Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
| Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | |
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| Genre |
Fantasy Supernatural |
| Created by | Mark Baker & Neville Astley |
| Directed by | Mark Baker Neville Astley Phillip Hall (2012) Joris van Hulzen (2012) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 104 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Phil Davies |
| Running time | 52 x 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Astley Baker Davies Nick Jr. UK |
| Distributor | E1 Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | (United Kingdom) : Nick Jr. and Milkshake! |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original release | 6 April 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is a British animated television series aimed at pre-school children originally broadcast on Nickelodeon UK.
It is broadcast across Nickelodeon's 43 international channels throughout Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
The show is created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, and produced by Phil Davies at Astley Baker Davies (the company responsible for Peppa Pig). Many of the actors who lend their vocal skills to characters in Peppa Pig also work on Little Kingdom. These include John Sparkes, Sarah Ann Kennedy, David Rintoul and David Graham. The music is produced by Julian Nott, who is noted for his Wallace and Gromit scores.
The show is set in the Little Kingdom which is hidden among thorny brambles. The Little Kingdom is ruled by King and Queen Thistle mainly from the Little Castle, where they live with their daughters Holly, Daisy and Poppy. Elves live at the Great Elf Tree, which acts as a school. library, apartment block and factory for toys and wands. Elves hold the belief that they should never arrive late to anything. never late. Civilian fairies live in the Fairy Village, which consists of toadstools which have doors and windows. Fairies use magic and most of the faries are named after flowers and plants. Elves have their own catchphrase, "...and I'm (or We're) (an) Elf (or Elves)", and fairies also have their own catchphrase, commonly "I'm a fairy". Elves tell the time with wrist watches and/or clocks, while fairies tell the time in very unconventional ways. The Elves operate Elf Rescue, the Elf Farm and the Elf Windmill. King Thistle likes to play golf and crazy golf at the Royal Course. Ben and Holly have a ladybird friend called Gaston. Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf are characters too, and they have important jobs to do in the context of the show. Mr and Mrs Elf are Ben's parents. The Wise Old Elf is not married anymore but has three sons.
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