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Garth & Bev goes live on the CBeebies website
January 25, 2010 at 5:10 pm by Gary Timpson
Garth and Bev page is now live on the CBeebies website http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/garthandbev/
Check it out.
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Garth & Bev on CBeebies
January 20, 2010 at 5:38 pm by Gary Timpson
After a very successful run on RTE, Kavaleer Productions are delighted to announce that Garth & Bev has a provisional broadcast date on CBeebies for Monday the 25th January at 7.20am with a second run due to commence on the 2nd March- Time TBC.
I hope you can tune in.
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‘Garth & Bev’ Launch Party, 22nd November 2009
November 24, 2009 at 6:14 pm by Andrew Kavanagh
On a wet and windy sunday afternoon in Odessa restaurant, Kavaleer launched our first TV series ‘Garth & Bev’ in the company over 100 guests. It was a great day for us, as we also celebrated eight years in business with friends, cast and crew. We were delighted to welcome Steve Carson, Sheila de Courcy and Tonyia Dowling from RTE, members of the BAI, plus the show’s stars Mia Murphy, Daniel Culleton, Morgan Jones, Flo Mc Sweeney and Gerry O’Brien. ‘Garth & Bev’ is currently airing every day on RTE2 at 2:50PM.
Garth & Bev with their audience on the day!
Producer Gary Timpson, Creator / Executive Producer Andrew Kavanagh
Commissioning Editor, Young Peoples Programming Sheila DeCourcy, Producer Gary Timpson, Creator / Executive Producer Andrew Kavanagh, Director of Programming, RTE, Steve Carson
Assistant Commissioning Editor, Young People's Programming Tonyia Dowling, Daniel Culleton (Garth), Gerry O'Brien (Lir), Mia Murphy (Bev) and Flo McSweeney (Elva, Nila)
Mia Murphy (Bev) and Daniel Culleton (Garth)
Art Director / Designer Graham Corcoran, Director Stuart Shankly
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Garth & Bev - Premiers on RTE Two!
November 20, 2009 at 9:48 pm by Gary Timpson
Kavaleer's Garth & Bev
Nature has all the Answers!
Garth & Bev will be premiering on RTE Two on Monday the 23rd of November at 2.50pm and will run for 3 weeks.
There’ll be fun and laughs and squabbles and mess… but at the heart of Garth & Bev lies the idea that Nature, in all its brilliance, is the primary source of invention, creativity and problem solving. Whatever amazing inventions we humans can come with, most often we will find that nature got their first!
Our central characters are Garth (7) and his sister Bev (5), and just like our audience, they are active, curious, adventure seeking and always ready to learn something new! The only difference is that they live in a village long, long ago. Instead of TV’s, PSPs and bikes for amusement, Garth and Bev have pebbles, log boats and village races. And above all, they have nature!
Garth and Bev live in harmony with nature and pay it the utmost respect. The rhythm of their life is dictated by the seasons. Nature is powerful but it is also their friend and teacher. They learn about nature as they live and play in it. Garth and Bev solve problems by exploring and experimenting with the world around them… and then they find that their discoveries are often a little bit like the discoveries other people are making elsewhere – people who are trying to invent things
“…in another time and place…!”
As well as being inquisitive, imaginative kids, Garth and Bevin are also time travellers! Their Grandfather Lir is a mystical druid who conjures up a magical swirling time spiral, transporting an excited Garth and Bev through time and space.
Just at their Eureka moment, surprised inventors and creators throughout history are visited by two young kids with lots of questions! And these inventors and creators have solved a problem very similar to Garth and Bev’s! As often as not, Nature provides the link for solving the puzzle.
As Grandfather Lir likes to remind them – ‘Nature has all the answers!’
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Kidscreen NYC
March 1, 2009 at 11:28 am by Andrew Kavanagh
Kavaleer Productions attended this year’s Kidscreen Forum in New York where producers Gary Timpson and Andrew Kavanagh met distribution and broadcast partners involved in their forthcoming show ‘Garth and Bev‘.
Enterprise Ireland hosted the annual Irish Party at Rosie O’Grady’s bar and restaurant on 5th Avenue. Kavaleer also met with prospective partners for forthcoming slate projects. Pictured here are Andrew Kavanagh with Keyframe producer Brian Simpson. The two studios are in discussion for a co-development deal on one of our key slate properties for 2010. Also pictured is Gary Timpson with Irish colleagues Grainne McNamara and Darragh O’Connell.
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Kavaleer and Copernicus Ink Co-pro Deal on Garth and Bev
February 12, 2009 at 10:26 pm by Gary Timpson
Kavaleer’s Garth & Bev are in the press again!
Ireland’s Kavaleer Entertainment and Halifax, Canada’s Copernicus Studios are joining forces to co-produce the 2-D animated series Garth and Bev.
The Canuck animation studio has come aboard to create the 2-D toon with a hand-drawn feel. Copernicus president Paul Rigg will be at the helm as executive producer of the 52 x 11-minute series is set in the Bronze Age, where Garth and his sister live with their Druid grandfather Lir, who uses his ancient magic to transport the siblings through time to meet great historical minds, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Albert Eienstein, learning about science and invention.
You can read the full article here on the Kidscreen website »
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