Puffin Rock: The Longest Day
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm, Saturday, December 20 on CBeebies (202)
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The Longest Day
Season 2, Episode 36
It is the longest day of the year and Oona and her friends gather at the stone circle to watch the sun rise, but Mossy has overslept
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Did You Know..
Chris O'Dowd
(Narrator)
Born:
October 09, 1979
in
Boyle, Co Roscommon, Ireland
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born in Boyle, Co Roscommon, Ireland, on October 9, 1979. He's the youngest of five children to a graphic designer and a psychotherapist. He didn't finish his politics and sociology degree at University College Dublin, prefering instead to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he met his future IT Crowd co-star Katherine Parkinson.
Career:
O'Dowd made his TV and film debuts in 2003, in an episode of Red Cap and Conspiracy of Silence respectively. Other early roles came in Vera Drake, Festival, The Clinic and Showbands. Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd made him a star in the UK, while the movies The Boat That Rocked, Dinner for Schmucks and Bridesmaids raised his profile in the US. He then created, wrote and starred in the sitcom Moone Boy, which is loosely based on his own childhood. More recently he appeared in the films The Sapphires, This Is 40 and St Vincent.
Quote:
"I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration."
Trivia:
Parts of the series Moone Boy were filmed in his hometown.
