Saturday, September 13, 2014

Nick Jr. UK To Premiere "Wallykazam!" On Monday 6th October 2014

The online British and Irish TV guide website Digiguide is reporting the very exciting news that Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, Nickelodeon UK's preschool channel, will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon Preschool's brand-new CG-animated literacy series "Wallykazam!" on Monday 6th October 2014 at 4:00pm (repeated at 5:00pm on Nick Junior UK's plus-one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick Jr. +1), beginning with the first episode, "Naptime for Borgelorp", as part of the channels Autumn/Winter 2014 programming highlights! Follow the series debut, Nick Jr. UK & Eire will continue to air brand-new episodes of "Wallykazam!" weekdays at 4:00pm (replayed at 5:00pm on Nick Jr.+1).

Below is a list of currently announced UK premiere dates for the first four episodes of "Wallykazam!":

Monday 6th October 2014 - Naptime for Borgelorp: Wally agrees to babysit Ogre Doug's rambunctious pet Borgelorp. But when Bobgoblin feeds the Borgelorp purple flowers, the creature starts to behave in surprising ways.

Tuesday 7th October 2014 - Castle Caper: Wally uses the magic stick to make Norville his very own castle, filled with everything dragons love. But trouble reigns when Bobgoblin takes over the castle and declares himself king.

Wednesday 8th October 2014 - How to Bathe Your Dragon: Norville falls in mud and needs to take a bath... but dragons don't like baths. Wally turns bath time into a party in order to get his muddy friend clean.

Thursday 9th October 2014 - Picnic Impossible: When rain ruins Gina Giant's picnic, Wally and friends try to secretly prepare a surprise picnic for her, inside her giant house.



(Download Image - Photo - Wally and Norville in Nickelodeon's Wallykazam! (PRNewsFoto/Nickelodeon): http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140114/NY46234)

In "Wallykazam!", Nick Jr. invites preschoolers to discover the magic of words. "Wallykazam!" follows the adventures of a troll named Wally and his pet dragon, Norville, who live in a forest with giants, goblins, ogres, sprites and other mythical creatures. Wally uses his magic stick to make words come to life on screen that start with a specific letter, sound or rhyme. Each episode features a new set of magic words that Wally uses to playfully transform the world around him.

"Wallykazam!" is Nickelodeon's first preschool series that embeds a literacy curriculum into a full-length story, introducing skills such as letter and sound identification, rhyming, vocabulary development and comprehension strategies. Celebrity guests featured in season one include Vanessa Bayer ("Saturday Night Live"), Weird Al Yankovic, John O'Hurley (J. Peterman in "Seinfeld"), Kate Micucci (Lucy in "The Big Bang Theory") and Alanna Ubach (Amy Hobbs in Nick at Nite's "See Dad Run", Manny Rivera / El Tigre in Nickelodeon's "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera", and Boo, Cletus, Fresca and the voice of Miss. Daisy in Nickelodeon Movies Oscar-winning animated film "Rango"). "Wallykazam!" is created by producer/writer Adam Peltzman (Emmy Award-winning "The Backyardigans" and "Bubble Guppies").

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