The Adventures of Blinky Bill

*The Adventures of Blinky Bill*
The Adventures of Blinky Bill
Genre	Animation; Adventure; Comedy
Based on	The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall
Written by	Sally Farrell Odgers; Susan Beak; Geoff Beak; John Palmer; Yoram Gross; Carol Witt; David Witt; Hugh Stucky; Ray Nowland; Phil Sanders; Rhett Walton; Gina Roncoli; Maryam Master; Fiona Kelly; Stephen Davis; Fiona Bozic; Chris Phillips; Lisa Hoppe; Melanie Alexander; Andy Ryan;
Directed by	Yoram Gross (Season 1–2); David Evans (Season 3); Guy Gross (TV movie);
Voices of	Robyn Moore; Keith Scott; Sarah Aubrey (Season 3 and TV movie); Troy Planet (Season 3); Nick Jasprizza (Season 3); Drew Forsythe (Season 3); Rachel King (Season 3); Shane Withington (TV movie);
Theme music composer	Guy Gross
Opening theme	"Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill" performed by Keith Scott (Season 1); “Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill” performed by Ric Herbert (Season 2-3);
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78
Production
Producers	Yoram Gross (Season 1–2); Manuela Lumb (Season 3); Rodney Whitham (Season 3); Andre Kussmaul (Season 3); Martina Mosner (Season 3); Guy Gross (TV movie);
Running time	26 minutes (Season 1–2); 24 minutes (Season 3);
Production companies	Yoram Gross Film Studios (Season 1–2); Yoram Gross-EM.TV (Season 3 and TV movie); EM.TV and WDR;
Original release
Network	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1993–1995); Seven Network (2004–2005); ABC Kids (1993–2013);
Release	4 January 1993 –; 5 July 2004

The Adventures of Blinky Bill is an Australian animated television series based on Dorothy Wall's books about Blinky Bill, and is a sequel series to the 1992 film Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala. The series is produced by the Yoram Gross.^[1]

It is set in Greenpatch, a fictional Australian bushland town, the series has stories about the activities and misadventures of Blinky Bill, and his family and friends.^[2]

Episodes

In the Philippines, the special was aired across two parts on GMA Network on 1 and 2 December 2020.^[3]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	26	4 January 1993 (1993-01-04)	8 February 1993 (1993-02-08)
	2	26	2 January 1995 (1995-01-02)	6 February 1995 (1995-02-06)
	3	26	10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)	5 July 2004 (2004-07-05)

Characters

Mayor Pelican: The town's pompous, unhelpful president.
Miss Magpie: The town's school teacher.
Mrs. Koala: Blinky's mother.
Mr. Koala: Nutsy's long-lost father.
Mrs. Platypus: Flap's mother.
Mr. Platypus: Flap's father.
Mrs. Meryl Rabbit: a Greenpatch resident and mother of many children.
Mr. Bobbin Rabbit: Mrs. Rabbit's husband and father of many children.
Granny Grunty Koala: An elderly koala who is hard of hearing.
Ma Dingo: The bad-tempered mother of Danny, Meatball, Daisy, and Shifty.

Video games

Blinky Bill's Ghost Cave (1996)
Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Balloon Adventure (1997)
Blinky Bill and the Magician (1998)
Blinky Bill's Play & Learn (1999)
Blinky Bill's Cartoon Maker (2001)

Home media releases

VHS releases

Blinky Bill's Favourite Café (1994)
Blinky Rescues the Budgie (1994)
Blinky and the Red Car (1995)
Detective Blinky (1995)
Blinky Bill Down On the Farm (1996)
Blinky Bill and the Lost Puppy (1996)
Sing A Song with Blinky Bill (1997)
Blinky Bill and the Polar Bears (1998)
Blinky Remembers Nutsy's Birthday (1998)
Blinky Bill's Holiday (1998)
Blinky Bill and the Blue Mystery (1999)
Blinky Bill Goes Camping (2000)
Blinky Bill and the Magician (2002)
Blinky Bill and the Winter's Tale (2002)
Mayor Blinky Bill (2003)

DVD releases

Blinky Bill to the Rescue (2014)
Blinky Bill's Red Car (2015)
Blinky Saves Granny's Glasses (2015)
Detective Blinky (2016)
Blinky Bill and the Strange Koala (2017)
Blinky Bill's Treasure Hunt (2017)

Reception

The Adventures of Blinky Bill received generally positive reviews.^[source?]

References

↑ "Marsupial Madness: The Success of Yoram Gross". Animation News Network. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 62. ISBN 978-1476665993.
↑ "Naghahangad ang lahat ng 'di malilimutang Pasko sa pangalawang linggo ng 'Christmas Cartoon Festival Presents'". GMA Network. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

[1] "Marsupial Madness: The Success of Yoram Gross". Animation News Network. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[2] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 62. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[3] "Naghahangad ang lahat ng 'di malilimutang Pasko sa pangalawang linggo ng 'Christmas Cartoon Festival Presents'". GMA Network. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]