Channel 5 commissions new ‘Daisy & Ollie’ series for Milkshake!
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Channel 5 today announced that it has greenlit a third and fourth series of 2D animation Daisy & Ollie for its multiplatform preschool brand, Milkshake!. The actor, presenter, comedian and singer Jason Manford will continue to create and star in both series, alongside an all-star voice cast.
Daisy & Ollie encourages pre-schoolers to be naturally curious about the world around them. Each episode follows best friends Daisy and Ollie in their adventures, as they seek out the answers to real life questions from kids, with the help of music, songs and their toys Boo the Monkey and Whizzy the Robot.
Hoopla Animation is set to produce 52 x 7 minute episodes, which will launch on Milkshake! from the 30th March.
It’s going to be an exciting year for Milkshake! and we’re thrilled to be kicking off with Daisy & Ollie as our first UK originated commission in 2020. Entertaining children through fun, relatable content and stand-out characters is key to our ethos for kids to understand themselves and with a fantastic talent like Jason Manford at the helm, our viewers are in for a treat!
–Louise Bucknole, VP, Kids Programming at ViacomCBS Networks International
I am absolutely over the moon that Daisy & Ollie is coming to Milkshake! with a brand new series. The show is such a pleasure to work on, especially as a parent myself, we all have brilliant fun figuring out the answers to life’s biggest questions and the new set of episodes are bound to keep the whole family entertained.
–Jason Manford, Exec Producer of Daisy & Ollie
Creating and developing the brand new series of Daisy & Ollie has been amazing and I’m absolutely thrilled that it will now be shown on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and available on My5, to even more households across the country. As a Mum myself, I wanted to create a show that empowered our kids with knowledge and encouraged them to be even more inquisitive. The new series is filled with fun and engaging questions sure to do just that.
–Helen Brown, Company Director of Hoopla Animation & Executive Producer on Daisy & Ollie
Last year it was announced that Milkshake! would be doubling its content investment, resulting in 50 new UK originated hours per year from 2021, enabling Milkshake! to deliver more quality UK programming.
Further details on the voice artists will be announced at a later date.