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JAKERS!  The adventures of Piggley Winks

 

The award-winning JAKERS! show is about the fun and hilarious adventures of Piggley Winks, a spunky eight-year old pig and his friends Dannan the Duck and Ferny the Bull on Raloo Farm in 1950's Ireland. Featuring Mel Brooks as Wiley the Sheep, this exciting PBS KIDS series, brings to public television the charm and inspiration of Irish storytelling with state of the art 3D, CGI animation. It has been telecast on various channels like PBS (US), BBC (UK), TVO (Ontario), ABC (Australia), Discovery Kids (Latin America) etc. and quickly became a favorite among fans & critics alike.

The show is owned by Entara (UK) and produced by Mike Young Productions (US). All CGI work for the 40 episodes of the series has been done by Crest Animation Studios (India). For more info & images, please visit :

http://pbskids.org/jakers

http://www.entaraltd.com/jakers_overview_intro.php
     
                                    Awards
     
    4 Emmys for :
  2004 Outstanding Achievement in Production Design
  2004 Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding
  2005 Outstanding Achievement in Production Colour
  2005 Music Direction & Composition
     
  2005 HUMANITAS Prize in the Children's Animation Category
  2004 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award in the Television Category
  2004 Genesis Commendation Award from the Humane Society of the US
  2005 Gold Hugo Award in the Animated Series Category
  2004 Silver Hugo Award in the Animated Series Category
  2004 Prix Jeunesse Web Prize Winner
     
   

                             Nominations
     
    4 Annie Award nominations for :
  2004 Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production for Children
  2004 Voice Acting in an Animated Production
  2005 Voice Acting in an Animated Production
     
    4 Emmy Award nominations for :
  2004 Sound Editing (2004)
  2005 Sound Editing (2004)
  2005 Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program
  2005 Music Direction and Composition
     
    Pulcinella Awards nomination in the Children's Category
     

 
 

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