| Lockie Leonard | |
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| Genre | Children's Comedy-Drama |
| Created by | Tim Winton |
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| Theme music composer | Jebediah |
| Opening theme | "Worlds Away" |
| Ending theme | "Worlds Away" |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Production location | Albany, Western Australia |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
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| Network | Nine Network[1] |
| Release | 19 June 2007 – 27 July 2010 |
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Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series that was adapted from the Lockie Leonard books by Tim Winton. Filmed in Albany, Western Australia, the series premiere was on the Nine Network on 19 June 2007.
Lockie Leonard was produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia and is distributed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation.[2][3] The theme song "Worlds Away" was performed by Jebediah.
Lockie Leonard first premiered in the UK on Jetix, airing from April 14, 2007,[4] but would later premiere on 27 September 2008 as part of the children's Saturday morning programme TMi which airs from 09:00 to 10:30 on BBC Two. It ran for the first 12 episodes then continued to air on CBBC Channel.
The show won the 2008 TV Week Logie Award for Best Children's Series, and star Sean Keenan (Lockie) was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. It won the 2007 AFI award for Best Children's Drama Series. The series was also nominated for the 2007 BAFTA Awards for Best International Children's Drama Series.