Strange Hill High

Strange Hill High is a children's puppet-animated series for CBBC. The show is a co-production between CBBC, FremantleMedia and Factory.

Strange Hill High
GenreAnimated series, mystery fiction, fantasy, Adventure, sci-fi
Created byYoshimi & Katoi
Josh Weinstein
Written by
  • Josh Weinstein
  • Jason Hazeley
  • Joel Morris
  • Mark Oswin
  • James Griffiths
  • Andrew Burrell
  • Bede Blake
  • Ben Teasdale
  • Emma Kennedy
  • Reid Harrison
  • Kirstie Falkous
  • Stuart Kenworthy
Directed byGeoff Walker & Chris Tichbourne
Starring
ComposerPaul Lovatt-Cooper
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerPhil Chalk and Andrew Burrell
Running time22 mins.
Production companiesFactory
FremantleMedia Enterprises
CBBC
Release
Original networkCBBC
Original release8 May 2013 (2013-05-08) 
15 December 2014 (2014-12-15)
External links
Website
Production website

Out of the many writers, it was noted that Josh Weinstein (who worked on The Simpsons and Futurama) would be involved in the series,[1] with its visuals created using an animation technique combining puppets, Japanese vinyl toys and digital effects.

Premise

Strange Hill High mainly follows a group of three students: Mitchell Tanner, a pupil with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who comes up with plans to resolve various conflicts, while avoiding studying for tests; Becky Butters, a conscientious schoolgirl who tries her best to get out of whatever problems she gets involved in; and the sometimes dull and robotic Templeton, who comes up with bizarre quips and interpretations, as they explore their extraordinary school, uncovering absurd and outrageous occurrences as they go.

The students meet a variety of people involved in the oddities of their school, but have to be wary of some of the students and faculty members - mainly Mr. Abercrombie, who is easily angered by any disturbance.

Cast

Main Cast

Guest Stars

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

# Title Written by Original air date
1"King Mitchell"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths8 May 2013 (2013-05-08)
2"99 Cool Things to do with a Time Machine"Ben Teasdale15 May 2013 (2013-05-15)
3"The Lost and Found Boy"Josh Weinstein22 May 2013 (2013-05-22)
4"Snoozical"Reid Harrison29 May 2013 (2013-05-29)
5"Big Mouth Strikes Again"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths5 June 2013 (2013-06-05)
6"The Most Boring Book In The World"Ben Teasdale12 June 2013 (2013-06-12)
7"Read All About It"Stuart Kenworthy19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)
8"Health & Safety"Emma Kennedy26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)
9"The Ghost Writers of Strange Hill High"Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)
10"Teacher's Pets"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths10 July 2013 (2013-07-10)
11"Lucky Becky"Kirstie Falkous17 July 2013 (2013-07-17)
12"Becky vs Bocky"Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris24 July 2013 (2013-07-24)
13"End Of Terminator"Josh Weinstein31 July 2013 (2013-07-31)

Series 2 (2014)

# Title Written by Original air date
1"The Curse of the Were-Teacher"Josh Weinstein29 April 2014 (2014-04-29)
2"Invasion of the Templetons"Andrew Burrell6 May 2014 (2014-05-06)
3"The 101% Solution"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths13 May 2014 (2014-05-13)
4"Little School of Horrors"Bede Blake20 May 2014 (2014-05-20)
5"Big Templeton is Watching You!"Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris27 May 2014 (2014-05-27)
6"Crushing Embarrassment"Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris3 June 2014 (2014-06-03)
7"Mitchell Who?"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths10 June 2014 (2014-06-10)
8"Innercrombie"Andrew Burrell17 June 2014 (2014-06-17)
9"Ken Kong"Stuart Kenworthy24 June 2014 (2014-06-24)
10"Mitchell Junior"Emma Kennedy1 July 2014 (2014-07-01)
11"The MCDXX Men"Mark Oswin and James Griffiths8 July 2014 (2014-07-08)
12"The Snide Piper"Ben Bailey-Smith15 July 2014 (2014-07-15)
13"A Strange Hill Christmas"Josh Weinstein15 December 2014 (2014-12-15)

Ratings

Episode ratings from BARB.[2]

Episode No.AirdateViewersCBBC Weekly Ranking
18 May 2013Under 244,000Outside Top 10
215 May 2013298,0008
322 May 2013360,0003
429 May 2013317,0006
55 June 2013Under 205,000Outside Top 10
612 June 2013Under 248,000Outside Top 10
719 June 2013224,00010
826 June 2013283,0004
93 July 2013Under 198,000Outside Top 10
1010 July 2013294,0002
1117 July 2013Under 262,000Outside Top 10
1224 July 2013Under 212,000Outside Top 10
1331 July 2013278,0006

Awards and nominations

Awards
Award Category Recipients and nominees Result
67th British Academy Film Awards[3] Best Animated Series Nominated
Kidscreen Awards[3] Best Animated Series Won
British Academy Children's Awards[4] Animation Nominated

See also

  • Grange Hill – unrelated 1978–2008 British television children's drama series that also takes place at a school
  • Strange Hill – unrelated British comic strip with a similar name that also takes place at a school

References

  1. "Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein launches British TV show". BBC. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. "Weekly top 10 programmes - BARB". www.barb.co.uk.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Children's in 2014". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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