Underground Ernie
| Underground Ernie | |
|---|---|
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| Created by |
John Deery Sid Rainey |
| Starring |
Gary Lineker Janet Brown Emma Weaver Tim Whitnall Chris Jarvis Howard Ward |
| Theme music composer | Miles Hunt, Sid Rainey, Martin Bell (The Wonder Stuff) |
| Opening theme | "The Importance of Being Ernie" |
| Ending theme | "The Importance of Being Ernie" (Edit) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
John Deery Sid Rainey |
| Running time | 12 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Joella Productions |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBeebies, BBC Two |
| Original release | 5 June – 25 December 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Chuggington Dream Street Bob the Builder |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Underground Ernie is a British computer animated children's television series produced by Joella Productions in the United Kingdom on the BBC on both CBeebies and BBC Two, and sold around the world by BBC Worldwide. It is set in International Station, a fictional worldwide underground network, and focuses on the everyday adventures of Ernie, a friendly underground supervisor, Millie, his multilingual colleague, and Mr. Rails, the lovable maintenance man.
The locomotives under Ernie's watchful eye all have characters of their own. In October 2005, the series was officially announced, with it premièring the following year. There is Bakerloo, Victoria, Circle, Jubilee and the twins, Hammersmith & City. From time to time they are joined by their friends from across the world including; Paris, Brooklyn, Moscow, Sydney and Osaka.
The show is aimed at children between the ages of three and eight years old. The initial series has twenty six episodes each, lasting twelve minutes. Its first showing on was on Monday 5 June 2006 on BBC Two at 9:00am. It later premiered on CBeebies.
In its première run, Underground Ernie was broadcast twice a day five days a week, firstly on BBC Two at 9 am, and then repeated on CBeebies at 4.30 pm.
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