8.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Children's Theme music composer Iain Cook No. of series 1 Final episode date 30 March 2009 Number of seasons 1 Cast Rory Elrick | 8.7/10 Created by Eoin Colfer Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 5 January 2009 Network BBC Number of episodes 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Rory Elrick
Sebastian Charles
Olivia Grant
Nicola Duffell
Marcus Nash Similar Grandpa in My Pocket, The Ghost Hunter, Aquila, Barmy Aunt Boomerang, Hububb |
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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.
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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 based 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.
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Reception
Similar to the novel, the TV series has received generally positive reviews both critically and from viewers, with the first three episodes scoring on average 7.7/10 on Internet Movie Database.