Series synopsis
Urban Tails is a animation kids television series that premiered on RTÉjr on January 10, 2020. It was created by Aoife Doyle.
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 “Funk ...
Premise
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.
Premise: Wild Rhymes, Wild Beats, Wildlife!
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Kevin McNamara as Ducktor Drake (voice)
- Leo Crowley as Wildlife Presenter (voice)
- Raven Aflakete as Pidgey P (voice)
- Aidan Lawlor as Benny Bat (voice)
- Karl Doyle as Prince Pygmy (voice)
- Aoife Doyle as Wildlife Presenter (voice)
- Holly Pereira as MC Liz-E (voice)
- Garry McCarthy as Red Squirrel (voice)
- Jacqueline Leddy as Mother Goose (voice)
- Niamh Herrity as Backing Vocals (voice)
- Aoibhéann McCann as Lil Chip (voice)
- Ophelia McCabe as Big Flippa (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 55 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | January 1, 2016 | December 14, 2022 |
| Season 1 | 26 | January 10, 2020 | January 10, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 26 | December 18, 2023 | December 18, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funky Foxes | January 1, 2016 |
| 2 | Mista C-Lion | January 1, 2017 |
| 3 | The Big Christmas Song | December 14, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hootay Hoo Hoo Hoo Wack MC’s should beware of OWL MC! Long-eared owls have super eye sight and camouflage ability. |
January 10, 2020 |
| 2 |
Something 'Bout This Duck Is there a duck-tor in the house?! DUCKTOR DRAKE knows how to par-tay! As we see in his video “Something bout this Duck” with his striking green head and yellow bill...he turns heads wherever he goes. |
January 10, 2020 |
| 3 |
Badgers Comin' At Ya When he’s not tearing up the charts, BIG BADGA is tearing up the ground with his Badger Clan and their powerful front claws. |
January 10, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Timberrr It's the Beaverrr The Eurasian BEAVER is a keystone species, and LIL’ CHIP is here to launch her new song “TIMBERRR IT’S THE BEAVERRRR!” |
December 18, 2023 |
| 2 | Robin's Song | |
| 3 | H-U-M-P-B-A-C-K |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | RTÉjr |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 10, 2020 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2023 |
| Runtime | 2 minutes |
| Status | continue |