Tickety Toc
Television series
| Tickety Toc | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Preschool education Comedy |
| Created by | Gil Hoon Jung |
| Theme music composer | Mr Miller & Mr Porter |
| Opening theme | Tickety Toc |
| Ending theme | Tickety Toc (Instrumental) |
| Country of origin | South Korea United Kingdom |
| Original languages | English Korean |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 59 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Nigel Pickard Vanessa Hill |
| Producer | Karina Stanford-Smith |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | The Foundation FunnyFlux Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | EBS (South Korea) Nick Jr. (UK) Channel 5 (UK) |
| Release | 19 April 2012 (2012-04-19) – 2 September 2015 (2015-09-02) |
Tickety Toc is a British-Korean preschool comedy computer-animated television series produced by The Foundation, part of Zodiak Media and FunnyFlux Entertainment.[1] The first series consists of 52 episodes, each 11 minutes long, but is often shown as twenty-six blocks, each containing two episodes.[2]
The first series was acquired by the Nick Jr. Channel as part of a global deal. The series premiered in Asia on 19 April 2012 and was subsequently rolled out internationally with localised dubs. Tickety Toc aired for the first time on British TV on 23 April 2012[3][full citation needed] and became the number 1 daytime show on Nick Jr. in the United States[4][full citation needed] for the first three months when it launched 10 September 2012.[5] In addition to the Nick Jr. global acquisition, the show has been sold to free-to-air television partners internationally. Launching on Channel 5's Milkshake slot 1 November 2012. Other broadcasters who have picked up the 52-episode series include TG4 in Ireland and Family Channel in Canada.
Jolly Roger or Amusement Rides LTD made a Pufferty kiddie ride, featuring the main characters Tommy and Tallulah. It features a mirror, so anyone can see themselves on Pufferty, the Tickety Toc theme tune, and four sound effects.
In the United States, Tickety Toc originally aired on Nickelodeon's preschool block Nick Jr., but was later burned off to the Nick Jr. Channel on weekdays. The series has a page on Paramount+, but no episodes have been added as of May 2024.
Premise
The show takes place in the world within the Tickety Toc Clock, which is located in the middle of a wall of clocks inside an old clock shop. Behind the clock's face is an extraordinary world where things don't always run smoothly. The show's main characters, siblings Tommy and Tallulah, race against time to keep the Tickety Toc Clock ticking and chiming the time. They do everything with enthusiasm, commitment, and positivity, even if it gets them into trouble. Among the characters who live in the clock's world are Pufferty, a dog-train hybrid; jaguar handyman McCoggins, rabbit Hopparoo, baker cow Madame Au Lait, bat boss Battersby, green and orange chicken Chickadee, and gardener snail Lopsiloo. Throughout the episodes, an owl named Tooteroo tries to do a certain activity, sometimes based on the episode's theme, but is always unlucky.
