Wicked! | |
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Genre | Comedy horror |
Created by | Paul Jennings Morris Gleitzman |
Written by | Mary Morris Andrea Del Bosco |
Directed by | Jo Boag and Paul Leadon |
Composers | Ian Nichols and Phillip Lane for Kick Production Ltd. |
Country of origin | Australia France Germany |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (+1 movie) (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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Executive producers | Gerry Travers John Travers Carmel Travers Philip Bowman (for the movie) Michael Carrington (for the BBC) |
Producers | Margaret Parkes Suzanne Ryan |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Energee Entertainment RTV Family Entertainment France Animation |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 18 November 2000 2001 | –
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Wicked! is an Australian animated television series based on the book series of the same name by Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman. It was co-produced by Energee Entertainment in Sydney, Australia and France Animation (later known as the MoonScoop Group).[1]
The series is about two step-siblings named Rory and Dawn as they try to protect their own town from viruses caused by the Appleman, a man with a head shaped like a half-eaten apple. It was intended as a "comedy of horrors" aimed at children aged 8 to 13.[2]
Wicked! began with 13 short webisodes released on the eKidz website in late 2000.[3] The series ran for 26 episodes and an 80-minute movie. By the end of 2001, it had become Energee Entertainment's most successful series, with over €8 million in sales.[4] However, the producers were unable to continue the series, as Energee shut down in 2002 due to financial losses from its film The Magic Pudding.[5][6]
In Australia, the series aired on both the Seven Network and the Oh! channel by Optus Television. Internationally, the series was picked up by the BBC[2] in the United Kingdom and TF1 in France.[7]