{{Short description|British television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = | genre = Sitcom<ref name=Comedy>{{Cite web |last=British Comedy Guide |title=Pickle Storm - CBBC Sitcom |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/pickle-storm/ |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{Cite web |last=BBC |date=9 September 2024 |title=Pickle Storm |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2024/37/pickle-storm |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> | creator = Dan Gaster<br/>Will Ing<br/>Paul Powell | director = Dez McCarthy<br/>Louise Ní Fhiannachta<br/>Eoin Cleland | starring = Kassidi Roberts<br/>Donna Preston<br/>Inel Tomlinson<br/>Cadence Williams<br/>Philip Green<br/>Rachel Murray<br/>Mitra Djalili<br/>Michael Condron<br/>Toby Barnett-Jones<br/>Chris Barlow<br/>Justin Fletcher | composer = | producer = Raymond Lau | executive_producer = | editor = | network = CBBC | country = Britain | language = English | company = Black Dog Television | num_seasons = 2<!-- increment when new season begins --> | num_episodes = 20<!-- increment when new episode airs --> | list_episodes = | runtime = | first_aired = {{Start date|2024|09|09|df=y}} | last_aired = present }}
'''Pickle Storm''' is a British children's sitcom created by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, and Paul Powell for CBBC.<ref name=Comedy /> Produced by Black Dog Television, it premiered on 9 September 2024.<ref name=BBC /> The series centers on the eponymous Pickle Storm, a 9-year-old girl who fled Kelftania, her magic-filled fantasy home world, to seek refuge in the fictitious town of Middlington in the United Kingdom.<ref name=Comedy /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2024-08-01 |title=Justin Fletcher joins Pickle Storm as CBBC doubles series order |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7996/pickle-storm-series-2-justin-fletcher/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>
The series is filmed in Northern Ireland. A second series was broadcast in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Sophie |date=2024-08-04 |title=Filming begins in Northern Ireland for children's comedy series |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/tv/filming-begins-northern-ireland-childrens-29658667 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Belfast Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming commences in Northern Ireland on new series of children's comedy Pickle Storm |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/pickle-storm-northern-ireland-childrens-comedy |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
== Premise == {{Empty section|date=December 2025}}
== Cast == * Kassidi Roberts as Pickle * Donna Preston as Lystra * Inel Tomlinson as Hendrick * Cadence Williams as Mia * Philip Green as Mr Ludcomb * Rachel Murray as Mrs Patterson * Mitra Djalili as Yasmin * Michael Condron as Derek * Toby Barnett-Jones as Roland * Chris Barlow as Swumpy (puppeteer) Justin Fletcher voices Swumpy the Warthoffle (Voice)
== Episodes == === Season 1 (2024) === {{Episode table |background=#FFCD9B |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |viewers= |country=United Kingdom |episodes={{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title= Welcome to Ee'arth |DirectedBy = Dez McCarthy |WrittenBy = Will Ing |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|09}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Pickle Storm and her parents flee the magical land of Kleftania and end up on Earth, where everything is strange and confusing. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title= What's School |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Will Ing |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|10}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Pickle faces her first day at school. Despite Mia’s help, Pickle struggles to fit in, and soon her magic is causing chaos and a monster is loose in the classroom! |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Mouse |DirectedBy = Dez McCarthy |WrittenBy = Will Ing |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|11}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = When Miss Hill’s pet mouse escapes and the head teacher shrinks to the size of a mouse, Roland makes sure Pickle is blamed. Can Pickle find him before the mouse does?! |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title= Level Whoops |DirectedBy = Eoin Cleland |WrittenBy = Tasha Dhanraj |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|12}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = When Pickle and Mia argue over what to play, Pickle’s magic causes the video game characters to come to life. Pickle and Mia must work together to get the characters back onscreen! |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Swapperooni |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Dan Gaster |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|13}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = After being told off by Mr Ludcomb, Pickle's magic causes them to swap bodies. With Pickle looking like the head teacher, she is free to run the school – but her new rules cause chaos. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title= Babysitting |DirectedBy = Dez McCarthy |WrittenBy = Paul Powell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|16}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Pickle’s parents go to their first Earth party, leaving Mia’s annoying sister Tina to babysit her. However, nothing is keeping Pickle from joining the fun. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title= The Great Sale Fail |DirectedBy = Dez McCarthy |WrittenBy = Tasha Dhanraj |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|17}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = At the school table sale. Lystra decides to sell her old shields, Hendrick rides a bicycle, and Pickle wants to buy something amazing. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Mother's Day |DirectedBy = Eoin Cleland |WrittenBy = Hannah George |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|18}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = For Mother’s Day, Pickle decides to get Lystra some flowers. Unfortunately, she helps herself to next door’s prizewinning sunflowers. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Dog Show |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Lucy Guy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|19}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Pickle enters the local dog show with her pet, Swumpy the warthoffle. When Roland cheats, Pickle’s magic makes Mr Ludcomb behave like a dog. In the chaos, someone steals the trophy. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = Hairy Egg |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Paul Powell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|09|20}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = The Hairy Egg is ready to hatch and Pickle is keeping it safe. There is widespread panic when it disappears and Pickle's parents forget who they are. |LineColor = #FFCD9B }} }}
=== Season 2 (2025) === {{Episode table |background = #3DB34F |season = |title = |director = |writer = |airdate = |viewers = |country = United Kingdom |episodes = {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 1 |Title= School is Rubbish |DirectedBy = Cein Mcgillicuddy |WrittenBy = Hannah George |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|04|28}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = House Trap |DirectedBy = Cein Mcgillicuddy |WrittenBy = Tasha Dhanraj |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|04|29}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber =3 |Title = Valentine's Day |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Lucy Guy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|04|30}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Worst Sports Day Ever |DirectedBy = Cein Mcgillicuddy |WrittenBy = Dan Gaster |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|05|01}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Swumpy the Genius |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Will Ing |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|05|02}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Pickle’s Birthday |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Lucy Guy |ShortSummary = * Note: Pickle turns 10 in this episode. |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|05|03}} |Viewers = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Splatoween |DirectedBy = Eoin Cleland |WrittenBy = Paul Powell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|05|06}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = The Slide |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta and Sarah Gordon |WrittenBy = Sarah Gordon |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|05|06}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Double Trouble |DirectedBy = Cein Mcgillicuddy |WrittenBy = Will Ing |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|05|07}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = A Very Stormy Christmas |DirectedBy = Louise Ni Fhiannachta |WrittenBy = Tasha Dhanraj and Hannah George |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|12|02}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = }} }}
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