Aardman and Decode join forces for CiTV show

In the UK CiTV is has commissioned Planet Sketch, a coproduction from Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations Ltd and Decode Entertainment.

CiTV editor, Estelle Hughes, said: “CiTV is delighted to be working with Aardman again, this time on a ground breaking animated show that we hope will revolutionise the genre. Planet Sketch will begin airing in the Summer 2005.”

The animated sketch show has a cast of recurring characters who reflect the lives of kids in a “rapid-fire, high-energy format.”

Characters include Street Rappers – ‘a group of mean and moody dudes, who like playing soppy games when no-one is looking’ to Nose Picker – the cute little girl with a disgusting habit, to The Gnaughty Gnomes, who ‘delight in playing gross-out pranks on innocent passers-by.’