Website Inspirations: Underground Ernie

(www.undergroundernie.com/) Underground Ernie is an animated cartoon tv series shown by the BBC on CBeebies and BBC Two. Aimed at children between the ages of 3 and 8 years old. The website is similarly to the Thomas and friends websites; colourful and highly interactive. The story is set in International Station, a fictional worldwide underground network, and focuses on the everyday adventures of Ernie, a friendly Underground supervisor, Millie, his multilingual colleague and Mr Rails the lovable maintenance man. The trains under Ernie's watchful eye all have characters of their own. There's Bakerloo, Victoria, Circle, Jubilee and the twins, Hammersmith & City. From time to time they are joined by their friends from across the world including; Paris, Brooklyn, Moscow, Sydney and Osaka.