Alien brothers Zig and Zag crash land in humdrum suburbia and set up home.

[7] The above actors also act as an ensemble cast providing all additional voices for recurring or one-off characters that feature in each episode.

On 15 April 2015 it was announced that a new animated Zig and Zag series was in production for CBBC and RTÉ.

[16][17] On 16 August 2015 the theme tune was composed and recorded by Ricky Wilson and Simon Rix[18] from the band Kaiser Chiefs.

[19] The first series of twenty six episodes began broadcasting on RTÉjr on 1 March 2016 and CBBC on 25 April 2016.