Sky announced that it has commissioned a third season of the BAFTA Scotland award-winning kids’ series The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (20×11’) from TG Entertainment Limited. The new batch is currently in production and will be available on the Sky Kids channel and on demand, as well as on streaming service NOW in the U.K. & R.O.I. in early 2024.
“We know how much our audiences are loving Tom Gates, so we are delighted to be bringing a third series of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates to screens; filled with all the comedy, escapades and creativity Tom’s loyal fans expect,” said Lucy Murphy, Director of Kids Content at Sky U.K. & Ireland.
Ken Anderson & Arabella Page Croft of TG Entertainment Ltd., executive producers on Tom Gates, said, “We are thrilled that Sky Kids has commissioned another series of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates. We are already in production and having great fun planning more hilarious and epic exploits for Tom and his pals.”
In addition to the commission, global children’s media and distribution company WildBrain has secured more international sales for the show. Tom’s entertaining exploits will air in new territories through TV3-Televisió de Catalunya’s children’s channel SX3 (Spain) for Seasons 1 & 2 and both the Christmas and Halloween specials, Showmax (Africa) for Seasons 1 & 2 and Knowledge (Canada) the Halloween special. WildBrain is global distributor for The Brilliant World of Tom Gates outside the U.K., including both the Halloween and Christmas specials.
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is a Sky Original kids’ series featuring a modular mixed-media magazine format, based on the award-winning, multi-million-copy-bestselling Tom Gates books written and illustrated by Liz Pichon and published by Scholastic.
A combination of 2D and stop-motion animation with live action, the series blends Tom’s humorous antics and school life with crafting ideas and makes for viewers to recreate, along with interactive games, gags and catchy songs.
Season 3 will see excellent doodler and enthusiastic avoider of homework (but not caramel wafers) Tom embark on more rib-tickling adventures at home and school, with his friends and family. Favorite characters such as frenemy Marcus and friends Leroy and Indrani return for more fun and new characters, Celeste and Kit join the gang. New episodes will see Tom’s band, The Dog Zombies’ position as musical top dogs under threat from a mysterious new band; Tom faces his worst nightmare as he gets stuck in a lift with Marcus; and Leroy conjures up confusion with a mysterious magic box.
The returning voice cast including Mark Bonnar (Line of Duty, Shetland), Catherine Tate (Catherine Tate Show, Doctor Who, Billionaire Boy) and Logan Matthews as Tom are joined by Daya Singh Atwal as Mark, Leshanty Bonsu as Florence and Abby Wallace as Amy.
The new season will also feature 10 new tunes penned by songwriter Mark Flannery.
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is produced by TG Entertainment Ltd. – a company jointly owned by Black Camel Pictures and Wild Child Animation. Executive producers are Anderson from Wild Child Animation, Croft from Black Camel, author-illustrator Pichon and Ian France, Commissioning Editor at Sky. The series director is George Sawyer and series producer is Sueann Rochester. Head writer on the show Ben Ward is joined by new writing talent Jo Neary, Nadia Shireen and Sarah Mills for S3, and animation production services are provided by Wild Child Animation.
Pichon’s award-winning book series has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 47 languages. The heavily illustrated novels, in handwritten font with Tom’s doodles and pictures embellishing the text, document in hilarious and relatable detail his everyday trials and tribulations at home and school. The 21st book in the series, Tom Gates: Five Star Stories (Hooray!), will be released in September.
