Dirtgirlworld Explained

Genre:	Educational
Creator:	Cate McQuillen Hewey Eustace
Developer:	Mememe Productions
Voices:	Maree Lowes Michael Balk Krew Boylan Gibson Nolte Jason Davis^[1]
Music:	Cate McQuillen Hewey Eustace
Country:	Australia Canada
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	52
Executive Producer:	Cate McQuillen Hewey Eustace Steven DeNure Beth Stevenson Jenny Lalor Daniel Besen
Company:	Mememe Productions Decode Entertainment
Network:	ABC Kids (Australia) CBC (Canada) CBeebies (UK)

Dirtgirlworld, stylized as dirtgirlworld, is an animated children's television series, created by Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace of Mememe Productions.^[2] 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).^[3]

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.^[4]

The series used 3D CGI animation combined with photomontage and live action.

Main characters

dirtgirl (voiced by Maree Lowes) is a gumboot-wearing red-haired 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 a 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".

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	Result
2011	Dig It	Best Children's Album
2012	Dirtgirl Rocks The Planet	Best Children's Album

External links

Official website
- Web site: Get Grubby Early Years Nature and Sustainability Education Program . 2022-01-19. The Get Grubby Program. en-US.
Web site: Programs. 2022-01-19. One Story. en-US.
Web site: Dirtgirl's Nature Detective Academy. 2022-01-19. Kinderling Kids Radio. en-AU.

Notes and References

http://www.mememe.com.au/news/45/25/The-Voices dirtgirlworld blog
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/06/dirtgirlworld-becomes-international-series.html Dirtgirlworld becomes international series
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/cbeebies-orders-dirtgirlworld/1477396.article CBeebies orders Dirtgirlworld
http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/characters/?preset=dirtgirlworld Dirtgirlworld