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Sixteen South celebrates ageing, pasta

Ivory Towers is written by Stephen Coulter

UK-based children’s television producer Sixteen South is developing a preschool series that celebrates ageing and a series for 7-11s set in a failing pasta restaurant.

Ivory Towers, an original preschool 2D animated series written by Stephen Coulter, reflects and celebrates ageing and the preciousness of intergenerational relationships, the Belfast-based company said.

Set in a home for elderly animals where mischief, mayhem and madness are delivered with the afternoon tea trolley, it follows a four-year-old elephant’s visits to her grandfather, where she hears amazing stories from its residents and, together, they make new memories.

Spaghetti Sisters, meanwhile, is an original 2D animated series for 7-11s written by Katie Lyons, about two sisters’ efforts to revive their family’s failing pasta restaurant.

Coulter and Lyons are both development producers at Sixteen South, which restructured last year to focus on original production, 2D animation and distribution.

The two new shows join Sharks in Shirts in development at Lily’s Driftwood Bay and Claude producer Sixteen South’s originals arm.

The 26×11′ animated children’s series follows a team of football-playing fish and is being developed in a collaboration with a group of second-year animation students from Ulster University.

While on an industry placement at Sixteen South, one of the students – 22-year-old Eílís Magennis – pitched the idea for the show, which the company then optioned. The show is now being developed with the student, using funding from Northern Ireland Screen.

Colin Williams, creative director of Sixteen South, said: “Ivory Towers is a funny, fresh and lovely show celebrating the precious bond between grandchildren and their grandparents. And Spaghetti Sisters takes our work in a new direction – a binge-worthy series with the vibes of Twin Peaks meets Gravity Falls.”

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