Returning: The Saddle Club
A new look Saddle Club is back in 2009 with a new cast and new broadcaster.
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WIN and Nine will air the third series of The Saddle Club next year.
Produced by legendary production company Crawford Productions, in conjunction with a Canadian company, the 26 part series was filmed between November 2007 and May 2008.
Previously the series aired on the ABC.
The third series includes an all-new cast includes Australian Ariel Kaplan, Canadians Lauren Dixon and Victoria Campbell along with supporting cast member Marny Kennedy (Mortified).
It returns early in 2009.
Press Release:
WIN Television and Channel Nine are pleased to announce an agreement with Crawford Productions to broadcast the hugely successful children’s program, The Saddle Club, across Australia in 2009.
Shot entirely on location in Victoria, the 26 part children’s drama series brings to life the characters and their adventures based on the internationally popular novels written by Bonnie Bryant and follows the huge success of The Saddle Club series 1 and 2, both in Australia and internationally.
The themes that made the novels and the first two series so popular: friendship and a love of horses, continue in the third season, which will also feature some outstanding new talent. The all-new cast includes Australian Ariel Kaplan, Canadians Lauren Dixon and Victoria Campbell along with supporting cast member Marny Kennedy, who received the AFI Young Actor Award in 2006 for her role in Mortified, which was also broadcast on WIN and Nine.
Bruce Gordon, owner of WIN Corporation, said: “Saddle Club is an example of the high quality productions Crawfords is famous for and the partnership between WIN and Nine will see us build upon the success that The Saddle Club has enjoyed over the past nine years.”
David Gyngell, Nine Network CEO, said: “It is with great pleasure that we have teamed up with WIN on this exciting new series. Alongside Hi-5 and the new children’s program, The Kingdom of Paramithi, WIN and Nine are proud to broadcast the best of Australian-produced children’s programming and we look forward to launching the series early next year.”
Saddle Club Producer, Lynn Bayonas said: “Saddle Club – Series 3 is an exciting new series full of adventure. We have been blessed with a magical location and a charismatic cast who ride, sing and act. The talented and dedicated crew bring to life the wonderful mix of friendship, laughter, adventure and the love of beautiful horses. Plus, for this series we have also added great songs and an adorable donkey!”
A Crawford Productions and Protocol Entertainment co-production, The Saddle Club is a global phenomenon currently broadcast in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Cyprus, UAE, Italy, Spain and Holland. To date 78 half hour episodes have been produced, six CDs – three gold and one Platinum theme song, the books have sold in excess of 20 million copies and over 110 titles and the series boasts three Aria nominations.
Saddle Club series three will launch in early 2009. Merchandise is currently available in Target stores throughout Australia.
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18 Responses
When does Saddle club season three come out in New Zealand?
My Fave actor is Marny Keenedy and she has the most beautiful voice!!
can you please tell me when the saddle club is on in western australia please because i want to watch the saddle club but i can’t becuase i don’t know when it is on and what time is is on so it would be so nice for someone to tell me because i want to watch the saddle club but i can’t
P.S: Time:
Day:
It’s not scheduled sorry.
the saddle club is wonderful, particularly as Veronica Diangelo Marny Kennedy
Hi there i really like the new show of yours diffrent charters everywhere i really think that the veronica is a bit nicer than the the old one great work!!!!!
My favorite charter is steve lake
My favorite horse is belle and prancer!!
thank you!!!
I’m not australlian I live in england but when does saddleclub series 3 come out in england??
when is the saddle club coming on tv in tasmania
what time will it come on
C’est quand que la saison 3 arrive en france ??
Does anyone no the exact dates?
3 melanies in 3 seasons. What bad luck for the girl who played her in the second series-my condolences to her family.
Yay! I love this show.
Not sure what it’ll be like with all new cast members, though. Have to wait and see.
Oh i loved this show. And Marny is in it? That’s even more awesome. I loved her in Mortified 🙂
Yep, Jessica Jacobs, from the first series. Very sad.
Didn’t someone from this show die or something?? I heard they got hit by a train
Saddle Club fans who live in parts of Australia that don’t receive either Channel Nine or WIN will have to wait for the release of series 3 DVD. At least the ABC guaranteed nationwide coverage.
Now that’s a first. WIN mentioned ahead of Nine in a press release.
What the press release fails to mention is that WIN owns Crawford Productions.