Babar and the Adventures of Badou
| Babar and the Adventures of Badou | |
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| Created by | Developed for television by Michael Stokes |
| Written by | Michael Stokes |
| Directed by | Mike Fallows |
| Voices of | Isabel de Carteret Catherine Disher Dawn Greenhalgh Dallas Jokic Noah Lehman Tyler Stevenson Samantha Weinstein Christopher Wigins Ben Campbell Les Carlson Laura de Carter Sergio Di Zio Jayne Eastwood Molly Johnson Dan Lett Scott McCord Jeff Pustil Samantha Reynolds Lyon Smith Adrian Truss Gord Pinsent Drew Adkins William Healy |
| Theme music composer | Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins |
| Composer(s) | Jeff Danna |
| Country of origin | Canada France |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Corinne Kouper Guillaume Hellouin Doug Murphy Colin Bohm Clifford Ross |
| Producer(s) | Jane Sobol |
| Running time | Approximately 24 minutes (12 minutes x2) |
| Production company(s) | The Clifford Ross Company TF1 Playhouse Disney France Carrere Group YTV Originals LuxAnimation TeamTO Nelvana Limited |
| Distributor | Nelvana Enterprises |
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YTV (Canada) TF1 and Disney Junior (U.S.) & (France) MiniMini+ (Poland) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | November 22, 2010 – January 2, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Babar (TV series) (1989–1991, 2000) |
| External links | |
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Babar and the Adventures of Badou is a Canadian/French 3D animated children's TV series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series has created new characters to the Babar universe, including Badou, who is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the protagonist of the series. The series is co-produced by Nelvana and TeamTO in association with The Clifford Ross Company, TF1, YTV, and LuxAnimation.
The English version of the twenty-six episode series first premiered on Monday, September 6, 2010 in Australia on ABC2 and in Canada on YTV on Monday, November 22, 2010. Vice President and Managing Director of Jumbo Pictures, and Nelvana Enterprises, Colin Bohm explained "Nelvana is excited to bring Babar into the 21st century with a new 3D TV series as well as a comprehensive licensing program from TF1". On September 16, 2010, Nelvana Enterprises has confirmed that the series will premiere in the U.S. on Disney Junior. The show premiered on February 14, 2011, along with the premiere of the television block.
Although the series features a majority of new characters to the Babar universe, original characters remain though, such as Babar, Celeste and Lord Rataxes, with other original characters also involved.
Babar and the Adventures of Badou was renewed for a second season, which began airing on Disney Junior on March 25, 2013. The third season aired from 2013 to 2016.
The series follows the adventures of Babar's eight-year-old grandson Badou, who along with his friends and family, solves numerous mysteries, puzzles and situations in Celesteville. The city now features other animals besides elephants.
Babar and the Adventures of Badou premiered on November 22, 2010 on YTV in Canada. However, it was later moved to Treehouse TV. The series has been sold to Disney Junior in the United States, M-net in South Africa, and ABC in Australia. In the UK it was aired on Citv but now it airs on Pop.
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