Groove High


Groove High is a British musical comedy television series that premiered on Disney Channel on 10 November 2012. The series was created by Frédéric Puech and Virgile Troullot. The show has 26 episodes in the first season and is a mixture of live action and animation.

Premise

Groove High is a live action/animated comedy series following a group of talented kids that attend a quirky school for performing arts.
The show uses both live action and animation. Each show begins in live action whereby Tom and Zoe are two rock superstars touring with their band. Between shows they like to remember the good old days at their high school Groove High. As they remember key events the show presents their memories as animated flashbacks. Often their memories are slightly distorted or exaggerated and Tom and Zoe's live action counterparts frequently interrupt the flashbacks to disagree about how it really happened.

Production

Groove High is a co-production between French animation companies Planet Nemo and Nexus Factory and Irish production company Telegael.
Voice recording work for the animated sections began in April 2010, with live action filming completed at Telegael Productions in Ireland, October 2011.
Animation was completed by two companies, Jetoon in China, and PASI in the Philippines.
All music in the show including the generique were originally written arranged and recorded by Belgian composers Eric Renwart and Marja Supponen, then sung by lead actors Jonathan Bailey and Samantha Barks.
During post-production lead actress Samantha Barks won the role of Éponine in the film version of Les Misérables.

Cast and characters

Original Main Cast

Season 1 (2012–13)

Broadcast

The series airs on Disney Channel in the UK, France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. It also airs on Kids Central in the United States, Teletoon+ in Poland, Nickelodeon in the Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, PBS in Malta, TG4 in Ireland, Televisa in Latin America, YLE in Finland, TV5 Monde in France, MBC 3 in the Middle East and E-Junior in the United Arab Emirates.