Pre-school animation 39 x 7 minutes Autumn 2014 Puffin Rock is a pre-school series for 3–5 year olds, set on a wild and beautiful Irish island.

Packed with exciting adventures and lots of laughs, Puffin Rock will spark the imaginations of our young viewers. Puffin Rock Team

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WHITE me to Puff lco in R e oc W k Let’s explore. . .

Meet our Puffin family. Our hero is Pip, a Find out about the wonderful creatures charismatic and adventurous young puffin who that live on the island and the sea and air lives in a burrow with Mama and Papa Puffin and around it . . . most of them friendly, but some foe. her ever-curious little brother, Baba.

along with our enthusiastic narrator Pip and Baba’s exciting adventures Laugh Follow and puffin lover, Chris O’Dowd, whose funny, on Puffin Rock: a natural adventure playground playful style adds a unique touch to life on the full of wide-open spaces to run in, shady hidden island. nooks to explore and new friends to discover, and where the unexpected can be just round the corner. So if you’ve got your binoculars and raincoat Be amazed at the puffin adventures. One minute they’re swooping through the skies, diving ready, we’ll begin the tour . . . under the waves or exploring an echoey cave, the next buffeted by high winds, swept along on fast currents or being chased by a predator. It’s all part of a normal day on Puffin Rock! Pip A charming and adventurous little puffin – and the star of the show! Plucky and determined, she is striving for independence, although she still has a lot to learn!

In 3 words: Smart, headstrong, fun.

Most likely to spot her: Everywhere! Pip loves exploring all over the island with her brother, Baba.

Traits: Walks with a quick little hop that gets faster when she’s excited.

Fun fact: Puffins can flap their wings up to 400 times a minute, reaching speeds of 55 mph. In 3 words: Baba Curious, adorable, trusting. Most likely to spot him: Pip’s baby brother is amazed Following Pip and trying to copy by everything from a bouncy everything she does. dandelion head to his Traits: reflection in a stream. He is Expect some odd sounds to come from not yet able to fly and often this wee one’s beak. needs a helping hand. Fun fact: Puffin chicks depart for the sea under the cover of night, out of sight of predators. Mossy A pygmy shrew and Pip’s best In 3 words: friend. He lives life at a million Excitable, quick, naughty. miles an hour. Despite being Most likely to spot him: small, Mossy is utterly fearless, Almost impossible – he’s just so quick. and he can’t stop eating! Traits: An amazing sense of smell, which he uses to sniff out food ALL THE TIME!

Fun fact: A pygmy shrew’s metabolism is so fast that two hours after a meal they’re starving again. A seal pup who’s eager to please A young owl who thinks he although mollycoddled by her mum, Otto knows it all – but doesn’t! Silky who can often be heard calling for her. In 3 words: In 3 words: Precocious, lazy, inquisitive. Playful, cautious, fun.

Most likely to spot him: Most likely to spot her: Swooping over the island at night, or fast asleep in a tree Diving in the waves. during the day. Traits: Traits: Claps her flippers when she gets excited. Although he thinks he’s an expert on everything, he’s often wrong, much to everyone’s amusement. Fun fact: Seals have sensitive whiskers that help Fun fact: them to detect prey in murky waters. Owls cannot move their eyes so they must turn their entire head to see in a different direction. The skies, coves and meadows around Puffin Rock are also home to some fearsome foes and beastly enemies... Crabby An elderly crab who lives by the beach playground, he often In 3 words: falls foul of the Gulls playing knock-and-run on his shell. Grumpy, solitary, curmudgeonly. Most likely to spot him: Beside the beach. He hasn’t moved from the same spot for many years.

Traits: When he’s disturbed, he swipes his pincers, clicks his claws and goes on a crazed rant.

Fun fact: A crab’s teeth are in its stomach. Flynne A teenage fox who dislikes Pip and her friends.

In 3 words: Haughty, superior, bully.

Most likely to spot her: Lurking in shady areas.

Traits: She takes particular delight in teasing the other animals.

Fun fact: Foxes are the only type of dog capable of retracting their claws like cats. The Gang of Gulls The natural enemies of puffins, the Gulls are a band of crooks who roam the island wreaking havoc and stealing food.

In 3 words: Noisy, messy, opportunistic.

Most likely to spot them: Maurading around the island in large numbers.

Traits: Bickering and silly one-upmanship means they never achieve what they set out to do.

Fun fact: A small claw halfway up their lower leg enables them to sit and roost on high ledges without being blown off. Other friends on Puffin Rock Stories from Puffin Rock Inspired by the adventures of Pip and Baba as they explore the island with their friends, the stories are Stormy Weather told with humour and drama, and sprinkled with When Pip and Baba see lots of puffins fun facts to entertain our young audience on the lighthouse rock, they set off to explore it, with Pip giving Baba a little help on the way. But when bad weather draws in and the older puffins fly off, Pip and Baba are left stranded.

Unable to fly in the strong winds or swim in the crashing waves and with the Gang of Gulls circling Pip needs help. . . from Mama and Papa who, hearing her calls, follow the lights to bring them both home. Making A Nest Pip wants to find new bedding for the nest. Baba wants to help too and Pip promises that she will take good care of him. They hop around the island gathering objects from the sea, the sky and the land.

Pip’s beak is full of treasures, but when Baba goes missing, she’s more concerned about finding him. Then she spots Baba, just as he finds an extra-soft feather. SQUAAAWWWWK!

Oh dear, the feather is attached to a baby gull and his dad is not happy. RUN! They lose everything they’ve collected except for one special feather still in Baba’s beak! Sea Flight

Diving for fish with Silky and Baba, Pip But when she sees Baba being bullied is distracted by some puffins taking off by a bird, without thinking, she rushes from the sea into the sky. She wants to along the water and up into the air, do that too! chasing the bird away before landing with a huge bellyflop in the waves! After several funny attempts (Silky even carries her along on her nose She’s done it . . . and managed to get a and flips her up into the air to help beakful of lovely fish too! her) Pip still can’t do it. It’s hard. Mossy’s Food

When Pip and Baba help Mossy on a food hunt round the island, they learn that fish are not the only food. Rabbits eat berries. Frogs eat flies. Mossy eats – a lot! And he’s getting really hungry now. He hasn’t eaten in a whole hour!

Snuffling through the undergrowth, Mossy is finally on the scent of a juicy beetle… unfortunately Flynn the fox is on the scent of food too. What do foxes eat? Shrews!

Pip steps in to save Mossy. She grabs him by the tail and they race out of Flynn’s way, over the sand dunes, sliding into the path of some passing ants. Mossy is delighted. Ants! A feast! Thank you! Pip and Baba are hungry now too. But they don’t want ants. Fish are not the only food, but they are the nicest!  Sometimes bright and breezy, sometimes dull and dreary and sometimes rumbling and ominous, the Come rain or shine... ever-changing weather plays a large part in the adventures on Puffin Rock. Seagull Cliff Muddy Cove There’s a lot to explore Overground Burrows Underground, overland, through the air or in the sea, Puffin Rock has lots of places to discover and find adventure! Lighthouse

Kelp Forest Sand Dunes Your local guide, Chris O’Dowd!

“I love the whole idea Who better to take you round Puffin Rock than Irish born and bred actor behind Puffin Rock and the Chris O’Dowd? Despite his attempts style of the artwork. to channel David Attenborough as a narrator, he can’t help commenting on I can’t wait to be involved our heroes’ exploits. His silly jokes, in it, but then I do love funny observations and wry commentary are comforting for anything with puffins.” children and provide humour for mums and dads.

Chris O’Dowd Chris O’Dowd’s credits include –

Film: Epic (2013) Bridesmaids (2011) Gulliver’s Travels (2010)

TV: Monsters vs Aliens (2013) Girls (2013) Moone Boy (2012) Animation by The IT Crowd (2006–2010; 2013) Don’t forget to send a postcard

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