Sydney/London, 22 September – Backyard Science, an entertaining children’s series that aims to make science cool and accessible, has been completed and is available at MIPCOM for the first time through Beyond Distribution and Penguin Television (formerly Pearson Broadband.)
Backyard Science (52 x 15’ or 26 x 30’) is a Beyond Productions/Penguin Television co-production. Targeted at 8-12 year olds, the series rips science out of the classroom and hurls it into the real world.
Based on the Dorling Kindersley Backyard Science and Kitchen Science books, Backyard Science features children from around the world having fun with science experiments that any child can do at home. Easily versioned for any territory, the series includes local kids hosting from a “virtual” studio, while the gang in the field gives dry science a shake-up, showing other kids that science is part of everyday life – and in the right hands, fun.
Beyond Distribution and Penguin Television will be launching the show at MIPCOM this year at an invitation-only event, 5.30pm Friday 10th October on the Penguin Television stand, R31.05.
Established in 1984, Beyond is Australia’s leading independent distributor of world class television programmes, with offices in Sydney, London, New York and Auckland. Beyond’s name is synonymous with programmes with mass appeal to television audiences worldwide. A subsidiary of Beyond International Limited, its current international sales catalogue comprises more than 5,000 hours of top quality and multi-award winning programming, produced both by Beyond Productions, its production joint venture and independent producers.
Beyond Distribution distributes programming from a growing roster of high-profile producers and broadcasters including Pax TV, Nine Network, BBC, ABC Australia, Pilot Film & Television Productions, Tigress Productions, Beyond Productions, Greenstone Productions, and Jan Chapman Productions. The Beyond catalogue covers a broad spectrum of genres including documentary, natural history, science, drama, children’s entertainment, adventure, information and magazines programming.
published: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 
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