©opyk@tz Beware!

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📺BBC Schools TV

companyIllumina Digital

started9th Feb 2010

last rpt7th Feb 2012

3 school years

episodes1

duration15 mins

subject ⚖️Citizenship

age rangeKS2Age 7-9 & Age 9-11

languageenIn English

©opyk@tz Beware! is a BBC schools TV series from the 2010s, covering citizenship for primary school pupils.

An animated programme about young people who form their own band and need to deal with real-life issues such as bootlegging of their music and logo and illegal downloading. A wise dog and 'Internet Detective' or 'I.D.' called Muttford watches on and comments on their activities.

Jez, Amy and Max form a band called Alleyk@tz. Their various adventures split up neatly into four clips, which are all available to watch on the BBC website.

BBC Part 1: Validity of online sources

First they are approached by a character called Rick Mason and think they have found the perfect manager, until they think more about the online sources they are using as evidence.

BBC Part 2: Plagiarism

Next they write a song and enter a Battle of the Bands competition, but don't realise that copying lyrics from punk legend Lorna Lovett is plagiarism.

BBC Part 3: Logo design and copyright

Dodgy Rick Mason re-emerges with a market stall full of unlicensed Alleyk@tz merchandise, which the band investigate.

BBC Part 4: Illegal downloading

Finally, the Alleyk@tz need to dissuade super-fan Zoe from illegally sharing their music online.

A sequel called Cashk@tz follows the band as they see some success and need to manage their money.

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Day	Time	Channel	Dates
2009-10	Spring 2010	Tue	11:00	BBC2	9 Feb
2010-11	Spring 2011	Tue	05:30	BBC2	22 Mar
2011-12	Autumn 2011	Tue	04:30	BBC2	20 Sep
2011-12	Spring 2012	Tue	05:20	BBC2	7 Feb

Credits

Voices by	Ben Deery as I.D. Muttford & Rick Mason Lisa Armytage as Zoe Pharys Jai Cato as Amy Chezzney Clarke as Max Ashley Clarke as Jez
Music	Oceanic
Sound	Andy Paddon Smith
Dubbing mixer	Matt Cheney
Design and lead animator	Melissa Gates
Animators	Chi Chow, Milo Waterfield
Compositing	Dominik Binegger
Education consultant	Juliet Desailly
Assistant producer	Gemma Gibbs
Art director	Rob Andrews
Written by	Andrew Bernhardt
Produced and edited by	Matt Jones
Executive producer for BBC	Kristin Mason
Executive producer for Illumina Digital Ltd	Catherine Collis

Links

BBC Programmes page for Copykatz Beware!

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Cashk@tzSequel programme

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Animation

2D animation

Dramatised

Pet dog is a character

Talking animals

Characters are in a band

Spies and detectives

Kids fight crime

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