About Siriol Animation. Two series of Hana's Helpline were produced for Channel 5's Milkshake block for preschool children in co-production with S4C and German broadcaster ZDF. One series of Igam Ogam was made for S4C, Channel 5, ZDF Enterprises and the Gaelic Media Service on BBC Alba, and also a puppet series called The Zoo Factor for CBBC. Calon's live action drama credits included Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw for ITV and Nickelodeon. In 2011, ITV asked Calon to create a new sitcom for the channel,[7] and Calon worked with The Osmonds on develop a film based around the wild west.[8]

Bobinogs (season 3)
Hana's Helpline
Psi-5 (pilot film; 2007)
U-Chronia (pilot film; 2009)
Igam Ogam (2009–2013)
The Zoo Factor (2011)
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018) (film)
Sali Mali (December 2020 – present) (season 2)
Hana's Helpline
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Hana's Helpline is a stop-motion animation series for pre-school children, about Hana, a duck who runs a telephone helpline for animals with problems. The principal voices are provided by Arabella Weir, Jonathan Kydd, Joanna Ruiz, Boyd Clack and Caroline Harker with most of the other voices being provided by children.

There are 52 episodes, each 10 minutes long. Its first broadcast was in Wales under the Welsh title Holi Hana, on 2 April 2007. Its first English broadcast was on Five on 12 June 2007. It has also been broadcast in a selection of other countries - for example it began broadcasting on TVB Pearl, starting 10 May 2007. Books are available from Random House Children's Books from January 2008. A line of character toys was also developed by Golden Bear Toys along with the first DVD of the show which was released in November 2007. A second compilation was released in Spring 2008.

Siriol Productions
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Siriol Productions
Siriol Animation
Founded
1982
Founder
Mike Young
Liz Young
Dave Edwards
Robin Lyons
Defunct
2005
Fate
Renamed to Calon
Successor
Calon
Mike Young Productions
Headquarters
Cardiff, Wales
Products
SuperTed
Siriol Productions (also known as Dave Edwards Studio, "Siriol" means 'cheerful' in Welsh language) was founded in 1982 by Mike Young, his wife Liz, animator Dave Edwards and producer Robin Lyons and based in Cardiff. The company was originally created when the three men approached the newly formed Welsh TV channel S4C and secured a commission to produce an animated series of SuperTed (which Mike Young created). With support from S4C, the partners set up an animation studio, Siriol Animation.

SuperTed was a highly successful series with the company winning a prestigious BAFTA award in 1987. The series first aired in 1982 and started airing on S4C in Wales and on the BBC elsewhere in the UK. It ran for three series and 36 episodes.

Following its success with SuperTed, the company was commissioned by S4C to produce another series called Wil Cwac Cwac, based on a series of children's books first published in Wales in the early 1930s about a little duckling who is always naughty and lives on a farm village in rural Wales with his family and friends. This, in turn was followed by further commissions from S4C for a series of half-hour specials created for the animated series Fox Tales, including the 1986 television special A Winter Story.

Lyons and Young have also been involved in working on a children's stop motion animated series, Fireman Sam in 1987, except it was produced by Prism Art and Design Ltd and Bumper Films. In its early years, the studio worked exclusively for S4C, and Robin Lyons (managing director) decided to broaden its customer base and to move into co-productions to form Siriol Productions in 1988. In 1989, Mike Young left the company and moved to the United States to set up his own company, Mike Young Productions. Young also teamed up with Hanna-Barbera to develop a cartoon called Fantastic Max (which was originally called Space Baby) and to create a sequel series to SuperTed entitled The Further Adventures of SuperTed.

Moving into co-productions has proved successful for Siriol, resulting in productions such as The Princess and the Goblin an 80-minute film co-produced by Hungary's Pannonia Film Studio and Under Milk Wood, a 50-minute TV special using the 1950s voice recording by Richard Burton. These productions have enabled Robin Lyons to develop extensive contacts throughout the animation industry, both with broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV, and with other leading animation studios.

In 1989, Siriol, together with La Fabrique in France, Cologne Cartoon in Germany and Sofidoc in Belgium formed its own distribution company, EVA Entertainment, headed up by Steve Walsh, the former head of co-productions at Goldcrest Films. Its co-productions were grouped under the EC's CARTOON programme as part of its MEDIA initiative. EVA was the first grouping company established under this initiative. The group was involved in co-productions with major European broadcasters, typically with the BBC in the UK, FR3 and Canal+ in France and ZDF and WDR in Germany. It also made co-productions with other European partners as well as with US and Canadian co-producers.

In 1995, EVA received a substantial private investment and attracted two top executives from BBC Children's International, Mikael Shields and Tony Stern. EVA Entertainment has made many series and specials, (the group's major productions were controlled creatively by Siriol) which were sold to over fifty different countries on five continents, including Robert Creep, Tales of the Tooth Fairies, Billy the Cat (the group's largest project) and Romuald the Reindeer. The later two programmes were produced by Robin Lyons. When EVA was sold to Pearson PLC, Siriol formed other alliances with Scottish Television and SKD Media Plc.

In 1998, Siriol was brought over by Sleepy Kids[9] (renamed Entertainment Rights in 2000), with Lyons expanding his role within the new company. In 2005, a management buyout led by Lyons took place for Siriol Productions, and was renamed Calon.[10]

Siriol set up two subdivisions. The first was Blunt Pictures, which produced animation aimed at older audiences. Blunt Pictures has produced a short film for Channel 4, Dee’s Dish of the Day and developed the series, Stonehouse Reunion for Channel 4 and Days of Deliverance for S4C. Blunt has also developed a low budget feature, 360, which has attracted funding from the Film Panel of the Welsh Lottery, and several web-based animation projects including Once Upon A Morgue and Deadenders. The second subdivision was a web design subdivision called Piczled, which has designed the official Basil Brush website and theme park attractions for Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey and Alton Towers in Staffordshire. Piczled has also worked on other websites such as those for Siriol and Entertainment Rights.

Production
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Title Network Original running Notes
SuperTed S4C/BBC One/BBC Two 1982-1986
Wil Cwac Cwac S4C/CITV 1982-1986
Fox Tales S4C/Channel 4 1986-1988
Space Baby 1986 later became Fantastic Max
The Further Adventures of SuperTed S4C/BBC One/BBC Two 1989 co-produced with Hanna-Barbera
Santa and the Tooth Fairies FR3/WDR 1991 co-produced with La Fabrique, Cologne Cartoon, Sofidoc SA, EVA Entertainment and BBC
The Princess and the Goblin 1991 co-produced with Pannonia Film Studio, S4C and NHK
Santa's First Christmas 1992 co-produced with co-produced with EVA Entertainment, Cologne Cartoon, S4C, and Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Tales of the Tooth Fairies BBC One/BBC Two 1992 co-produced with La Fabrique, EVA Entertainment, Cologne Cartoon, Sofidoc S.A., WDR, France 3, and BBC
Gerald of Wales 1993 co-produced with Cadw and S4C
Robert Creep 1994 co-produced with EVA Entertainment
Romuald the Reindeer BBC One/BBC Two 1996 co-produced with EVA Entertainment and La Fabrique
The Blobs CITV 1996 co-produced with Taytel, S4C and Scottish Television Enterprises
Hilltop Hospital CITV 1999-2002 co-produced with EVA Entertainment, Canal J, FR3, ZDF, and Folimage: Has awards in Italy, France and the USA. The show was nominated for a BAFTA in 2001
Meeow! CITV 1999-2000 co-produced with SKD Media Plc, Comataidh Craolaidh Gaidhlig and Scottish Television
Sali Mali S4C 2000-2002 co-produced with Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion and S4C
Drums of Noto Hanto S4C 2000

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Independent era (1990–2005)
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The studio was originally owned and operated by three animation producers, husband and wife Mike and Liz Young,[1] and Bill Schultz (6 seasons of The Simpsons, Garfield and Friends and Bobby's World).[2] The studio makes both traditional 2D and 3D computer animation.

The company launched a self-distribution unit in 2002.

On March 29, 2004, the company launched Taffy Entertainment, which would become the company's rights management and worldwide distribution subsidiary.[3] Taffy soon launched a licensing unit in August.[4] Taffy wasn't the same company as Mike Young Productions, both had similar instances.

Acquired by MoonScoop and rebranding (2005–2013)
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In October 2005, MoonScoop acquired a 51% majority stake in both MYP and Taffy, with Mike Young (through Mike Young Productions, Inc.) retaining a 49% stake.[5]
Productions
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Television series
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Title Year(s) Network Co-production with Notes
Bobby's World 1990-1998 Fox Kids Film Roman
Alevy Productions Currently holds distribution rights
The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats 1995–1996 ITV Dave Edwards Studio
Scottish Television Enterprises
Rainbow Main Studio
Star Hill Ponies 1998 BBC
S4C Bumper Films
BBC (Series 1)
BBC Worldwide (Series 1)
S4C Currently owned by Hoho Entertainment
Voltron: The Third Dimension 1998–2000 Syndication World Events Productions Currently owned by DreamWorks Classics
Angel Wings 1999 direct-to-video Tyndale Entertainment
Sony Wonder Television Owned by Studio 100[14]
Clifford the Big Red Dog 2000–2003 PBS (PBS Kids) Scholastic Entertainment Animation production, produced and owned by Scholastic Entertainment
Butt-Ugly Martians 2001–2002 ITV (CITV)
Nickelodeon Just Entertainment
DCDC Limited Currently owned by YoBoHo New Media Pvt. Ltd.
Horrible Histories 2001 ITV (CITV) Scholastic Entertainment
Telegael Teoranta Animation production, produced and owned by Scholastic Entertainment
Funky Cops 2002–2004 M6 Antefilms Production
M6-Métropole Television
TPS Cinéma
Greenlight Media AG Worldwide distribution, currently owned by Ellipsanime/Dargaud
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002–2004[15] Cartoon Network Mattel Owned by Mattel
Code Lyoko 2003–2007 France 3
Canal J Antefilms Production (Season 1)
MoonScoop (Seasons 2–4) Worldwide distribution through Taffy, currently owned by Ellipsanime/Dargaud
Clifford's Puppy Days 2003–2006 PBS (PBS Kids) Scholastic Entertainment Animation production for Series 1, produced and owned by Scholastic Entertainment
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks 2003–2007 PBS (PBS Kids) Entara Ltd.
Crest Communications Entara took over distribution from Taffy in 2007
ToddWorld 2004–2008 Discovery Kids
TLC Telegael Teoranta
DQ Entertainment
Max and the Mechanicals 2004 PBS (PBS Kids) JadooWorks Pvt Ltd.
Telegael Teoranta
Sony Pictures Television Pilot
Pet Alien 2004–2007 Cartoon Network
Animania HD
Télétoon
KiKA Antefilms Production (Season 1)
Crest Communications (Season 1)
Telegael Teoranta
Europool (Season 2)
MoonScoop (Season 2)
Bratz 2005–2008 Fox (4KidsTV) MGA Entertainment Owned by MGA Entertainment
Mix Master 2005–2006 KBS Sunwoo Entertainment
Beijing Omni Culture Exchange
Nippon Animation Non-Asian distribution rights through Taffy
Growing Up Creepie 2006–2008 Discovery Kids Telegael Teoranta
Sunwoo Entertainment
Peach Blossom Media
DAG Entertainment
I Got a Rocket 2006–2007 KiKA
Nickelodeon Australia
Network Ten SLR Productions
MotionWorks
Europool
Peach Blossom Media
Sunwoo Entertainment
Dive Olly Dive! 2006–2010[16] Animania HD
PBS Kids Sprout
KiKA Yoram Gross-EM.TV Pty Ltd. (season 1, eps. 1–16)
Flying Bark Productions (season 1, eps. 17–52, season 2)
GDC International Limited
Telegael Teoranta
Atlantyca Entertainment (season 2)
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes 2006–2007 Cartoon Network Europe MoonScoop
Marvel Studios
Cartoon Network Europe Distribution through Taffy
Cosmic Quantum Ray 2007–2008 Animania HD
KiKA
M6 Method Animation
Cosmotoons
Europool
Telegael Teoranta
SK C&C
Independence Creative
Geronimo Stilton 2009–2017 Rai 2
Rai Gulp
M6 Atlantyca Entertainment
Rai Fiction
MoonScoop Distribution for Seasons 1–2
Bunny Maloney 2009 Canal+ Family
France 2 MoonScoop
Telegael Teoranta Distribution through Taffy, currently owned by Ellipsanime/Dargaud
Chloe's Closet 2010–2014 PBS Kids Sprout
CITV Channel
KiKA European Film Partners (season 1)
Wales Creative IP Fund (season 1)
Trickompany Filmproduktion (season 1)
Animation Dimensions (overseas animation, season 1)
Shanghai Supercolor Technology (overseas animation, season 1)
China Digital Entertainment Productions (overseas animation, season 1)
Toon City Animation (overseas animation, season 1)
Huminah Huminah Animation (overseas animation, season 1)
Kids Workout Factory (season 2)
Telegael Teoranta
Vision Animation (overseas animation, season 2)
Minika (season 2)
The Twisted Whiskers Show 2009–2010 CBBC Channel
The Hub DQ Entertainment
CloudCo, Inc.
Telegael Teoranta
Hero: 108 2010–2012 Cartoon Network Cartoon Network Europe
Gamania
Telegael Teoranta
Hong Ying Animation
Tara Duncan 2010–2011 M6
Disney Channel MoonScoop
DQ Entertainment
Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures 2010–2015 The Hub American Greetings
AG Properties Owned by WildBrain
Gasp! 2010–2011 ABC3
Nine Network SLR Productions
Screen Australia
Agogo Media Distribution only
Zevo-3 2010–2011 Nicktoons Maslen Entertainment
Skechers Entertainment
Super Sportlets 2010–2011 Kabillion Kids Workout Factory
Telegael Teoranta
The DaVincibles 2011 Rai 2 Neo Network (earlier episodes)
Zodiak Active (later episodes)
Rai Fiction
SLR Productions
Cartobaleno
Telegael Teoranta
Big Animation
Verve Communications
Top Draw Animation (later episodes)
Agogo Media (later episodes)
My Phone Genie 2012 CITV Channel Talent Television
MoonScoop
ZDF
ZDF Enterprises
Telegael Teoranta
Wild Grinders 2012–2015 Nicktoons Home Plate Entertainment
Telegael Teoranta
Four Down Productions (season 1)
Agogo Media (season 1)
Copernicus Studios (season 1)
Superjacket Productions (season 2)
Top Draw Animation (season 2)
Big Jump Entertainment (season 2) Season 1 only
Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot 2012 The Hub American Greetings
AG Properties Owned by Cloudco Entertainment
Code Lyoko: Evolution 2013 France 4 MoonScoop
Lagardere Thematiques Overseas Distribution, currently owned by Ellipsanime/Dargaud
Lalaloopsy 2013–2015 Nickelodeon
Nick Jr. Channel MGA Entertainment Owned by MGA Entertainment
Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch 2013–2014 Hub Network Archie Comics
Telegael Teoranta
DSK Entertainment
Laughing Lion Animation
Care Bears & Cousins 2015–2016 Netflix American Greetings
AG Properties Owned by Cloudco Entertainment
Kulipari 2016–present Netflix
Hulu The Outlook Company
Telegael Teoranta
We're Lalaloopsy 2017 Netflix MGA Entertainment Owned by MGA Entertainment
Woody Woodpecker 2018–2022 YouTube Universal Pictures International
Universal 1440 Entertainment
Universal Animation Studios Owned by NBCUniversal
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