Q Pootle 5
| Q Pootle 5 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's animated series |
| Created by |
Nick Butterworth Ben Butterworth |
| Written by |
Nick Butterworth Ben Butterworth Lee Pressman Dave Ingham |
| Directed by | Adam Shaw |
| Voices of | Ed Gaughan Joanna Page Steve Kynman Richard Ridings Ella Kenion |
| Composer(s) | David Schweitzer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nick Butterworth Annette Butterworth |
| Producer(s) |
Ben Butterworth Margo Marchant |
| Editor(s) | Judith Allen |
| Running time | 11 min |
| Production company(s) |
Snapper Productions Blue Zoo |
| Distributor | ZDF Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBeebies (United Kingdom) |
Q Pootle 5 is an animated television series based on the books Q Pootle 5 and Q Pootle 5 in Space by author Nick Butterworth. It revolves around the title character Q Pootle 5 and his friends, and is set on and around the fictional planet Oki Doki.
Author and executive producer Nick Butterworth chose Q Pootle 5 from amongst his other children's books as the character to develop into an animated series because, as an alien, he would not be culturally tied to any one location. He developed the series with his son Ben, who suggested they form their own production company. Together with Nick's wife Annette they added additional characters and locations to those already seen in the books, before producing a pilot clip with animation studio Blue Zoo from which a series was commissioned.
Music is an important element of Q Pootle 5. Producer Ben Butterworth says ″When we started to consider the music for the programme we didn’t want music to be just an accompaniment to the story, we wanted people’s experience to be enhanced by the music. The score had to be integral to the storytelling – creating atmosphere, adding nuance and subtlety, underpinning the emotional content of a story, driving the action of a scene, or making us laugh.″
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