More Prank Patrol for ABC3

The children’s digital channel has green-lit development of a further 39 half-four episodes of the local version of Canadian franchise Prank Patrol.

“At this point in time the ABC has only entered into a development agreement, the budget and financing of the series is yet to be announced,” co-executive producer Amanda Peppard told Encore.

Melbourne’s activeTV hopes to begin production for the new series in mid-2010.

Executive head of ABC Children’s Television Tim Brooke-Hunt said that the show – in which a team helps a kid pull a prank on someone they know – was a “ratings winner from day one”.