Creator and Director
Action/Adventure/Educational
X2 for 4-8 year olds
The Imagination Machine is an imaginative and original live action-animation series created and directed by Ian. The series captures the beauty of children’s imaginations in a fun and entertaining way. Our young heroes travel time, continents and beyond, learning through hands-on exploration the stuff that is usually left to encyclopaedias.
The core idea is that we don’t need technology to entertain us. The kids don’t use consoles, social media or smartphones to have fun, all they need is an old cardboard box and heads full of imagination.
Critters TV
Comedy/Nature
X2 for 4-8 year olds
Critters TV is an entertaining, nature documentary TV series aimed at children and families. Each 11 minute episode is a mixture of Live Action nature footage and Animated Characters. Think Gogglebox, if the audience were Irish animated wildlife characters.
Ian co-directed series 1, also creating character and background designs for the show.
Bernard Dunne's Mythical Heroes
Comedy/Historical
X2 for 9-13 year olds
Ireland’s mythological history is filled with wondrous tales of mystical characters, heroic deeds and great battles which offer a fantastic catalogue of amazing stories. These 2 x 6 part series enhance children’s awareness and understanding of Irish culture and heritage and is presented by former World Boxing Champion Bernard Dunne.
Ian designed and animated all the animation sections for the two series of the show.
Brain Freeze
Comedy/Science
X2 for 4-8 year olds
A science-based show presented by the anchoring duo Dr Sorcha Knowles and Professor Mike McCork. The show aims to help answer a variety of questions puzzling child viewers. Knowles and McCork are joined by a guinea pig floor-manager named Colin, who, aided by a production crew of TV robots, grapple with ‘Today's big questions’, such as ‘What Is The Oldest Living Thing?’, ‘Why Do We Dream?’and ‘Do Aliens Exist?’
Ian directed and oversaw the animation and effects. He also designed and built the puppets.