Captain Flinn animation sells to UK

GO! kid’s series Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs has been sold to the UK, to screen on kid’s channel, POP.

The Aussie made series from SLR Productions is based on picture books by Author / Illustrator duo Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto.

It has also been sold to China’s JY Animation Inc, Vietnam Content JSC, MediaCorp in Singapore, Portugal’s Radiotelevisa o Portuguesa (RTP), SVT Sveriges Television AB in Sweden, and CSC Media Group for Africa.

Executive Producer and CEO of SLR Productions, Suzanne Ryan said, “I am excited for the UK premiere of Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs on POP. The popular kids channel is the perfect home for this piro-dino comedic adventure series as it brings to life the fantastic award winning picture books by Giles Andreae and Russel Ayto. Having launched in Australia on Nine’s GO! the series will soon premiere in other popular territories confirming the global appeal of pirates, dinosaurs and good old fashioned fun.”

Packed with pirate talk and swashbuckling fun each episode follows four kids: Flinn, Pearl, Tom and Violet as they set sail on a pirate ship to keep despicable, prehistoric, pirate dinosaur baddies Captain T Rex, Stig the stegosaurus, Dippy the diplodocus, Tricky the triceratops and Terry the pterodactyl from cowardly wrong-doings across the Seven-and-a-half Seas. These four seafarers boldly go where no young ones have gone before in silly pirate adventures full of magic, singing, curses and superstitions… but only very silly ones.

The series has previously won the Gold Pixie Award at the 7th Annual Pixie Awards and Best TV Pilot and the Arlecchino Award at the Cartoons On The Bay Pulcinella Awards, International Television and Cross Media Animation Festival held in Italy.

The SLR Productions team behind the series included Executive Producer Suzanne Ryan, Producer Yasmin Jones, Creative Director Jo Boag and Script Producer Melanie Alexander with Paul Cummins as Executive Producer and Cathy Ní Fhlaithearta as producer on behalf of Telegael. The series was directed by Greg Ingram at SLR Productions.