Ned's Newt

The Trouble with Newton is a German -Canadian animated series about the life of Ned, a nine- year-old students and their pet, a pig, which may at times be two meters tall with the help of special food and talk.

Content

The boy Ned finally wants to raise a pet. Since he can only spend a dollar, it nothing else left than to buy a pig. After Ned has found that his pig Newton lying around lazily on his stone, he goes back to the animal dealer to complain. This suggests that he " Zippo ", a magic animal feed. After feeding, Newton suddenly transformed into a two-meter Newt, speaking to him and can transform any. With him Ned lived through his school life and experiencing strange adventures. For example, both traveling with a home-built time machine to the Stone Age.

Production and publication

The series was produced by Nelvana in 1997, directed by Rick Marshall. The scripts written by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers. The series aired from October 18, 1997 by Teletoon in Canada, from 18 September 1999, he broadcast in Germany by Super RTL.

Furthermore, it was shown the series in the USA, France and Poland on TV.

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Awards

The series won the WGC Award 1999. In addition, The Trouble with Newton was nominated twice for a Gemini Award.