WE’RE A GROUP OF THREE COMPANIES:
SIXTEEN SOUTH ORIGINALS, SIXTEEN SOUTH STUDIOS & SIXTEEN SOUTH RIGHTS

WE PASSIONATELY BELIEVE IN MORE

WE MAKE TELEVISION TO IMPACT EVERY CHILD IN EVERY HOME IN EVERY COUNTRY,
TELLING STORIES WHICH ENTERTAIN, INSPIRE, AMAZE AND INFLUENCE KIDS FOR GOOD.

OUR SHOWS CAN BE FOUND ON:

HERE’S SOME OF OUR WORK:

Odo is a little owl with big ideas. The Forest Camp for Young Birds is a wonderful leafy playground where birds of all shapes and sizes can play games, learn skills, and have fun side-by-side with the most amazingly diverse group of feathered creatures – silly chickens, cheeky toucans, harmonious canaries, a vain peacock, and many others. All of the fun takes place under the loving watchful eye of Camp Leader, a supremely capable and good-natured Eagle. With the help of his best friend Doodle (a thoughtful little bird of unknown species), Odo positively tackles every challenge - no matter how big. He knows he can do anything he sets his mind to, because in the forest, as in life, the most important thing you can do is to believe in yourself.

Created by Sixteen South Originals and co-produced by Sixteen South Studios and Letko.

52 x 7’

While the series is a full-of-laughs comedy series, it also aims to teach preschoolers self-efficacy and to believe in themselves to help combat the troubling rise in anxiety and depression levels in today’s children. Comedic and warm, with genuine gender neutral appeal, the series has a heart of social justice and stories deal with important themes such as immigration, racism, respect for others, and show kids how to deal with setbacks in a meaningful way while fostering the development of social skills.

Odo is a brand new original series for preschoolers created by Sixteen South Originals and co-produced with Sixteen South Studios and Letko.
Premium quality, hand-drawn 2D animation with 3D post lighting and a live, organic score.

Odo is distributed globally by Sixteen South Rights and our global licensing agency is Bulldog Licensing.

The Coop Troop, a gang of five unlikely heroes: hyperactive rabbit Maggie, eccentric inventor Flo the chicken, bon vivant swine Clive, excitable yet insecure lamb Billy and enigmatic egg Jo d’Oeuf. Thirsty for adventure to escape their mundane life on a farm, their mission is to help any animal with a problem – and they’re kept busy by the precious and very pampered pets of nearby town of Animauville.

When their red telephone rings, somebody needs help, so the Troop set off in their ingeniously – if haphazardly – modified chicken Coop to provide it. No matter how simple the problem, The Coop Troop will always come up with a way to solve it, usually in the most roundabout, over-the-top way possible, resulting in an escalating comedy of ridiculous chaos as each mission snowballs out of control. As they frantically try to get things back on track they attract more chaos at every turn. With The Coop Troop, satisfaction is always (eventually) guaranteed!

Created by Sixteen South Originals and co-produced by Sixteen South Studios and Mikros Animation Studios / Technicolor.

52 x 11’

The Coop Troop is a major new series for 6-9 year olds commissioned by France Television and as a Tencent Original. It is being co-produced with our partners Mikros Animation Studio and Technocolor in Paris in super-deluxe CGI. Available from Summer 2022.

The Coop Troop is being distributed globally by Sixteen South Rights

Claude is a small, very helpful dog who wears smart shoes, a dashing jumper and a rather nifty beret. His best pal in the whole world is Sir Bobblysock (who is both a sock and quite bobbly) and he’s the star of our 2D animated series.

Developed by Sixteen South Originals from the best selling series of books by Alex T. Smith.

50 x 12’ & 11 x 2’

If someone is needed to save the day, take on a special role or help a friend, Claude is the dog - I CAN DO THAT - and so begins a madcap series of events.  Claude mightn’t always get it right, but he certainly has a lot of fun trying! Produced by Sixteen South Studios in the highest quality hand-drawn 2D animation.

The series has a wonderful voice cast - including Simon Callow, Shane Richie, Su Pollard, Tameka Empson, Brian Murphy, Jane Horrocks, Bhasker Patel, Haruka Kuroda, Anne Reid and young Alexander Molony as Claude.

Launched in 2018 on Disney Junior in all countries across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australia and was Disney Junior’s #1 highest rating show in Australia and the #2 highest rating show in UK when it launched.

Claude is distributed globally by Sixteen South Rights

WildWoods is a live action, comedy series for 5 to 7 year olds, telling the story of Cooper, the laid-back giant sasquatch who’s coming of age sees him leave his sheltered indoor urban existence and move into the forest to re-engage with his woodland roots. There he meets Poppy, the pint-sized sugarglider with the big attitude. The odd couple strike up an unlikely friendship and, together, have comedy adventures that see them learn about life a long way from the city.

Created by Sixteen South Originals and produced by Sixteen South Studios.

26 x 11’

WildWoods was the top rating kids show on it's ABC Kids premiere and is consistently one of the channel's highest rating shows.  Now streaming on Hulu in North America and broadcasting on Channel One in Russia, ABC Kids in Australia, ITVBe in UK, RTÉJr in Ireland and on digital platforms across China.

WildWoods is distributed globally by Sixteen South Rights

Pinkalicious imagines creative possibilities everywhere she looks. Aimed at kids 3-5, Pinkalicious and her little brother encourage viewers to engage in the creative arts and self-expression, including music, dance, theatre and the visual arts.

Co-produced by Sixteen South Studios and GBH for PBS kids.

122 x 11’ & 2 x 44’

Pinkalicious & Peterrific follows the adventures of Pinkalicious and her brother Peter as they explore the town of Pinkville with their neighbourhood friends. The imaginative Pinkalicious finds creative opportunities everywhere she looks, with Peter and her friends Jasmine, Rafael and Kendra in tow. She inspires everyone around her to be creative and find imaginative solutions to problems and expresses herself in ways that encourage children to do the same. Pinkalicious & Peterrific is consistently in PBS kids’ top 3 highest rating shows.

Already a TOP RATING show on PBS kids and airing daily

Lily’s Driftwood Bay is our hit preschool mixed-media animated show about Lily, a five year old who lives in a beach hut on the shore with her Dad.  Every day, the sea washes up a curious new treasure, which sparks Lily’s imagination about what might be happening across the way on Driftwood Bay.  And so, with her best friend Gull - the clever seagull, an adventure begins as they head off to Driftwood Bay. Lily’s Driftwood Bay’s unique design features characters, sets and landscapes that have been completely created from things that have been found washed up on the beach.

Created by Sixteen South Originals and produced by Sixteen South Studios,

96 x 7’ & 4 x 14’

Airing across the world in 120 territories

Lily’s Driftwood Bay has a wonderful all-star voice cast including Stephen Fry, Peter Mullan, Ardal O’Hanlon, Jane Horrocks, Annette Crosbie, Tameka Empson, Richard Dormer and the wonderful Orlagh O’Keefe as Lily. Plus special guests, Dolly Parton and Rob Brydon.

Lily’s Driftwood Bay is distributed globally by Sixteen South Rights

WE’VE ALSO PRODUCED THESE SHOWS…

SESAME TREE

SInce 2002, Colin had been running a successful commercial production company - and now with a three year old he wanted to use his talents and abilities for good.  Imagine when, in May 2007,  he happened to stumble upon a Request for Proposals for a new version of Sesame Street for Northern Ireland. With a track record in producing hundreds of commercial projects, but a zero track record in producing television, it was outrageous to think that he could win this gig.  And most people in town agreed.

It’s a long story of a long competitive creative pitch, but Sixteen South was born with that first commission, Sesame Tree, a co-production with Sesame Workshop.  Sesame Tree is a new version of Sesame Street, aimed at young children with strong curriculum teaching and storytelling.  The puppet and live action show was co-created by Colin Williams and Ian McDonald and written and produced in Northern Ireland.  It featured a new family of muppets - Potto the monster, Hilda the hare, Archie the red squirrel, Claribelle the red bird, Samson & Goliath the bookworms and the Weatherberries who all lived inside the Sesame Tree - a magical question tree. The 14-minute show included live action mini-documentary films, which look at life through the eyes of a 3-6 year old and classic clips from Sesame Street.

Season 1 was produced for BBC Northern Ireland and after we successfully pitched it to CBeebies, Season 2 was commissioned by them where it enjoyed phenomenal ratings and the Sesame Tree website recorded 2.6 million WPI in a four week period.  The series won a series of international awards.

40 x 11’ for CBeebies and BBC Northern Ireland

BIG CITY PARK

In 2010, CBeebies commissioned Big City Park, Sixteen South’s second show, which was created by Colin Williams and co-produced with BBC Scotland. The live action and puppet show aimed to get children outside and rediscover the awe and wonder of nature - whatever the weather. It was shot completely outdoors in Ormeau Park, a large victorian park in Belfast and featured Billy the badger, Dara the fox and their ageless friend, Ruairi who all live there - along with their human friend, May the park keeper who hosted the series. Each episode saw a group of unscripted spontaneous kids come to visit and help May and her furry friends solve the problem of the day. It was a BBC featured show for August 2010 and rated very highly with over 24% of the audience, peaking with an audience share of 341,000 on 20 August with an average of 244,000 across the series. It was the second most watched show in its slot on CBeebies during August 2010.

Big City Park won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Children's Series along with an IFTA and other international awards.

26 x 11’ for CBeebies
Distributed globally by Sixteen South Rights

BIG & SMALL

2011 saw a major new production for Sixteen South - Big and Small, the BAFTA winning hit show in co-production with Kindle Entertainment for CBeebies.

Big and Small is a highly successful children’s pre-school show featuring two best friends who share a house together. Sixteen South partnered with London-based Kindle Entertainment to give this hit show a new production home in Belfast and produce a third season which aired on BBC in 2011. The first two seasons were produced in Canada.

Each story revolves around the comedy of Big and Small’s contrasting approaches to life, and encourages young children to appreciate that people have many different ideas and opinions. The series combines the imagination of animation with the warmth of puppets - great stories packed with humour, laugh-out-loud moments and highly memorable songs.

Big and Small received a number of awards including a KidScreen award for Best Writing in a Children's Programme, a BAFTA for Best Interactive Service and the RTS Television Award for Best Children's Programme.

26 x 11’ for CBeebies