Synopsis

Life at Barney's apartment would be fairly normal were it not for the talking koala, Crazy Keith, who lives under his floorboards and his flatmate, Nev the bear, who regularly aggravates the caretaker of the block; the allergy ridden and very grouchy Mr Angry Pants.

Nev and Barney originally appeared together on Sunday morning children's programme Smile which ended in 2007.

The programme features the voices of Ross Mullan as Nev and Simon Buckley as Keith, with actress Bella Emberg playing the role of Aunt Barbara.

A series of twenty-six episodes was commissioned by the BBC in March 2007, after a trailer for the proposed series being uploaded to YouTube received over 1 million hits.

Following successful ratings, a second series of twenty-six episodes followed in December 2008.

Both series were originally broadcast on BBC One, before being repeated in an early morning slot on BBC Two.

In August 2009, a third series of thirteen episodes was filmed.