Petals (TV series)

Petals
Petals opening titles
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Mark Barnard
Written by	Simon Hopkinson Angela Webber Jenny Lewis Moya Sayer-Jones Richard Tulloch Mark Barnard Bruce Liebau
Directed by	Maurice Giacomini Mark Barnard Bronwyn Morgan
Voices of	Brian Meegan Celia Ireland Gabby Millgate Adam Kronenberg Michelle Doake Lucinda Armour Tim Mieville
Narrated by	Anthony Warlow
Composer(s)	Justin McCoy
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	55
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Barnard Susan Oliver
Producer(s)	Bronwyn Morgan Joy Carroll
Running time	5 min.
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	4:3
Original release	1 June 1998 – 22 November 1999

Petals is an Australian children's animated television programme produced and created by Mark Barnard and aired on the ABC. It ran from 1998 to 1999 consisting a total of two seasons and 55 episodes and was aimed at pre-school children aged 2–6. After it ended in 1999, the series was still continued to be repeated on the ABC and ABC1 until 23 January 2004.

The series revolves around five small petals who live in a large, overgrown garden. Bougie, Boronia, Poppy, Notsy and Imp greet each day in wide-eyed wonder as their explorations among the giant flowers and trees uncover surprises and delights. However the Petals are just small little people that you can't see but you can imagine them. They're also not fairies and don't have magical powers, but they're very athletic and only Bougie and Poppy are able to fly. Here they discover many surprises, delights and adventures such as helping a baby bird, picking berries, helping Imp turn a dripping tap off, playing a game of hide and seek, making bubbles with some soap, Imp rescuing Notsy with fireflies when she got lost, using a broken mirror to frighten Jeffrey and putting on a show to cheer up Worm when he had a kink in his tail. Joining them in their adventures were five other characters who were all insects. They were Cicada, Ant, Spider, Worm and Ladybird. There's also an orange playful cat named Jeffrey who likes to hang around in the garden and cause trouble for the Petals.

Several episodes were released on video in 1998, however there has been no DVD release. There were three volumes in total and each of them contain ten episodes.

Episodes include Firefly Rescue, A Boot Full of Petals, Mr. Exciting, The Flying Imp, The Dripping Tap, Notsy's Knot, Hide and Seek, The Jeffrey Free Zone, Loop the Loop and Getting Dirty

Episodes include Berry Hunters, Sticky Scary Thing, Snow, Water Works, Cry Wolf, Windy Weather, Poppy's Picnic, Sea-Slide, The Broken Mirror and Autumn

Episodes include The Great Race, A Turn for Worm, Rainy Day Journey, Car on the Hill, Broken Wing, The Baby Bird, Bubbles, Imp's Treasure, Notsy's Trail and The Lost Piano

The episode A Boot Full of Petals was also released on an ABC For Kids Club video in 1998 along with other ABC children's favourites including Bananas in Pyjamas, Hooley Dooleys, Mr Squiggle, Magic Mountain and Mister Whiskers.