Pepinot and Capucine | |
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Also known as | Pépinot et Capucine |
Genre | children's puppetry |
Written by | Reginald Boisvert |
Composer(s) | Neil Chotem |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | French English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Jean-Paul Ladouceur |
Location(s) | Montreal |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network |
Radio-Canada CBC Television |
Original release | 7 September 1952 (French network debut) – 19 June 1955 (English network ending) |
Pepinot and Capucine (French title, Pépinot et Capucine) was a Canadian children's television series which aired on Radio-Canada from 1952 to 1954, and on the English CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.
This series was produced at Radio-Canada's Montreal studios. The title characters were the puppets Pepinot and his sister Capucine. Other regular characters included Mr. Black, a pet bear, known as l'Ours in French. Mr. White, an inventor, was known on the French series as Monsieur Blanc.
The series was broadcast on Radio-Canada since 7 September 1952 until 1954. After this, the series was simply titled which was produced in several runs until 1972. Episodes continued to be rebroadcast through mid-1973.
The half-hour English version appeared on CBC Television on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in two seasons, first from 3 January to 27 June 1954 and secondly from 19 September 1954 to 19 June 1955.