Animal Shelf
| The Animal Shelf | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's |
| Created by | Ivy Wallace |
| Written by | Chris Allen Julia Allen |
| Directed by | Ellen Menske Susan Roman (voices, USA/Canada) |
| Voices of |
Susan Sheridan (UK) Jimmy Hibbert (UK) Sue Ryding (UK) Marc Donato (USA/Canada) Jeff Lumby (USA/Canada) Linda Ballantyne (USA/Canada) Robert Bockstael (USA/Canada) Taborah Johnson (USA/Canada) Jennifer Gould (USA/Canada) Chris Merren (USA/Canada) David Berni (USA/Canada) Claudia Theriault (USA/Canada) Bob Cruch (USA/Canada) |
| Narrated by | Susan Sheridan |
| Theme music composer | Ernie Wood |
| Opening theme | Five Soft Toys on the Little Blue Shelf |
| Ending theme | Five Soft Toys on the Little Blue Shelf (Reprise) |
| Composer(s) | Ernie Wood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mark Hall |
| Producer(s) | Jackie Cockle |
| Editor(s) | Zyggy Markiewicz (audio pre-production) Jereen Nadorp (audio and mixing) Ronald Nadorp (audio and mixing) |
| Camera setup | Patrick Reets (model) |
| Production company(s) | Cosgrove Hall Films |
| Distributor |
United Kingdom and Australia/New Zealand Disney Videos United States The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Company Inc Worldwide ITEL Audio and Mixing Bob Keemer Sound Studios BV |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV (UK) FOX Family Channel (USA) ABC (Australia) Treehouse TV (Canada) TVNZ 6 (New Zealand) |
| Original release | 1997 – 2000 |
The Animal Shelf was a British children's model animation series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and based on the books written and illustrated by British writer Ivy Wallace. Aimed at a pre-school audience, it first aired on ITV running for four seasons and 52 episodes and ran from 1997 to 2000. It has also aired around world including the ABC in Australia and TVNZ 6 in New Zealand as part of their children's block Kidzone.
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK) and Marc Donato (USA/Canada)
Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK) and Jill Frappier (USA/Canada)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK)
The series was also seen on an American children's wrapper programme called It's Itsy Bitsy Time along with several TV series from overseas and aired on FOX Family Channel in America and Treehouse TV in Canada in 1999 with the British voices being redubbed with American and Canadian voices. The voices were directed by Canadian voice actress Susan Roman who is best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the DIC version of the English dubbed anime Sailor Moon. Roman also directed the American and Canadian voices for another British children's animated television series seen on It's Itsy Bitsy Time Tom and Vicky.
The series later had tie in books from Ladybird Books and was also released on VHS in the UK and Australia by Walt Disney Home Video.
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