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LILY’S DRIFTWOOD BAY

Set sail for Lily’s Driftwood bay and discover some treasure along the way!

A top-notch cast including Stephen Fry (QI, The Hobbit), Peter Mullan (Harry Potter, Top of the Lake), Tameka Empson (EastEnders, 3 Non-Blondes), Jane Horrocks (Sunshine on Leith, Absolutely Fabulous), Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, London Irish), Annette Crosbie (One Foot in the Grave, Hope Springs) and Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones, Good Vibrations, Fortitude) joins forces to breathe life into the adorable characters of brand new pre-school series Lily’s Driftwood Bay, which launches on RTÉjr.
Lily’s Driftwood Bay (52 x 7 mins) is an animation series about a little girl who creates an imaginary world from treasures she finds washed up on the beach. Lily (Orlagh O’Keefe) is a six year old who lives in a beach hut on the shore with her Dad (Dormer). Every day, the sea washes up a new treasure, which sparks Lily’s imagination about what might be happening ‘across the way on Driftwood Bay’. And so, with her best friend Gull the clever seagull in tow (Paul Currie), an adventure begins as they head off to Driftwood Bay and its cast of colourful inhabitants. There’s Salty Dog (Mullan), the jolly seafaring sailor with a story for every occasion; Nonna Dog (Crosbie), a sage granny who runs Cockle Café and is always ready with some advice and a biscuit; Hatsie Hen (Empson), a train-driving hen with a need for speed and a love of excitement; Bull (O’Hanlon), a boisterous bull who always charges head first into things (sometimes literally); Wee Rabbit (Horrocks), a gentle young bunny with a love of art, fairy
tales and rainbows; and Lord Stag (Fry) an aristocratic deer with a taste for the finer things in life.
A unique series about making fun and adventure from things that you find, Lily’s Driftwood Bay was created by Sixteen South (Sesame Tree, Big City Park), based on an original idea from artist Joanne Carmichael, and featuring characters and environments completely created from objects found washed up on the beach. A new object washed up on the shoreline can transport Lily to a world of seaside adventure – from the washed up ribbon that inspires her to fly a kite to the pair of spoons which lead to a high-kicking Céilidh dance off between Lord Stag and Salty!
Actor Peter Mullan says: “Any actor would give his right arm to be doing a series like Driftwood Bay. It’s sweet, innovative, funny and gentle with a good heart and a great sense of collective responsibility.”