Kids' Drama Series

The Children’s Drama Exchange shares high-quality, original dramas for an audience aged 6 to 9.

The stories feature 8 to 9-year-old children from all social backgrounds who play an active role in their own and others’ lives.

With a minimum of dialogue, the story is told through strong emotions that the young audience can empathize with, and a chain of actions and reactions.

The series is produced following a special theme ("Tell Me A Secret") whose aim is to link the films together. 

For more than 20 years, the series has been based on the principle of ‘make one, take all’, where each broadcaster produces one episode and receives the others for free.

The only other cost a participating country has to bear (apart from the production ones) is a contribution to a central budget covering the executive producer's and a part of the EBU’s coordination costs.

Programmes in distribution

A selection of films from the past 10 years is available here for screening.

The series from previous years are available for sale. Please contact  Karen Simha for further information.

Participation Schedule 

Additional information on format

• Theme as from 2019: "Tell Me A Secret" 
• Stories for Children aged 6 to 9
• Protagonist should be between 8 and 11 years old
• Character driven, action, adventure and fantasy
• Max. 5’ narration, visually driven

Rights

10 years (as of 31 December of the production year) / exclusive, transferable and worldwide in any language.

Details

Genre

Co-production or content offer

Duration
15’ Drama episodes. The number of programmes varies between 5 and 10 (or more)

Language
National languages with English script International version delivered

Year of production
2024

Delivery
March - May 2025

Executive Producer
Beryl Richards (Strangford Pictures Ltd., UK)

Participating Broadcasters
ARD/SR, BBCAlba, CYBC, RTE, RTS, RTVS, TG4 and ABU

Budget/Cost
Between EUR 5’000 and EUR 10’000 depending on the number of participants

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