Batibot
| Batibot | |
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| Genre |
Educational Puppetry Animation |
| Created by | Feny Bautista Rene Villanueva |
| Directed by | Kokoy Jimenez |
| Opening theme | Batibot theme song |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) |
Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
| No. of seasons | At least 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Children's Television Workshop (1984) Philippine Children's Television Foundation |
| Production company(s) | Philippine Children's Television Foundation |
| Release | |
| Original network |
RPN PTV ABS-CBN GMA Network TV5 |
| Original release | 1984–1998 (original) November 27, 2010 – 2013 (revival) (TV5's series) |
| Batibot Games | |
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Batibot Games icon
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| Developer(s) | OrangeFix |
| Platform(s) | Android |
| Release |
Android
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| Genre(s) | Educational |
Batibot was a Philippine children's television series produced by PCTV and based on Sesame Street. It was first aired in 1984 on RPN as Sesame! and was co-produced by Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop) but the partnership broke up. Sesame! later aired as Batibot in 1985, a full Filipino language series. It aired until 1998 and was aired in at least four television networks. TV5 later revived the show and aired it from 2010–2013. A mobile app based on the series was released in 2015.
Batibot was conceptualized and produced by Feny Bautista, a teacher from the Community of Learners Foundation and writer Rene Villanueva. The show was inspired after American children's show, Sesame Street which educates preschoolers through dance, song, and role play.educational skills through songs, dance, and role-play.
First aired in the 1984, Batibot debuted as Sesame!. It stars Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing which the characters were based on one of the Filipino stories, The Monkey and the Turtle popularized by the country's national hero, José Rizal. In the first year of its airing, the children's show was co-produced by the Philippine Children's Television Foundation and Children's Television Workshop with the support of then First Lady Imelda Marcos. Government support did not last long and ended within 1984 and the co-production deal was cancelled. The Philippine producers went on to produce a show based on Sesame Street in February 1985.
Batibot was then done wholly in Filipino and featured stories in a Philippine-context. At least in 1985, the series consistently ranked among the top 10 daytime shows in the Philippines outdoing its performance in 1984 when it was still a co-produced series and wholly American produced Sesame Street which first aired in the country in 1970.
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