TV series

Urban Tails

2020 · 2 seasons

A quick burst of catchy animal rap that's bright, silly and easy to hum along to.

Tagline: Wild Rhymes, Wild Beats, Wildlife!
Overview: In each episode the animal music artists ooze attitude and present the viewers with a unique take on urban wildlife. Through musical rhyme children find out what life is really like for the wild creatures living amongst us in our cities. These seriously catchy tunes will stick in your head for days. Animal rap stars strut their stuff in these lively short episodes that will have audiences tuning in for their daily musical fix. The series developed from our first Urban Tails pilot episode “Funky Foxes” made for the RTÉ short scheme in 2016. The series concept was launched at Cartoon Forum and was nominated for BEST PILOT at Cartoons on the Bay. Urban Tails’ second pilot “Mista C-Lion” was launched at MIP 2017 in partnership with Screen Ireland. Both pilots can be seen below.
How it feels: Light, whimsical, absurd and warm. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Music, nature, identity, friendship
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
nature
identity
friendship
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: animated
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Kevin McNamaraDucktor Drake (voice)
Leo CrowleyWildlife Presenter (voice) / Rudy / Wildlife Presenter (voice) / Cool Cob / Wildlife Presenter (voice)
Raven AflaketeSharky B (voice) / Pidgey P (voice)
Aidan LawlorHedgie Hedgehog (voice) / Banky V (voice) / Benny Bat (voice)
Karl DoylePrince Pygmy (voice)
Aoife DoyleWildlife Presenter (voice) / MC Hypa Hyena / Wildlife Presenter (voice) / Humpdy / Wildlife Presenter (voice)
Holly PereiraMC Liz-E (voice) / MC Sammy (voice)
Garry McCarthyRed Squirrel (voice) / King Kestrel (voice) / Snazz-E Stoat (voice)
Aoibhéann McCannLady King (voice) / Flava Frog (voice) / Lil Chip (voice)
Niamh HerrityBacking Vocals (voice) / Roxy (voice) / Claws (voice)
Jacqueline LeddyMother Goose (voice)
Ophelia McCabeHip-Hop Heron (voice) / Missy Fin (voice) / Lady Feathers (voice)
Lauren HiggsMiss Mable (voice) / Hip Hop Hare (voice) / Kool Koala (voice)
Lloyd CooneyBig Sonny (voice) / MC Jacky T (voice)
Tom MoranWilly-T (voice) / Bazzy B (voice)

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Genres: animation, kids
Created by: Aoife Doyle
Starring: Kevin McNamara, Leo Crowley, Raven Aflakete, Aidan Lawlor, Karl Doyle, Aoife Doyle, Holly Pereira, Garry McCarthy
Length: 2 seasons, 52 episodes, 2 min each
Network: RTÉjr
Country: Ireland
Languages: English