi which airs from 09:00 to 10:30 on BBC Two. It ran for the first 12 episodes then continued to air on CBBC Channel.
The show won the 2008 TV Week Logie Award for Best Children's Series, and star Sean Keenan (Lockie) was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. It won the 2007 AFI award for Best Children's Drama Series. The series was also nominated for the 2007 BAFTA Awards for Best International Children's Drama Series.
The first TV series was adapted from the Lockie Leonard books, written by multi-award winning West Australian author, Tim Winton. The three books in the series are Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo; Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster; and Lockie Leonard, Legend. All books were distributed by Puffin International.
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