Yes, it's produced by Belfast-based production company Sixteen South and Sesame Workshop.
The first episode aired on BBC Two in Northern Ireland on 5 April 2008 with the first series subsequently airing nationwide on CBeebies in August 2008.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums,
Sat 11 Feb 2012, 12:35,
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I also believe the title music for the programme was composed by Northern Ireland artist Duke Special
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Frogbeat,
Sat 11 Feb 2012, 12:37,
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is special a name or a description?
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sat 11 Feb 2012, 12:38,
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