Me and My Monsters

Me and My Monsters
Format	Children's comedy
Created by	Mark Grant Claudia Lloyd
Starring	Felix Williamson Lauren Clair Macauley Keeper Ivy Latimer Heath McIver Don Austen Sean Masterson Alice Osborne Fiona Gentle Mat McCoy
Country of origin	Australia United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Greg Brenman Donna Andrews Lisa Henson Halle Stanford
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Network Ten (Australia) CBBC (UK) ZDF (Germany)
Original run	18 October 2010 – present

Me and My Monsters is a children's comedy television program that combines live action and puppetry. The series is an Australian/UK co-production filmed in Australia. It first screened on CBBC on 18 October 2010 and airs on Network Ten and Nickelodeon.^[1] There are 26 episodes in the series.

Overview

The Carlson family, who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK, discover that there are three monsters living in their basement.^[2]

Production

The series is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and Sticky Pictures with the Jim Henson Company. It was commissioned by the BBC in the UK for CBBC, ZDF in Germany, and Network Ten and Nickelodeon Australia in Australia. It features four human actors and three monster puppets developed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The series is written by Mark Grant, Rebecca De Souza, Claudia Lloyd, Larry Rickard, George Sawyer, Tom Basden, Sam Leifer, and James Bachman. There are 13 episodes in the first series which have all been aired. A second series is going to air. The first series aired on CBBC on 18 October 2010 and aired every week day except Monday until Series 1 Episode 10, Dust Bag Love, which aired on 29 October. Episodes 1 through 10 had a slot of 8:00 am or 8:05 am during half term. When half term finished, the show did not air until 3 November 2010 with Episodes 11 and 12, airing at 6:30pm. Episode 13 aired after that weekend on its normal Tuesday not Monday slot concluding Series One on 8 November 2010. A second series is set to start airing on 11 April 2011 at 8:00 am, and a new repeat slot of 6:15 pm for the new episodes has been made on CBBC. Episodes 1 through 3 are just called Episode 1. Episode 4 is titled Teenage Dream Boy and Episode 5 is Monster On Top. Originally, it was made as 26 episodes of half hour but has split into two seasons with a 4 to 5 month gap in between.^[3]

Cast

• Macauley Keeper as Eddie Carlson – the monsters' best friends.
• Lauren Clair as Kate Carlson – Eddie's mother, who is slightly nicer to the monsters than his father.
• Felix Williamson as Nick Carlson – Eddie's father who hates the monsters.
• Ivy Latimer as Angela Carlson – Eddie's older sister who also hates the monsters.
• Don Austen as Haggis
• Alice Osborne
• Sean Masterson
• Fiona Gentle
• Mat McCoy

DVD Release

In Australia, there has been a DVD release of Me and My Monsters called Series 1: Episodes 1–7.

Books

With series 1, there were two book releases. One was called Monsters in the Basement and the other was called Monster Mess. The series 2 books were called Monster Manners and Monster School. All books are written by Rory Growler.

International broadcasts

Country	Channel	Premiere Date	Dubbing / Subtitles
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim	September 1, 2011	Hebrew dubbing

References

1. ^ http://www.henson.com/press_releases/2010-02-11-01.pdf
2. ^ Me And My Monsters - CBBC Sitcom - British Comedy Guide
3. ^ http://if.com.au/2010/02/10/article/NCPQYSBYVL.html

External links

• Me and My Monsters at the Internet Movie Database