get grubby tv
Episode Length: 12 minutes
Number of Episodes: 20
Demographic: 3-7
Gender: Neutral
Country of Origin: Australia
Languages: English
Broadcaster: ABC Kids and iView
Narrative driven, entertainment led, nature focused content that matters.
Making a bucket list of grubby stuff to do is easy. dirtgirl, scrapboy and Costa the garden gnome, write down a challenge and pop it in the grubby bucket and wait for the right time to ‘get grubby’. Believe it or not, there’s always a right time to get grubby - in dirtgirlworld.
The real question is not when to get grubby but how… just how grubby can you get making chicken poo brew, checking in to the worm hotel, heading to a muddy puddle jump off or harvesting watermelon frogs?
about get grubby tv
The story world is as much about friendship and resilience as it is about getting grubby. This bold and brave series does not hold back, as it explores the challenges of growing up in the great garden of life.
GGTV shares stories for families that explore themes with a high level of emotional intelligence in simple ways. Yep, amongst all the fun, dirtgirl and her gang go through experiences and feelings that we all do in life - such as resisting and overcoming change and developing resilience and navigating friendship dynamics … important skills to equip our future generations, today.
GGTV has just enough grit and risk to take our planet loving alpha generation on imagination charged adventures, packed with the silly stuff that they love to surround themselves with and the curiosities that they love to explore.
Get Grubby TV exemplifies playful and positive nature loving living, with nary a hint of environmental doom and gloom.
Get Grubby TV sees our three beloved grubsters … dirtgirl, scrapboy and the newly arrived Costa the Garden Gnome hanging out with nature.
We have fast forwarded the ‘dirtgirlworld’ story to reveal the real place and the real people. The animation has morphed into live action and dirtgirlworld is now a full blown, real world of plants and insects, clouds and sunshine, and bees and ladybugs.
Get Grubby TV celebrates nature… to the max.
dirtgirl and her gang spend nearly all their time outdoors getting grubby. From baking mud pies to making nature hearts, planting out Bok Choi seedlings to harvesting watermelon for a watermelon feast, from being dirt detectives to sharing how to get your compost rockin’ - Get Grubby TV shows you characters with dirt under their fingernails and a pop star who is so not a princess.
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meet the gang!
dirtgirl is a multi award winner whose love of being outside, growing healthy food and leading a simple, yet rewarding lifestyle is really resonating with kids and families across the globe.
An eco warrior for a new generation, dirtgirl is an independent music artist with multiple ARIA nominations, an Emmy, big numbers on Facebook and an International Song Writing Competition ‘Best kids song in the World’ award, amongst her achievements.
Following on from the success of her TV projects, dirtgirl has been busy finding new ways to help busy families lead a more fulfilling, resilient life. dirtgirl has also recently launched an exciting waste management /recovery/ education program, a pre-school sustainability curriculum, and has performed at all the main music festivals with her all girl band, Mother Earth!
If you ask scrapboy who he is, he will tell you he’s a problem solving inventor and part time pirate. His obsession is the ‘three Ahrrrss’ – reducing, reusing and recycling.
An eco-geek, scrapboy loves making useful things from stuff people throw away. Whether it’s turning an old teapot into a string dispenser or making an old bike into a pedal powered juicing machine, scrapboy always finds a use for everything.
Co-starring along side his BFF dirtgirl in the Australian produced kids TV shows ‘dirtgirlworld’ and ‘get grubby TV’, scrapboy is also a singer, whistler and a multi instrumentalist.
An global role model for kids under 10 across the world, scrapboy is ‘always ready to help’ with a creative solution or two to a problem.
He dreams of starting a pedal powered, digital tinker lab and taking families on fishing trips in a pirate boat to fish waste out of the rivers of the world.
Costa the Garden Gnome started out as a concrete garden ornament, ‘living’ idn dirtgirl’s veggie garden. That was before the ‘costavator’ and before the ‘transformation‘.
Costa is the kind of gnome that is all about loving life in the great outdoors. he knows everything about nature and gardening …but not a lot about jumping!
He’s big fan of the sun, the wind, the rain and fresh air – lots of fresh air.
Costa the Garden Gnome never gets bored because there’s always something to look at and something to learn from in the garden.
He’s deep thinking and excitable. Wise and caring. His new found mobility inspires him to travel and meet kids who are also into their naturehood.
episode breakdowns
In most episodes of GGTV, one of the characters jumps in the costavator and visits a real kid who is rockin’ it at their place - there's Chicken Girl, Harvest boy, Ninja girl, the Surfer girls, the Bee Boys, Butterfly Girl and of course Plastic-Free Boy. All chosen from the 760 kids who submitted clips on line to join the get grubby family.
episode descriptions
EP 1: Buzz
Everyone loves honey, but the bees have a big problem. dirtgirl, scrapboy and Costa the garden gnome are on a mission to get things buzzing again.
EP 2: Dance All Day
Some days are just made for dancing and it looks like this is just one of those days. But could one little cloud spoil the party.
EP 3: Change
Things keep changing constantly in dirtgirl’s world. Even people change and keeping everything in balance can sometimes be tricky.
EP 4: Me
While scrapboy and Costa the garden gnome dream up a surprise for dirtgirl, dirtgirl meets up with her mini me ….or is it all just a dream.
EP 5: Stargazing
It's going to be a perfect night for stargazing. Costa sends dirtgirl on a quest to find a missing planet while scrapboy creates a special stargazing surprise.
EP 6: Us
A present from the past brings great memories flooding back for dirtgirl and scrapboy and a little update brings Costa into the picture.
EP 7: Backyard
dirtgirl and friends prove you don't have to go far to have fun. Even a few challenges are no obstacle along the way.
EP 8: Gumboot Boogie
Garden gnomes aren't known for winning puddle jumping competitions. It takes a little help from dirtgirl and scrapboy to get Costa's attempt off the ground.
EP 9: Discovery
When dirtgirl's dirt needs some help, everyone comes to the rescue. Costa knows there is no nose like a gnome's nose to sniff out a solution. Could chicken poo brew save the world?
EP 10: Nature Hearts
dirtgirl has a theory about feeling happy. While Costa the garden gnome is off with the birds, scrapboy's latest invention tests everyone's measure.
EP 11: Dirt Day
It's dirtgirl's favourite day but a costly mix-up throws everything into jeopardy.
EP 12: Go Wild
dirtgirl, scrapboy and Costa all have a very different take on going camping. Together they discover just how to make it work.
EP 13: Spooky
It's spooky night in dirtgirl’s world and weird things do happen. A ghostly form visits dirtgirl and scrapboy. Surely it must be Costa.
EP 14: Grow
A curious garden gnome with a big stick can be a danger. dirtgirl and scrapboy go on swapping sprees and the results both help Costa, and fix a few problems along the way.
EP 15: Scavenger Hunt
Look up, look down, look all around. dirtgirl's motto helps her complete the challenge, but scrapboy knows a trick or two about scavenger hunts himself.
EP 16: Harvest
Watermelons are a pretty big deal in dirtgirl's world. There is an art to knowing when a melon is ready to pick and today is the day.
EP 17: What’s It Going To Take?
The only thing better than getting a letter, is getting an invitation...an invitation to enter a new song competition. dirtgirl is ready to rock but she will need a new song.
EP 18: Gnomefest
Garden gnomes like to celebrate in their own way, so Costa and Garth hold a celebration like no other.
EP 19: Holiday
A simple mistake by Costa sends Garth the gnome off on a one-way holiday. Can scrapboy's latest invention save the day? Or does a mystery tin can phone caller hold the key to Garth's return?
EP 20: The REgeneration
dirtgirl cracks scrapboy's pirate code unlocking a rethink of the three arrhs joke. dirtgirl reboots the 3Rs conversation to reduce the use of the recycling message.
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the songs! Get Grubby TV is definitely music-centric.
Be prepared for the ear worm invasion, as the 3 friends deliver an infectious musical offering in each episode, growing the soundtrack of a new generation.
And the biggest musical news of all….dirtgirl, now has a band. A band of exceptional female musicians who will blow your idea of what kid’s music should be, out of the water. These musicians are role models for every little girl sitting with her guitar or drum kit in her bedroom or garage, across the nation. And we are really proud of that.
“Get Grubby TV is narrative driven, entertainment led, nature focused content that matters.”
— Cate McQuillen, Creator
As storytellers and changemakers, we are exploring the positivity of behavioral change in a world facing the very real challenges of climate change. We aim to celebrate an engaged and beautiful sustainable life where being connected to the natural world is addictive and delightful and fun...avoiding the ineffective and overtly worthy finger pointing that is sneaking into children's and family content.
This series inspires us all to head outside and get grubby. And there's some very good reasons (other than the fact that it’s the best fun ever) for the GGTV gang to be obsessed by their mission.
Kids, on average are spending 52 hours a week with electronic media, while spending less than 40 minutes a week outside.
Pandemic living and lockdown has escalated these figures and moving into the post Covid world, the need for readjustment and inspiration about heading outside again will be even more important. Research also suggests that kids love getting grubby…they just need some inspiration. GGTV is that dose of inspiration!
We still have little idea of how a global pandemic and lockdown have shaped how kids see the future. But we can safely say, that childhood has been disrupted across the globe. Families have identified that content that matters, connect that is authentically and lovingly representing their world … is what they crave.
And as the world grows its desire for a climate safe future - families want to positively and courageously connect with the story of change.
As creatives and an industry - families look to us for guidance as well as entertainment.
We believe that it’s the perfect time for Get Grubby TV!
GGTV is brave in its messaging, rockin’ in its attitude and gentle in its heart.
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Getting grubby is about getting outside and getting amongst it, as much as it is about getting covered in dirt.
It’s about sustainable living and hanging out with nature. It’s about fostering a love of the big world outside.
GGTV is where the mainscreen of TV meets an Instagram-type of lifestyle curation and celebration.
It's a storyworld banquet for families of garden, food, craft and DIY fun. It's an invitation to families to connect, think and do!
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