JAM Media

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JAM Media
IndustryAnimation
Founded2002
DivisionsJAM Media Dublin
JAM Media Belfast
Websitewww.jammedia.com

JAM Media is an Irish animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland with production facilities in Belfast.[1][2] They are best known for creating the children's television series Roy (TV series) for CBBC, and Becca's Bunch for Nick Jr.

History

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Jam was founded in 2002 by animator friends Mark Cumberton, John Rice and Alan Shannon in Dublin.[3][4]

In 2013 they opened a second studio in Belfast, Northern Ireland[5] to help produce their own shows. In 2024 the Belfast studio also became the base of their services division, offering animation services to third parties.[1]

Productions

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Animated Series

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Show Year(s) Co-production with Network(s) Notes
Pic Me[6] 2004 RTÉ News 104 episodes x 5mins
Funky Fables 2008-09 Boulder Media CBBC 26 episodes x 11mins
Roy (TV series) 2009-15 CBBC, RTÉ, ABC3 4 Seasons, 52 episodes x 28mins, BAFTA Award winning series[7]
Baby Jake 2011 Darrall Macqueen Cbeebies 52 episodes x 11mins
Tilly and Friends 2012 Walker Books Cbeebies 52 episodes x 11mins
The Roy Files 2015 RTÉ, CBBC, ABC Me 15 episodes x 15mins,
Zig and Zag (TV series) 2016 Double Z Enterprises, Flickerpix CBBC, RTÉjr 26 episodes x 11mins, 22 shorts x 4mins
Little Roy (TV series) 2016 CBBC, CBeebies, RTÉ 52 episodes x 11mins
Becca's Bunch 2018 Nick Jr 52 episodes x 11mins
Jessy and Nessy 2020 Amazon Prime 40 episodes x 11mins
Nova Jones [8] 2021 CBBC 30 episodes x 24mins

Feature Film

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Film name Year Co-production with Notes
A Greyhound of a Girl[9][10] 2023 Fabrique d'images An animated adaption of the book written by Roddy Doyle

Short films

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Short Film Name Year Co-production with Notes
Badly Drawn Roy[11] 2006
The Wiremen[12] 2018 Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2018
Featherweight 2019
The Voyage
Candlelight
Worry World 2024 Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024

References

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