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Babar and the Adventures of Badou

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Babar and the Adventures of Badou
Created byMichael Stokes
Based onBabar the Elephant
by Jean de Brunhoff
Laurent de Brunhoff
Written byMichael Stokes
Directed byMike Fallows
Voices ofIsabel de Carteret
Catherine Disher
Dawn Greenhalgh
Dallas Jokic
Noah Lehman
Tyler Stevenson
Samantha Weinstein
Christopher Wigins
Ben Campbell
Les Carlson
Laura de Carteret
Sergio Di Zio
Jayne Eastwood
Molly Johnson
Dan Lett
Scott McCord
Jeff Pustil
Samantha Reynolds
Lyon Smith
Adrian Truss
Gord Pinsent
Drew Adkins
Willaim Healy Tajja Isen
Theme music composerSteve D'Angelo
Terry Tompkins
ComposerJeff Danna
Country of originCanada
France
United States (seasons 2-3),
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersCorinne Kouper
Michael Hirsh
Guillaume Hellouin
Doug Murphy
Scott Dyer
Colin Bohm
Clifford Ross
ProducerJane Sobol
Running timeApproximately
24 minutes
(12 minutes x2)
Production companiesNelvana Limited
TeamTO
LuxAnimation (seasons 1 & 2 only)
The Clifford Ross Company
Original release
NetworkDisney Junior/Disney Channel (United States)
TF1 (France)
YTV/Disney Junior/Disney Channel (Canada)
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2010 (2010-09-06) –
January 2, 2015 (2015-01-02)

Babar and the Adventures of Badou is a computer-animated television series for children. It was first broadcast in 2010. The series is based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series. It has added new characters to the Babar universe. These include Badou. He is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the protagonist of the series.[1] The series is made for Disney by Nelvana, TeamTO and LuxAnimation, in co-production with TF1 with the Participation of Playhouse Disney France/The Walt Disney Company France. 65 episodes were made for three seasons.

The English version of the series first aired on September 6, 2010 in Australia on ABC2. It aired in France on TF1's TFOU strand on November 8, 2010, and in Canada on YTV on November 22, 2010. On September 16, 2010, Disney and Nelvana Enterprises said that the series would air in the United States on Playhouse Disney.[2] The series started on June 13, 2010.

Babar and the Adventures of Badou was renewed for a second season. It began airing on Disney Junior on March 25, 2013. The third season aired from 2015 to 2016. The fourth season aired from 2019 to 2020.

References

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  1. Elliott, Stuart (November 13, 2012). "A New Coronation for the King of the Elephants". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Press Release – Nelvana's New Babar Series to Debut in U.S. on Disney Channel". Corus Entertainment. September 16, 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.