Snoot & Fin (BBC Bitesize)

Overview

This animated series was created for BBC bitesize offering a narrative, contextual approach to solving  maths problems.  The gender neutral aliens are confronted with KS1 and KS2 curricular problems and with a lovingly supportive voice over, they are offered a selection of strategies to solve the problems.  The aim of this series was to give children a variety of ways to solve single problems in an engaging and entertaining context that is relatable to everyday life.  After the success of Snoot and Fin, Munk produced 3 series with a total of 35 episodes which was also broadcast on live television for BBC scotland.

Meet Snoot and fin

Snoot and Fin are two lovable, green-skinned aliens from the planet with a classic odd couple dynamic, Snoot is geeky, cautious and fastidious; Fin is big- hearted, rambunctious and apt to dive into any situation without considering the consequences. They are of indeterminate sex and take the pronouns they/them.  Snoot and Fin enjoy largely happy, carefree lives on their home planet Bogma, a colourful extraterrestrial world with a ‘disgusticating’ edge. On Bogma, eyeballs and blobs are considered delicacies, the earth and sky are full of noxious chemicals and all manner of freakish beasts can be found prowling around in and out of doors.  In their day to day lives they play games, visit shops, eat ice cream and go on all manner of adventures in which they learn about the world, themselves and each other.

Beyond Bogma

Beyond their home planet Bogma, they’ve donned space suits to visit the red-hot lava seas of the planet Clorgon, made several visits to their local space station and taken a trip in their flying saucer to see the famous shimmering moons of the planet Glitteron.  They frequently find themselves in dangerous situations, either through naivety, poor decision-making or an excess of enthusiasm, but no danger ever becomes really life-threatening and whatever scrapes and spills they might get themselves into are always played for comic effect. With an entire universe of possibilities, this project had wide scope for imagination and a huge bank of fun assets were developed to bring this joyfully disgusting world to life.