Berry Bees (TV series)

Berry Bees is an animated television series for Nine Network that premiered on 9Go! in Australia on 5 October 2019.[3] The series is based on the Italian book series of the same name by Cat Le Blanc. The series is produced by Atlantyca Entertainment, SLR Productions, Telegael, and Cosmos-Maya Production.[4]

This article is about the television series. For the book series, see Berry Bees.

Berry Bees
Official poster for the series featuring the Berry Bees. From left to right: Juliette, Lola, and Bobby.
Genre
Based onBerry Bees book series
by Cat Le Blanc
Directed byNiccolò Sacchi
Creative director(s)
  • Lisa Arioli
  • Jo Boag
Voices of
  • Sheena May
  • Nneka Okoye
  • Harriet Kershaw
  • Tim Howar
  • Josie Taylor
  • Harriet Collings
  • Daniel Fletcher
  • Dan Russell
  • Ben Whitehead
  • Colin Cassady
Theme music composerFabrizio Baldoni
Opening theme"Berry Bees" by Filip (StudioPros)
Ending theme"Berry Bees" (instrumental)
Composer(s)Fabrizio Baldoni
Country of origin
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Ireland
  • India
  • Singapore
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Caterina Vacchi
  • Suzanne Ryan
  • Paul Cummins
  • Anish Js Mehta
  • Sara Cabras
  • Jo Rooney
  • Andy Ryan
  • Claudia Mazzucco
  • Pietro Marietti
Producer(s)
  • Lorenza Lazzarini
  • Yasmin Jones
  • Cathy Ní Fhlaithearta
Running time11 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor
  • Atlantyca Entertainment (Asia)[2]
  • Cosmos-Maya (Asia)[2]
  • SLR Productions (Australia and New Zealand)[2]
  • Telegael (UK and Ireland)[2]
Release
Original network
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Audio formatStereo
Original release5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) –
present
External links
Website

The show centers around three young girls who carry out spy missions.

Plot

Bobby, Lola, and Juliette are three extraordinary 10-year-old[4] girls who live a seemingly normal life. However the trio work undercover as the "Berry Bees" for the Bee Intelligence Agency (B.I.A. for short), a secret agency that selected them to carry out special spy missions. The girls, all codenamed after a type of berry, are given gadgets each episode by the head of the agency, Ms. Berry.

Usually the girls have to foil the evil plans of recurring villains such as Tara Bytes, Mirage, and the Greenthumbs. At the end of each episode, the villain escapes the confusion to fight the girls another day while things return to normal.

Characters

Main
  • Bobby – An expert in technology and a nerd.[5] Her codename is Raspberry.
  • Lola – A skilled contortionist and acrobat.[5] Her codename is Strawberry.
  • Juliette – A talented actress and mentalist.[5] Her codename is Blueberry.
  • Ms. Berry – The head of the B.I.A.[5]

Recurring
Villains
  • Tara Bytes – A diabolical mastermind.
  • Mirage – A transformative thief.
  • Cosmo and Fauna Greenthumb

Production

On 16 October 2018, it was announced that an animated series based on the Berry Bees book series was being produced.[6] The series is produced by Atlantyca Entertainment in Italy, SLR Productions in Australia, Telegael in Ireland, and Cosmos-Maya Production in India and Singapore.[7]

The show's visual team found their inspiration in Mission Impossible and James Bond movies. The director, Niccolò Sacchi also singled out The Incredibles for its character and action scenes. He looked at Kim Possible all the time, "because of the show’s fantastic direction and staging of the shots." The team's reference for design was Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. "[He] wanted to have the same feel for the characters with no outline and where shadows were used to give depth to the characters' skin and expressions."[4]

Episodes

The first season consists of 52 11-minute episodes.[4][7]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboard byAustralian air dateItalian air dateProd.
code
1"Princesses Pose a Problem"
"Missione doppia principessa"		Niccolò SacchiKatiedid Langrock and Keith BrumptonIvan Evans5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)19 December 2019TBA
2"Social Oversharing"
"Ladri di segreti"		Niccolò SacchiKatiedid LangrockIan Milne5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)16 December 2019106
3
4		"Xmas 2.0"
"Natale 2.0"		Niccolò SacchiStory by : Charlotte Hamlyn
Written by : David Witt		Regine Clarke
Caiyen Tse		12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)24 December 2019TBA
5"The Milk Shakey Shook"
"Spie, animali e passepartout"		Niccolò SacchiKatiedid Langrock and Keith BrumptonCindy Scharka and Simon Turnbull19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)17 December 2019102
6"Stars Fall"
"Le scarpe Salta-Salta"		Niccolò SacchiKatiedid Langrock and Keith BrumptonGreg Ingram19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)18 December 2019103
7"It's a Winner Wipeout"
"Una buona torta non si scorda mai"		Niccolò SacchiKatiedid LangrockPaolo Solaro27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)[8]22 December 2019112
8"Hypnotic Hair Don't Care"
"Brillantina con ipnosi"		Niccolò SacchiJoel Slack-SmithArchi Bolina27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)[8]18 December 2019104
9"Haunted Amusement Park"
"Fantasmi al luna park"		Niccolò SacchiMaria Chiara OltoliniIan Milne3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)22 December 2019120
10"Drop in the Ocean"
"S.O.S. Barriera corallina"		Niccolò SacchiSenta Rich and Nick WilkinsonCaiyen Tse3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)16 December 2019121
11"Tricky Business"
"Missione spettacolo truccato"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)21 December 2019128
12"To Bee or Not to Bee"
"Non ti ricordar di me"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)21 December 2019125
13"String Sting"
"Un violino sotto chiave"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)17 December 2019111
14"Growing Pains"
"Teneri pelosetti crescono"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)23 December 2019117
15"Love Is in the Net"
"Troppo perfetto per essere vero"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)19 December 2019109
16"Clover's Got Talent"
"Sfida tra talenti"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)29 December 2019TBA
17"Someone Went Off Course"
"Una nave fuori rotta"		Niccolò SacchiAndrea MarchettiCristina Parisotto24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)26 December 2019110
18"Rare Earth Sledding"
"Che fine ha fatto la neve?"		Niccolò SacchiKatiedid LangrockPaolo Solaro and Laura Davanzo24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)23 December 2019124
19
20		"Berry Fall"
"Tre volte trappola"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA
TBA		1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)31 December 2019TBA
21"Look, Up in the Sky"
"Un eroe in ognuno di noi"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)28 December 2019138
22"Cowabunga, Bees!"
"Cowabunga, Berry Bees!"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)28 December 2019144
23"A Prank Is Not a Crime"
"Scherzare non è reato"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)30 December 2019115
24"Action! BBs on the Movie Set"
"Pronte, apine, si gira!"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)26 December 2019118
25"Mission to Mars"
"Missione su Marte"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)29 December 2019137
26"License to Munch"
"Bruchi mangia kart"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)30 December 2019105
27"Chinese Shadows"
"Ombre cinesi"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)6 May 2020126
28"Nightmare Before Halloween"
"Un Halloween da paura"		Niccolò SacchiTBATBA4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)14 May 2020122
29"Micro Mayhem"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBA11 July 2020 (2020-07-11)TBATBA
30"The Winner Loses It All"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBA11 July 2020 (2020-07-11)TBATBA
TBA"Attenti al gatto!"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA7 May 2020116
TBA"Pioggia di aquiloni"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA8 May 2020119
TBA"Tropici in Irlanda"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA15 May 2020127
TBA"Il ruggito del criceto"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA13 May 2020129
TBA"Mistero a Venezia"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA10 May 2020130
TBA"Un tuffo a rana"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA6 May 2020131
TBA"Giovani geni in pericolo"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA7 May 2020132
TBA"Mummie, dinosauri e falsi allarmi"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA18 May 2020133
TBA"Un campione alla Paillard"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA11 May 2020134
TBA"Una musica spinosa"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA16 May 2020135
TBA"Tutti in carrozza!"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA14 May 2020136
TBA"Verdure all'arrabbiata"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA12 May 2020139
TBA"Scambio di posto"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA10 May 2020140
TBA"Furto tra i ghiacci"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA8 May 2020141
TBA"Acchiappa la racchetta, Lola!"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA17 May 2020142
TBA"Spionaggio con stile"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA12 May 2020143
TBA"La scuola è chiusa!"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA13 May 2020145
TBA"Patty Pizza"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA17 May 2020146
TBA"Yeti o non Yeti?"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA9 May 2020147
TBA"Ogni desiderio si avvera!"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA9 May 2020148
TBA"Gattastrofe"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA18 May 2020149
TBA"Apine in campeggio"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA11 May 2020150
TBA"Missione parole da dividere"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA15 May 2020151
TBA"Fiuta, agente Fluffy!"
Niccolò SacchiTBATBATBA16 May 2020152

Broadcast

Berry Bees first premiered on 9Go! in Australia on 5 October 2019.[3] By the 7th episode, premieres suddenly moved from Saturdays to Sundays starting 27 October.[8] In Italy, the series premiered on Rai Gulp on December 16[9][10] with episodes 2 and 10. Since two segments are combined into one in the Australian broadcast of the series, the cold open in every second episode that airs is cut, but is retained in the Italian broadcast due to the segments being separately aired.

Awards

On 12 July 2019, the episode "Hypnotic Hair Don't Care" was nominated in the 52nd Annual AWGIE Awards in the "Animation" category, with writer Joel Slack-Smith as a recipient, before the series premiered in Australia.[11][12] It lost to an episode of Beat Bugs.[13]

gollark: No.
gollark: Bluetooth Low Energy, apparently, which is still problematic but better than... not having data, I guess, or having it in a really bad for privacy way.
gollark: The privacy-respecting scheme involves using Bluetooth on individual phones to send anonymized tokens or something, and any privacy regulations around phone tower data (in the US) appear to basically be a joke.
gollark: There's been a proposal for privacy-friendly phone-based contact tracing, and it seems pretty good, so I'd accept that if the application is open-source, and doesn't send excessive data.
gollark: The UK doesn't seem to actually have very much of a plan to stop the lockdown thing either.

References
  1. https://www.telegael.com/animation
  2. "Broadcasters Swarm to 'Berry Bees'". licenseglobal.com. 16 October 2018.
  3. Zahed, Ramin (11 October 2019). "Atlantyca Buzzes with 'Berry Bees' at MIP Junior".
  4. Zahed, Ramin (15 February 2019). "Atlantyca's 'Berry Bees' Sends Young Jane Bonds to the Rescue".
  5. "IT'S TIME FOR BERRY BEES". 18 September 2019.
  6. Milligan, Mercedes (16 October 2018). "Atlantyca, SLR, Telegael & Cosmos-Maya Team for 'Berry Bees' Mission".
  7. "ATLANTYCA announces the production of brand new BERRY BEES tv series at MIPCOM". 25 October 2018.
  8. http://www.slrproductions.com/now-on-9go-until-sunday-december-15-2019-berry-bees-buzzing-on-sundays-at-7-30am/
  9. "Le Berry Bees in arrivo su RAI Gulp: intervista ad Atlantyca". 22 October 2019.
  10. "Il Natale di Rai Ragazzi". 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. https://www.if.com.au/nominees-for-52nd-annual-awgie-awards-announced/
  12. https://twitter.com/OzKidsTV/status/1151378522872717312?s=19
  13. https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/full-list-winners-52nd-annual-awgie-awards/
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