Popular comedy-adventure series Nova Jones is back with a brand-new series which sees Nova, the 18-year-old pop sensation tour the galaxy and meets a bunch of new characters along the way!
Singer Molly Rainford, currently starring on Strictly Come Dancing, returns for a second series as trend-setting singing superstar Nova Jones on (RTE to confirm). The musical adventure series follows the out-of-this-world exploits of Nova and her crew on board the Jefferson Spaceship. With 12 new original songs, and new characters such as the Dollograms – a red-green-and-blue trio of identical hologram backing dancers who definitely want to do the show their way – the series is nothing short of the joyful musical extravaganza viewers have grown to love.
From Nova being thrown back in time and trapped in her old girl band to having to prove she is the real Nova at SuperNovaCon, viewers can expect to see their favourite popstar find her way out of several challenges – all with the help of her hardworking sister, McLaren (Grace Barkley).
Special guest star Rosie McClelland also makes an appearance in the new series as influencer
extraordinaire, ‘The Influencer’, in an episode focusing on mental health and looking after yourself.
Returning to travel the universe with Nova is her crew are The Captain (John Lynn) and his robot arm named Digit, his excitable sidekick and big time Nova fan, Sid (David Byrne), Kid Songwriter (Samuel Palliser Kehoe), messy baby / culinary genius Chef Din-Dins (Ace Bradley Donaldson) and a crew of colourful aliens.
Molly Rainford says: “I’m so excited for you all to see what Nova gets up to in Series 2! She’s back for more intergalactic pop stardom with even more great songs!”
Nova Jones Series 2 is set to TX on RTÉ 2 on the 21st of Dec with episodes also available on the RTÉ Player
The series was filmed in Belfast with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland and produced by JAM Media for CBBC and RTÉ. The Executive Producers for JAM Media are Alan Shannon and John Rice, and Head Writer and Executive Producer Andrew Ellard, and the Executive Producer for RTE is Suzanne Kelly. It was created by Helen Serafinowicz (Motherland) with head writer Andrew Ellard (script editor for Miranda, Detectorists and Red Dwarf). Original songs are written by Matthew Graham and Jessica Hammond (Konica).