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Half Moon Investigations (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC
and based upon the novel of the same name
by the author Eoin Colfer
. It concerns a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon, who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St. Jerome's. 13 episodes were first broadcast between January and March 2009. The series was filmed in and around a disused secondary school, located in Bellshill
, North Lanarkshire
.
has St. Jerome's located in the town of Lock Wexford
, Ireland
. Every week a crime is committed and it is up to Half Moon and his private detective business to find the culprit by analysing a series of clues and witnesses.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and based upon the novel of the same name
Half Moon Investigations
Half Moon Investigations is a novel by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. It was first published in United States in March 2006 and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 June 2006. The paperback edition was released in the UK on 5 July 2007...
by the author Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer is an Irish author. He is most famous as the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also written other successful books. His novels have been compared to the works of J. K. Rowling...
. It concerns a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon, who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St. Jerome's. 13 episodes were first broadcast between January and March 2009. The series was filmed in and around a disused secondary school, located in Bellshill
Bellshill
Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 10 miles south east of Glasgow city centre and 37 miles west of Edinburgh. Other nearby towns are Motherwell , Hamilton and Coatbridge . Since 1996, it has been situated in the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area...
, North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
.
Background
Fletcher Moon (often referred to as Half Moon because of his height) is a schoolboy attending St. Jerome's school. Although it is not stated in the series where the school is situated, the novel upon which the TV series is basedHalf Moon Investigations
Half Moon Investigations is a novel by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. It was first published in United States in March 2006 and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 June 2006. The paperback edition was released in the UK on 5 July 2007...
has St. Jerome's located in the town of Lock Wexford
Wexford
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. Every week a crime is committed and it is up to Half Moon and his private detective business to find the culprit by analysing a series of clues and witnesses.
Characters
- Fletcher "Half" Moon portrayed by Rory ElrickRory ElrickRory Elrick from Bowling, West Dunbartonshire near Glasgow is Scottish child actor best known for starring as the title character Fletcher Moon in the CBBC television series Half Moon Investigations based on the best-selling novels by Eoin Colfer...
is the main character of the series. Most of the show is shown through his eyes. He has the nickname "Half Moon" because of his small height. - Red Sharkey portrayed by Sebastian Charles is one of the main characters of the show. It is shown in many episodes that he has romantic feelings towards Mia Stone. He goes with Mia to the End-of-term school dance in the last episode.
- Mia Stone portrayed by Olivia GrantOlivia Grant (1994 British actress)-External links:...
is one of the main characters of the series. It is shown in many of the episodes that Red Sharkey has romantic feelings for her. She goes to the End-of-term school dance with him in the last episode. - April Devereux portrayed by Nicola Duffell is the leader of the 'Pinks' girl gang and hates boys. However, she may like Fletcher Moon as she dances with him at the End-of-term school dance in the last episode.
- Herod Sharkey portrayed by Marcus NashMarcus Nash (actor)Marcus Workman Nash is Scottish child actor best known for starring as Herod Sharkey in the CBBC television series Half Moon Investigations based on the best-selling novels by Eoin Colfer. He also appeared in a Children's Panel advert...
is the youngest of the Sharkey children.
Reception
Similar to the novel, the TV series has received generally positive reviews both critically and from viewers, with the first 3 episodes of the series scoring on average 7.7/10 on Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database
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