Percy the Park Keeper | |
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Genre | Children's Programme |
Created by | Nick Butterworth |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 17 |
Production | |
Running time | 10 minutes per episode (approx.) |
Production company(s) | HIT Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network |
CITV (1996–1999) Sprout (2005 - 2007) |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 1 December 1996 – 12 December 1999 |
Percy the Park Keeper is an animated children's series based on the popular books by British author Nick Butterworth. It stars Percy, and many wild animals, such as the Badger, the Owl, the Fox, the Mice, the Mole, the Robin and so on. It started out as four specials airing between 1996–1998 before turning into a series of 13 episodes in 1999.
In 1999, Percy the Park Keeper was released on video, broadcast by CITV, owned by Hit Entertainment, and distributed by Hit Video. Apparently, several stand-alone VHS releases were (and still are) available in the United Kingdom.
In 2000, Percy the Park Keeper was released on DVD, again broadcast by CITV, owned by Hit Entertainment and distributed by Hit Video. Ordinarily, a few stand-alone DVD releases were (and still are) available in the United Kingdom.