Half Moon Investigations
Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC and based upon the novel of the same name by the author Eoin Colfer. It concerns a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon, who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St Jerome's. 13 episodes were first broadcast between January and March 2009. The series was filmed in and around a disused secondary school, located in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.
- 2009-2009
- 1 season
- Magnolia Pictures
- Comedy, Suspense, Drama, Family
Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC and based upon the novel of the same name by the author Eoin Colfer. It concerns a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon, who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St Jerome's. 13 episodes were first broadcast between January and March 2009. The series was filmed in and around a disused secondary school, located in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2009
Episode 1
Red Moon Rising
28 mins
Schoolboy detective, Fletcher 'Half' Moon, is keen to crack his first case, and an unlikely new detective duo is born.
Episode 2
Text Bully
28 mins
Hungry for their first proper detecting case, Fletcher Moon and Red are on the trail of a mobile phone thief at St Jerome's who seems determined to drive the school to complete anarchy.
Episode 3
The Case of the Purple Pool
28 mins
A swimming trial is sabotaged, a betting ring busted, and pint-sized private eye, Fletcher Moon is forced to conquer his fear of water.
Episode 4
Prefect Imperfect
28 mins
A smudge on a prefect badge leads Moon and his detecting sidekick to expose criminal activity in an unlikely quarter.
Episode 5
Ghost Fever
28 mins
What appears to be the ghost of evil old Mr Pickles is spotted in the creepy disused school science lab - but is all what it seems? Can Moon and Red solve this paranormal mystery?
Episode 6
The Curse of the Emerald Phoenix
28 mins
The disappearance of a valuable artefact, and an unexpected appearance by 'Half' Moon in the school play - just another ordinary day in the life of the schoolboy private investigator.
Episode 7
Les jeunes étudiantes
28 mins
Red's brother Herod is in trouble again - and this time he could be headed into care. Another tricky investigation for Half Moon as the school's zero tolerance on misbehaviour starts to bite.
Episode 8
Sick Note
28 mins
Red has to work alone on the latest Moon investigation and ace reporter Mia is temporarily recruited into The Pinks. Mia discovers that being in the gang isn't as appealing as she first thought.
Episode 9
President Herod
28 mins
Half Moon and his investigating partner, former bad boy, Red Sharkey try to discover who is behind a particularly nasty - and personal - smear campaign in the school.
Episode 10
The Beiderbeck Tapes
28 mins
Half Moon and Red are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of a missing interview tape - and their friend, Mia's, reputation hangs on their success.
Episode 11
Moonstruck
28 mins
Moon's judgement on his latest case is clouded as he goes 'ga ga' over a girl, and St. Jerome's is hit by Fun Run fever!
Episode 12
A Kind of Magic
28 mins
School talent contest hopeful, hypnotist Ruby Ray, casts a spell over her colleagues in this latest episode of Half Moon Investigations.
Episode 13
School Dance
28 mins
April launches her most dastardly plan yet, but can she really hope to sabotage the school dance without the support of the other Pinks?