Serious Kids has secured a major broadcast deal with ZDF in Germany for Team Nuggets Series One.
Targeted at 5-8 year olds, the gender neutral comedy series will air on Kika this year. Serious Kids also recently announced a deal with RTVE in Spain to air this Spring and the series is also currently airing on DR, Canal + France, Czech TV, RTV Slovenia, RTBF and RTS.
Commissioned by DR from Sparre Production and co-produced with Godo Films for Canal + France, the 52 x 7’ animated series Team Nuggets completed production in 2023 and went on to win the Pulcinella award for Best Animation for Upper Pre-School audiences and landing the runner up prize at the much lauded Prix Jeunesse International Awards in 2024.
The series also won both Best Children’s show and Most Innovative New Creation at Danish TV Prisen Awards show in 2024. Team Nuggets has also won first prize at the 2024 Rotterdam Children’s Film Festival.
Serious Kids acquired the worldwide content distribution rights (excl. Nordics and French Speaking Europe) from Sparre Production in 2024 following the case history presentation of the title at APD in Stuttgart.
Team Nuggets is a highly original CG animated comedy series created by Sparre Production in Denmark. It is a fast paced primary school comedy starring an ambitious young chicken, Karla, and a band of very volatile and diverse classmates. Navigating school life for the first time is a huge deal and emotions run high. Lessons and schoolyard games often spill into chaos which can only be calmed by working out the important stuff; like true friendship and self-control.
DR and Danish publishing house Gutkind have already produced a series of books based on the characters e.g ‘How to Be a Good Friend’ as well as the school diaries of the key characters.
Despite being a brand new IP the show entered the top 10 on Canal + as soon as it was launched and on DR Ramasjang the series has an average 300k screenings per episode (based on a population of 6M). 60% of this number is made up a family co-viewing.
Team Nuggets was co-financed with the support of CNC, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Haute Savoie, Cofiloisirs and the NordVision Fund. Sparre Production and Godo Films have begun pre-production on Season 2 of Team Nuggets.
It is fantastic to have ZDF onboard. This is a key collaboration as we look to ensure the success of Team Nuggets around the globe!
Leila Ouledcheikh, Director of Global Distribution at Serious Kids
We are so delighted to see our series travel to Spain and now Germany, it is really so rewarding to see ‘Team Nuggets’ enjoyed by children around the globe.
Irene Sparre, CEO of Sparre Production
