Metalheads (TV series)
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- Steve Moore
- Benjamin Townsend
- Michael Ryan
- Olly Smith
- Ian Carney
Germany
| Metalheads | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Steve Moore[1] |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Chris Hermans |
| Countries of origin | United Kingdom Germany |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Denise Green |
| Running time | 12 minutes per episode (approx.) |
| Production companies | TV-Loonland AG Telemagination ZDF Enterprises |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC (United Kingdom) ZDF (Germany) |
| Release | 1 September 2003 – 2004 |
Metalheads is a children's cartoon set in the Middle Ages. The show centers around a group of children that attend the Metalhead Academy, a school for trainee knights.[2]
Main
- Lester
- Lady Liddy
- Schmed
- Bob
- Drucilla
Recurring
- Sir Fuddleby
- Baron Gruff
- Sheriff of Nothingham
- King Trepid
- Friar Tammy
- Dangling Dan
- Harold The Herald
- Earl Stephanie
Cast
- Lester, Bob-Rob Rackstraw
- Schmed-David Holt
- Lady Liddy, Drucilla-Maria Darling
- Unidentified voices-Jon Glover, Sally Grace, Gary Martin, Kate Sachs
Series 1 (2003–2004)
- "An Uncivil Suit"
- "The End of Time"
- "Watch Ye Birdie"
- "Dangling Dan's Day Off"
- "Closed Circuit Tapestry"
- "Olde soldiers Never Die, Alas"
- "Ye Kitchen Maids"
- "Besieged"
- "Send in the King"
- "My Life as a Page"
- "The Stick in the Stone"
- "Ye Sandwich of Destruction"
- "First Impressions"
- "The Not So Magic Kingdom"
- "A Kingdom For a Horse"
- "Last Hun Standing"
- "The King and the Pauper"
- "Metal Dads"
- "Knight of Disillusion"
- "The Schmed With the Golden Wand"
- "The Art of Courtly Love"
- "Sir Lester and the Green Knight"
- "Pygmalihun"
- "Lay on, MacGruff"
- "All or Nothingham"
- "None Shall Pass"
Production
The series was announced in September 2002, when German production/distribution company TV-Loonland under its London-based British animation studio Teleimagination ordered a new animated comedy-adventure series for CBBC and German television network ZDF entitled Metalheads, with Chris Chris Hermans serving as the director for the upcoming series alongside Mike Ryan who would serve as writer for the scripts while TV-Loonland would handle distribution worldwide except Germany.[3]
Awards and recognition
The series was a nominee in the 2004 British Academy Children's Awards for the Animation category.[4]
