UK, Oz uncover Secret Life of Boys

MIPTV: Children’s channels in the UK and Australia have commissioned an interactive drama from one of the writers of The Office in the US, to be produced by the production arm of Zodiak Kids.

Anthony Q Farrell

CBBC in the UK and ABC3 in Australia will air The Secret Life of Boys (5×30′), which will also be made available online as a 25×5′ series for viewing on mobile, tablet and computer.

The show follows an 11-year-old girl who has to spend her summer holidays with her English cousins, a family of four tween and teenage boys. As an only child, unused to living with boys, they are a mystery to her as she is to them.

If watching online, viewers will be able to click around and uncover extra punchlines, character insights and hidden secrets. The more the user interacts, the closer they get to uncovering the truth behind the young girl’s UK trip.

The series was created as an original sitcom from Anthony Q Farrell (The Office) and has been co-developed as an interactive comedy by Zodiak Kids and Zodiak Media’s head of multi-platform, Ben Freeman.

It will be produced by UK production outfit The Foundation, which is joined under the new Zodiak Kids Studios banner by Marathon Media and Tele Images in France. Zodiak Kids owns worldwide rights to the series.