Mumble Bumble

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Mumble Bumble
GenreAnimation
Children
Created byChristian Skjøtt
Written by
  • Karsten Kiilerich
  • Christian Skjøtt
Directed by
  • Karsten Kiilerich
  • Martin Skov
Voices of
Narrated byHarry Standjofski
Country of originCanada
Denmark
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes65[1]
Production
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release1998 (1998) –
2000 (2000)[2]

Mumble Bumble is a children's animated television series[3] created by Christian Skjøtt and produced by Egmont Imagination and the CINAR Corporation (now WildBrain).

Overview and production[edit]

It follows the adventures of an imaginative blue hippopotamus named Mumble Bumble, the title character, and his best friends, Chic'o, the inquisitive chicken, and Greens, the busy frog who never looks before he leaps. Recurring characters include Roc and Oink. The idea, which is designed to be both educational and entertaining for a preschool audience, was devised by a mastermind named Christian Skjøtt, creator of the show.[4]

Television airing[edit]

In Canada, it was broadcast on CBC Television and on Knowledge Kids. In foreign countries, it was also broadcast on Rai 3 in Italy, CITV and Tiny Living in the United Kingdom, Network 2 in Ireland, La Cinquième in France, Kindernet in the Netherlands, ZAZ in Mexico, SABC2 and on e.tv in South Africa, ABS-CBN in the Philippines, ATV in Hong Kong and TV Cultura in Brazil. It did not air in the U.S.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Library Catalogue" (PDF). DHX Media. 2018. p. 21.
  2. ^ "CINAR Corporation: Annual Report 2002 - Prepared by TNT Filings".
  3. ^ "Mumble Bumble". MSN TV. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ Fry, Andy (1 April 1998). "Special Report: MIP-TV - Mumble Bumble". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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