Dirtgirlworld, stylized as dirtgirlworld, is an animated children's television series, created by Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace of Mememe Productions.Dirtgirlworld becomes international series (TV Tonight, 5 June 2008) Visually designed by Jean Camden, James Hackett and Cate McQuillen, it was animated by Hackett Films in Australia and Spin Productions in Canada. The show was co-produced by Mememe Productions (Australia) and Decode Entertainment (Canada). The show has 52 eleven-minute episodes commissioned by CBeebies, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).CBeebies orders Dirtgirlworld (Broadcast, 3 June 2008)
The show first aired on CBC on 5 October 2009, on CBeebies on 2 November 2009, and on ABC on 4 December 2009. It aired in the United States on Sprout, on 22 April 2010.Dirtgirlworld . sproutonline.com. Accessed 2010-04-14.
The series used 3D Computer animation combined with photomontage and live action.
Synopsis Dirtgirl, Scrapboy, Ken the weevil, Grubby the grub and Hayman the scarecrow all live together on a farm. In each episode, Dirtgirl has adventures outside, gets grubby and learns about nature while interacting with the other characters.
Main characters dirtgirl (voiced by Maree Lowes) is a gumboot-wearing red-haired farm girl with blue eyes who grows tomatoes and drives a big orange tractor. scrapboy (voiced by Michael Balk) is a boy who is a whiz with junk and is dirtgirl's best friend. He also works on scraps and loves recycling. ken (voiced by Gibson Nolte) is a weevil who loves cows and wants to be a superstar stunt. In the theme song, Ken jumps out of the cannon during a stunt. grubby (voiced by Krew Boylan) is an orange grub caterpillar who is best friends with ken and also start stunts. She loves to eat dirt and is a stunt ringmaster. hayman (voiced by Jason Davis) is a scarecrow who guards the garden and scares the crows away. He mostly says "Hay".
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Awards 2013 Emmy Awards – Digital content for Children and Young People 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards – Best Children's Animated Series 2010 Australian Directors' Guild – GRASS award (Green awareness encouragement award) 2010 Australian Directors Guild – Best Direction in an Animation Program 2011 Byron Bay Film Festival – Best Animation 2010 British Academy Children's Awards – Nominated for International 2010 Prix Jeunesse – 0–5 years Finalist 2010 Logie Awards – Nominated for Most Outstanding Children's Program 2011 Seoul INPUT Festival – Participant 2012 Japan Prize – Finalist 2011 International Songwriting Competition – Best Kid's Song 2013 Screen Producers Australia – Interactive Production of the Year
ARIA Music Awards Year Nominated works Award Result2011Dig ItBest Children's Album2012Dirtgirl Rocks The Planet
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External links Official website