Apple TV+ today shared the trailer for new kids and family live-action/animated hybrid series Lovely Little Farm from Darrall Macqueen, the London-based BAFTA Award-winning producer of hit series Topsy & Tim and Teletubbies. These new gentle adventures are set for a global premiere on Friday, June 10.
Lovely Little Farm follows sisters Jill and Jacky as they love and nurture all the animals on their farm nestled in lavender fields. Being a young farmer isn’t easy, but every day brings these sisters adventure and a chance to grow. The live-action/animated hybrid series utilizes the latest computer generated technology, working with Industrial Light & Magic, to bring the barnyard to life.
The series is created by BAFTA winners Maddy Darrall and Billy Macqueen along with Catherine Williams, who have all helped bring Teletubbies, Topsy & Tim and Waffle the Wonder Dog tro screens. Darrall and Macqueen serve as executive producers alongside head writer Tony Cooke (PJ Masks, Waffle the Wonder Dog, Hunter Street). The lead director is two-time Directors Guild Award winner Jack Jameson (When You Wish Upon a Pickle, Waffle the Wonder Dog).
Newcomer Levi Howden stars as ‘Jill’ with Kassidi Roberts joining as ‘Jacky,’ and the series also features the voice talents of BAFTA Award nominee Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter franchise, Stan & Ollie) as Quackety Duck Duck, Dominique Moore (Thomas & Friends) as Pickle Pony, SAG Award nominee Joel Fry (Cruella, Paddington 2) as Al Alpaca and Canan Yildiz-Husbands as Bif & Bop.
For Lovely Little Farm, Apple TV+ partnered with changemaker Dr. Gail Melson, a leader in the field of human-animal interaction and former Professor Emerita in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at Purdue University. Dr. Melson worked with the executive producers to develop the show, based on her research on children’s relationships with animals, nature and emerging technologies.
The new series will join the expanding lineup of original animation for kids and families on Apple TV+, which includes El Deafo, Pinecone & Pony, Harriet the Spy (The Jim Henson Company), Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD and Bento Box Entertainment), Get Rolling with Otis (9 Story Media Group and Brown Bag Films – Dublin), Oscar-nominated feature Wolfwalkers (Cartoon Saloon), Peabody Award-winning series Stillwater, new series and specials from Peanuts and WildBrain (Snoopy in Space, Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne) and Daytime Emmy-winning TV event Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, based on the New York Times best-selling book and TIME Best Book of the Year by Oliver Jeffers.
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