The Dukes of Broxstonia

*The Dukes of Broxstonia*
The Dukes of Broxstonia
Genre	Comedy; Innuendo; Slapstick
Created by	Suren Perera; Stu Connolly
Written by	Stu Connolly
Directed by	Suren Perera, Stu Connolly
Voices of	Andrew McClelland
Composer	Scott Collins
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Donna Andrews
Producer	Stu Connolly
Running time	50 seconds; (season 1); 3 minutes ; (season 2); 7 minutes; (season 3)
Production company	Sticky Pictures
Original release
Network	ABC3
Release	2 August 2010 –; 26 April 2013

The Dukes of Bröxstônia is an Australian short animated non-dialogue television series created by Suren Perera and Stu Connolly. The show was originally commissioned as shorts for the launch of ABC3^[1] and then as 3 minute episodes for a further 2 seasons. The third season was also released as 7 minute episodes that included all the 3 minute episodes as well as Bröxstônian advertisements for products unique to the show and the Bröxstônian country. The show also aired on Cartoon Network in Asia initially and later aired on Disney XD in the United States and Germany as well as Cartoon Network in Latin America.

Premise

The series is about 3 teenagers who make up a hard rocking punk band from a made-up country Bröxstônia. Singer Arj, drummer Barj and guitarist Larj are always on tour, enjoying fast but mad adventures, living the dream away from home as they deal with monstrous fans, cyborg robots, video game monsters and wild west villains. There's also their rivals, the Lukes of (neighbouring country) Flökstônia who are always out to thwart the Dukes. It's not just the music, it's a historical conflict between their two countries which goes back thousands of years!

Dukes characters

Arj – is the loud lead singer, he sports a unique punky hairstyle. His favourite food is donuts.
Barj – is the bespectacled drummer, he has a terror of spiders, loves ice cream and often gets into trouble as he's impulsive.
Larj – is the grotty guitarist of the band, he has sky blue hair and a unique relationship with his beloved guitar.

Lukes characters

All Lukes have the first name Luke. They are a boy band from neighbouring Floxstônia. They are the Dukes' rivals.

Airing

Season 1

Season 1 was aired on ABC3 and contain 10 episodes of 45 seconds, premiering on 2 August 2010 and ending on 2 January 2011 and was presented on 480 SDTV format.

Season 2

Season 2 was aired on ABC3 and contain 10 episodes of 3 minutes, premiering on 10 January 2011 and ending on 23 January 2012 and was presented on 1080i HDTV format.

Season 3

Season 3 was aired on ABC3 and contain 10 episodes of 7 minutes (official running), premiering on 15 April 2013 and ending on 26 April 2013 and was presented on 1080i HDTV format.

References

^ "ABC ME". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

http://kidscreen.com/2013/04/15/dukes-of-broxstonia-returns-in-longer-format/

http://kidscreen.com/2013/11/20/and-this-years-kidscreen-awards-nominees-are/

http://www.aacta.org/the-awards/3rd-aacta-awards/short-film-nominees.aspx

[1] "ABC ME". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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