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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. Jeromes. The series began airing in January 2009 and will consist of 13 thirty minute long episodes. It has also been confirmed by the BBC that Half Moon Investigations will be returning for a second series sometime in early 2010.


Background

Characters

List of Episodes

Ep# Title Original airdate iPlayer Link
01"Red Moon Rising"January 05, 2009b00gm2vh[1]
Newly qualified from Bob Bernstein's online school of detecting, Fletcher 'Half' Moon is eager for his first case. When the winner of the art club competition has one of his paintings stolen, it transpires that this is not the only recent theft at the St Jerome's school, and the new headmistress, Principal Quinn, is already on the case. According to school reporter Mia, the prime suspect is Red Sharkey, whose family members are no strangers to being top of a suspect list. But when Moon realises that he is following the wrong trail, an unlikely alliance is forged and a new detective duo is born.
02"Text Bully"January 12, 2009b00gqzkq[2]

Agent Mobile phones are going missing at St Jerome's. Hungry for their first proper case, Moon and Red are on to it. They soon realise that their thief is also sending abusive texts, but not before friends fall out and alliances are destroyed by the text bully. But will Moon and Red be able to find the thief's identity before complete anarchy sets in?

Meanwhile, Moon's sister Hazel longs for Goth Dogboy to notice her, but he only has eyes for Red's sister, Genie. When he offers the perennially skint Genie a ticket for a gig, she vows to somehow get the money. Hazel is on her tail. But will Hazel's quest to also attract Dogboy's attention be a lost cause?
03"The Purple Pool"January 19, 2009b00h5m4r[3]
A swimming trial is sabotaged, a betting ring is busted, and pint-sized private eye, Fletcher Moon is forced to conquer his fear of water. When someone tries to sabotage St Jerome's star swimmer, Harriet 'The Fish' Thompson's, training programme by putting purple dye in the school swimming pool, private detective Fletcher Moon is determined to find the culprit. His fear of water, however, threatens to jeopardise this aqua-based investigation. Much to ace reporter Mia's amusement and Moon's embarrassment, it looks like he may fail to conquer his fear. Meanwhile, headmistress Quinn accuses Harriet's fellow swimmer, Shell, of the crime, and Moon's partner Red is also implicated. Can Moon correct this injustice? And why are The Pinks so keen that the swimming trial be cancelled?

Reception

Similiar to the novel, the TV series has received generally positive reviews both critically and from viewers, with the first 3 episodes of th series scoring on average 7.7/10 on Internet Movie Database [1]

See Also

External Links

http://www.halfmooninvestigations.co.uk/

References