Gasp! (French: Haleter!) is a short-lived Australian animated television series based on the book of the same name written and illustrated by Terry Denton.
The adaptation was produced by SLR Productions and Screen Australia for ABC Television and Nine Entertainment, distributed by MoonScoop, animated with Flash by Agogo Entertainment and ran on ABC3 and the Nine Network from 2010 until the series was cancelled in 2011. The series nominated for the International Animation Film Festival Of Annecy for Official Selection TV Series and the ACCTA Awards for Best Children's TV Series in 2011 and the APRA Screen Music Awards for Best Music for Children's Television for ‘Gasp!’ in 2012.
Plot
The series follows the zany antics of a goldfish and his family-pet "cousins" left home alone when Mum, Dad, and their two kids, Ginger and her little brother Fred, have gone off to work, school or play. Gasp lives in a bowl. He's in love with Ginger, who's a ten-year old.
Characters
Gasp – Voiced by Jamie Oxenbould
Ginger – Voiced by Katherine Beck
Fred — Voiced by Adam Whitby
Mum – Voiced by Michelle Doake
Catflap – Voiced by Emma Palmer
Doxbox and Bettleneck – David Callan
Episodes
Help a Spider (2010) Frankenkitty (2010) Fish Stick (2010) Home and Host (2010) My Pet Rocks (2010) Hooray for Hamsterwood (2010) Pets for Pets (2010) Thermostat War (2010) For the Love of Dog (2011) Gaspy Burpday (2011)
Broadcast
The series premiered on ABC3 on 9 August 2011 in Australia and ran from 2010 to 2011 (and has been put back on ABC3's schedule weekdays from 2015 to 2016), Canal+ Family in France and on Nine Network’s schedule on 26 February in the same year.
Gasp! was broadcast on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand (in both English and Māori), Kabillion in the United States, Pop in the UK and Disney Channel in Latin America.
The series is streaming in Australia on ABC’s own ABC iview.
