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Issue Details: First known date: 2006-2007... 2006-2007 I Got A Rocket!
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Film Details - SLR Productions ; Taffy Entertainment , 2006-2007

Producers:

Suzanne Ryan, Bill Schultz, Sebastian Debertin, Mark Gabizon, Romi Roolf, Liz Young, and Mike Young (executive producers). Ben Townsend, Jo Boag, Josh Fisher, and Cary Silver (producers).

Production Companies:

SLR Productions (Australia) and Taffy Entertainment (United States).

Music:

Carsten Schmelzer and Lars Löhn.

Cast:

Marcello Fabrizi (VP Stern), Thomas Bromhead (Rocket), Trilby Glover (Maya), Rachel King (Crystal), Drew Forsythe (Ma Ducky), and Jamie Oxenbould (Vinnie Q).

Release Dates:

1 February 2007 (Australia).

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Children's Television Drama (nominated), 2007.
  • Daytime Emmy, Outstanding New Approaches--Children's, 2008.

Notes:

List of episodes:
1.1 Three Strikes ... You're Out (Ben Townsend)
1.2 Late Fees (Ben Townsend)
1.3 It's Your Build Day (Ben Townsend)
1.4 Really, Really Blind Date (Ben Townsend)
1.5 Vertigoing Going Gone! (Ray DeLaurentis)
1.6 Manners Maketh Rocket (Jen Klein)
1.7 Protection Rocket (Amy Keating-Rogers)
1.8 Rocket Rules (Ben Townsend)
1.9 Rocket the Vote! (Ben Townsend)
1.10 Three Feet High (Ben Townsend)
1.11 Good Deeds Done Dirt Cheap! (Joel Metzger)
1.12 I Got a Remote! (Ben Townsend)
1.13 Mackeral Mates (Temple Matthews)
1.14 Not So Spare Parts (Ben Townsend)
1.15 Swollen Cranium (Danielle Koenig)
1.16 Tomorrow x 3 (Ben Townsend)
1.17 Rockin' Rocket (Corey Powell)
1.18 Viva Vroom (Stu Connolly)
1.19 Mistake Over! (Jen Klein)
1.20 No More Joe's! (Ben Townsend)
1.21 Writing on the Wall (Joel Metzger)
1.22 Biffo Blossoms! (Ben Townsend)
1.23 Vices and Principles (Ben Townsend)
1.24 Space Camp! (Ben Townsend)
1.25 The Tell Tale Squid (Ben Townsend)
1.26 Maya Kovsky (Ben Townsend)
1.27 Genius Company Picnic (Bryan Thompson)
1.28 Father to the Prof (Rob Hummel)
1.29 Advinnies in Rocketsitting (Rachel Spratt)
1.30 Date My Sister (Jacqueline Turnure)
1.31 39 ¼ Steps (Ben Townsend)
1.32 The Brunchfast Club (Joel Metzger)
1.33 Publish and Be Wedgied! (Ben Townsend)
1.34 Hair Apparent (Rachel Spratt)
1.35 Rebirth of Cool (Ben Townsend)
1.36 Hypocritical Mass (Rachel Spratt)
1.37 Parent Substitute (Rob Hummel)
1.38 Body Double Booked (Rachel Spratt)
1.39 Two of the Girls (Jen Klein)
1.40 Share and Share Unalike (Bryan Thompson)
1.41 Author! Author! (Ben Townsend)
1.42 Shrodinger's Rocket (Peter Lawrence)
1.43 0.9 of the Law! (Ben Townsend)
1.44 Retro Rocket (Peter Lawrence)
1.45 Fly a Mile in My Boosters (Ben Townsend)
1.46 3 Stage Rocket (Rachel Spratt)
1.47 Spaceship Earth (Peter Lawrence)
1.48 I Got a Vinnie (Ben Townsend)
1.49 Truce or Consequences (Rachel Spratt)
1.50 Rocket Roommates (Rachel Spratt)
1.51 Life-A User's Guide (Ben Townsend)
1.52 To Wedgie or Not to Wedgie (Ben Townsend)

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