Cavegirl
Genre	Children's
Format	Period comedy
Directed by	Daniel Peacock
Starring	Stacey Cadman Stephen Marcus Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	38
Production
Location(s)	South Africa
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One CBBC
Original airing	31 August 2002

Cavegirl is a British TV series directed by Daniel Peacock. It starred Stacey Cadman, Stephen Marcus, Jennifer Guy, Harry Capehorn and Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty. It followed the adventures of a teenage cavegirl. Although based in the time of cave people there are many references to modern pop culture and in a similar vein to The Flintstones there are many ancient versions of modern inventions featured.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Filming 4 Controversy 5 Film adaptation 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Plot

The main characters are Cavegirl herself and her family Dad, Mum, Big Sis, Gran and Little Bro. Other tribe members feature prominently. Cavegirl is a pretty, feisty individual and a bit of a tomboy although during the series she begins to become interested in boys and many of the storylines involve her becoming more mature. Big Sis is very interested in her appearance and how boys see her. She is also rather shallow. Dad is the stereotypical rugged caveman, although he is protective of his children. Mum is a little dozey and Gran is very young at heart and more than a little crazy. Little Brother is curious about the world and often annoys Cavegirl immensely.

[edit] Cast

• Stacey Cadman - Cavegirl
• Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty - Big Sis
• Stephen Marcus - Dad
• Jennifer Guy - Mum
• Kenneth Collard - Chief
• Gabrielle Downey - Gran

[edit] Filming

Cavegirl was filmed in Western Cape Province, South Africa, based around Cape Town. Locations included Cederberg, Stadsaal Caves and the pools at Tweede Tol. In 2004 the Cavegirl series won The Children's Award at the BBC's 12th Annual Awards Ceremony for Independent Producers. It was aired on the BBC in the UK, BBC Kids in Canada and British Forces Broadcasting Service throughout the world^[1]. The BBC released a DVD containing some of the episodes entitled Cavegirl Rocks! on 30 June 2003.^[2]

[edit] Controversy

It caused a small amount of controversy when it first aired as some felt Cadman's character was too scantily clad for a children's television programme^[3]. No official complaints were ever lodged to the BBC however and if anything ratings were improved by the matter (further helped by the fact that Cadman was 22 when filming began rather than 15, the age of Cavegirl). The series first aired in the UK in Autumn 2002 and ran for two series, with a total of 38 episodes being made overall. It could be said to belong to the same metaseries as Harry and Cosh.

[edit] Film adaptation

Cavegirl is to be adapted into a film in 2009.^[4] It is to be written and directed by Danny Peacock, and is due to star Thora Birch.^[5] The film will have a $6 million budget, and is backed by the UK Film Council and Carnaby International. It is due to be filmed in South Africa in April 2009, and is being produced by Andy Bell and Tim Woolford in association Movie Part Media, Firstfire Films and Cosmic Films. South African Costa John Theo is an executive producer.

[edit] See also

• CBBC
• CBBC Channel
• List of BBC children's television programmes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Cavegirl at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial site for Cavegirl on the web