EndedNine Network2007-06-19

Lockie Leonard

Name: Lockie Leonard
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Released: 2007-06-19
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Rhys Muldoon, Briony Williams, Gracie Gilbert, Ewen Leslie, Sean Keenan

Drama Comedy Family~25 min

Seasons

Cast

2

Episodes

52

Networks

Nine Network

Countries

AU, FR

First aired

2007-06-19

Last aired

2010-07-21

Language

en

Rating

8.4 / 10

Synopsis and details

Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series adapted from the Lockie Leonard books that first screened on the Nine Network on 19 June 2007. The series was filmed in Albany, Western Australia. A second series was filmed in 2009 and screened in 2010 in Australia, the UK and Ireland. Lockie Leonard was produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia and is distributed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The theme song "Worlds Away" is performed by Jebediah. Lockie Leonard premiered in the UK on Saturday 27 September 2008, as part of the long running children's Saturday morning programme TMi which airs from 09:00 to 10:30 on BBC Two. It ran for the first 12 episodes then continued to air on CBBC Channel. The show won the 2008 TV Week Logie Award for Best Children's Series, and star Sean Keenan was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. It won the 2007 AFI award for Best Children's Drama Series. The series was also nominated for the 2007 BAFTA Awards for Best International Children's Drama Series.