Archibald the Koala

Archibald the Koala
Created by Paul Cox[1]
Directed by Claude Allix[2]
Starring Richard Griffiths as Archibald
Adrienne Posta
Dan Russell
Kate Robbins
Bob Saker
Keith Wickham (English version)[1]
Country of origin France
No. of episodes 52[2]
Production
Producer(s) Milliages, Hit Entertainment, Canal J[2]
Running time 12 to 13 minutes
Release
Original network

ITV, CITV, Tiny Pop and BBC (UK)
Cartoon Network (USA)
ABC (Australia)
Tokyo MX (Japan)
Rede Manchete (Brazil)
TVO, BBC Kids, Treehouse TV, X-TV, YTV (Canada)
RTL, ZDF and ZDF Enterprises (Germany)
France 3
Arutz HaYeladim (Israel)
Rai 2, Rai 3 (Italy)
RTM2, Astro Ceria (Malaysia)
Azteca 7, Azteca 13, Proyecto 40 (Mexico)

Yorin (Netherlands)
NRK1 (Norway)
3ABN (Philippines)
TV4 (Poland)
YLE TV2 (Finland)
Kids Central (Singapore)
Original release 1998 – 2000

Archibald the Koala is an animated children's television series produced by Millimages in association with HiT Entertainment. The show began in 1998 and starting airing on ITV on its children's block CITV.[2] It was based on the books written by Paul Cox.[1] The show was made in both French and English versions.

In the United States, the show was seen on Cartoon Network's international showcase program aimed at pre-schoolers, Small World.

Plot

This series is set on a secluded island called Rastepappe that is populated by Koalas and Badgers. Its city Koalaville is filled with various strange characters including a nervous mayor, a hopeless inventor and a bossy painter. The stress of the mayor's job caused him to have trouble with migraines, or "meeegranes" as he pronounces it.

There are always strange things going on, so Archibald, the trustworthy detective, is put on the job!

Characters

There is a population of approximately 500 other civilians on Rastepappe.

List of episodes

DVDs

There is a volume for each season (1-6)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BFI - ARCHIBALD THE KOALA 04/09/98". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Archibald the Koala". Millimages. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2006-12-25.

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