K9 Adventures Gets The Go?

According to Broadcast Magazine it seems that the Doctor Who spin-off K9 Adventures has finally been given the thumbs up. The magazine states that K9 Adventures will begin filming later this year with the overall product airing July 2008. The Press Release tell us this:

K9 Adventures Running time: 26 x 30 minutes

The loveable BBC TV robot dog created by Academy Award winner Bob Baker (Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers) is brought to the screen in a series of new adventures in space developed with Jetix Kids. A mix of live action and state-of-the-art CGI and with scripts by Darrell Vickers and Andrew Nicholls (W.I.T.C.H), K-9 is sophisticated, funny and adult in a way that relates to younger viewers, as well as speaking to family audiences. Currently in pre-production with delivery targeted at July 2008.