Go Green with the Grimwades has been commissioned for the preschool block with support from the government-backed Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), through the British Film Institute (BFI).
Update (9/11) - Go Green with the Grimwades premieres Monday 16th November 2020 at 8:15am, following brand new PAW Patrol, on Milkshake!
Produced by London-based Doc Hearts, the 10×10’ series will encourage young audiences to become more aware of their impact on the environment and what they can do at home to make small positive changes. The series will follow the YouTube-famous Grimwade family—consisting of mum, dad and their six home-schooled children—as they accept challenges to cut waste and protect the planet, inspired by the themes of reduce, recycle, repair, reuse and refuse. Topics will include plastic awareness, using water efficiently, connecting with nature, reusing clothes and the benefits of a zero-waste household. Soft learning will be embedded into the show, including numeracy, literacy and STEM. The Grimwades have more than 24 million channel views and 228,000 subscribers.
The show marks Channel 5′s first influencer-led offering for its preschool block.
Louise Bucknole, Vice President (VP) of programming for kids at ViacomCBS Networks UK, said: “Go Green with the Grimwades is the perfect new addition to our growing pipeline of content, complementing our wide and varied slate, which now also includes drama and live-action entertainment formats.
Our brand new show 'Go Green with The Grimwades' is coming soon to Milkshake!
Have a look at a quick Behind The Scenes clip of just some of the exciting things that they will be getting up to ♻️
Go Green with The Grimwades - Theme Song | Coming Soon | Milkshake!
Our brand new show 'Go Green with The Grimwades' is coming soon to Milkshake!
Till then, have a little dance to their Official Theme Song! 🎵 ♻️
Go Green with The Grimwades - Theme Song | Starts 16th November | Milkshake!
Our brand new show 'Go Green with The Grimwades' starts 16th November right here on Milkshake!
Till then, have a little dance to their Official Theme Song! 🎵 ♻️
Go Green With The Grimwades - Behind The Scenes | Next Week | Milkshake!
Our brand new show 'Go Green with The Grimwades' is coming soon to Milkshake!
Have a look at a quick Behind The Scenes clip of just some of the exciting things that they will be getting up to ♻️
“The series will help our viewers learn to be more environmentally conscious, starting from within their own homes, with fun ideas they can easily adopt. As a family who are already adored by so many people on YouTube, the Grimwades are very relatable and accessible role models for our young preschool audience, and we’re delighted to welcome them to Milkshake!.”
Andy Mundy-Castle, executive producer and managing director of Doc Hearts, said: “We’re so pleased to make this timely and important show for Milkshake! who have been very enthusiastic and supportive. The Grimwade family has a fantastic attitude to life and having monitored their rise online it only felt like a matter of time before they were on our TV screens.”
The news comes follows Milkshake! greenlighting four new series with support from the BFI Young Audiences Production Content Fund earlier this year: Circle Square, a 40 x seven-minute show produced by Wyndley Animation; Winnie & Wilbur (52 x 11.5 minutes) from Winduna; Milo (52 x 11 minutes) from first-timer Fourth Wall Creative; and The World According to Grandpa, a 25 x 11-minute live-action series from Grandpa Productions.
Milkshake! has also ordered new seasons of in-house productions Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing Adventures and Milkshake! Bop-Box, and has picked up season 12 of Fireman Sam, as well as the first season of Brave Bunnies, a 52×7’ series coproduced by Glowberry and Anima Kitchent and distributed by Aardman. Brave Bunnies follows bunny siblings Bop and Boo as they set off on a family road trip during which they encounter new animal friends, play games and make exciting discoveries. The series will air on Milkshake! next year. All four series will air on Channel 5's preschool programming block from 2021.
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Originally published: Thursday, September 03, 2020 at 01:23 BST.
Original source: C21 Media; Additional sources: TVKIDS, Kidscreen.
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