Sarah & Duck
| Sarah & Duck | |
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Sarah (left), Duck (right)
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Sarah Gomes Harris Tim O'Sullivan |
| Written by | Sarah Gomes Harris Benjamin Cook Tim O'Sullivan Ilana Darrant John Randolph Davies Alex Howley Eddie Robson |
| Directed by | Tim O'Sullivan (Series Director) Tim Fehrenbach (Animation Director, season 1) Martyn Jones (Animation Director, season 2) Alastair Park (Animation Director, season 3) |
| Voices of | Tasha Lawrence Roger Allam Lesley Nicol Andy Nyman Pete Gallagher David Carling Tim O'Sullivan |
| Composer(s) | Tanera Dawkins & Tim O'Sullivan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 90 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Chris White Alison Stewart |
| Producer(s) | Jamie Badminton |
| Editor(s) | Graham Silcock (season 1) Sophie Weller (Assistant Editor, season 1) Mark Edwards (season 2) Florence Kennard (Assistant Editor, season 2) Michele Chiappa (season 3) |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Karrot Entertainment |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide |
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| Original network | CBeebies |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original release | 18 February 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Sprout Online: Sarah & Duck | |
Sarah & Duck is a British animated children's television series created by Sarah Gomes Harris and Tim O'Sullivan, and produced by Karrot Entertainment for the BBC. Though designed as a story-driven animation primarily targeted at 4-6 year old children since premiering at MIPCOM, the series has a huge adult audience. It was first broadcast on the UK CBeebies channel on 18 February 2013; a total of 80 episodes have been commissioned, Series 1 and 2 having 40 each.
On 17 June 2015 it was renewed for a third series which aired starting the 18 October 2016 on CBeebies.
The series follows the adventures of Sarah, a very kind, polite seven-year-old girl, with big eyes, rosy cheeks and a green hat, and her best friend Duck, a Mallard. The central theme is the relationship between these two characters and the adventures they have together. CBeebies state that the show has two learning themes: 'Friendship and imagination' and 'Problem Solving'.
The series is produced using computer-assisted animation techniques and the CelAction2D package.
A second season began airing on 11 August 2014.
A third season began airing on 18 October 2016.
BBC Worldwide have secured global distribution and merchandising rights for the new show and will air it to BBC Worldwide's network of channels. On 19 August 2013, Sarah & Duck was first broadcast in the U.S., on Sprout. The first series of Sarah & Duck has also aired in Japan (NHK), Norway (NRK), Sweden (SVT), Finland (YLE), Germany (KiKa), Portugal (RTP), Iceland (RUV), the Netherlands (NPO) and Israel (HOP). In Canada it is broadcast on the Family Jr. channel. In Australia, it broadcasts on ABC Kids. On February 12, 2016, Sarah & Duck was made available in the U.S. on Netflix.
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