Radical Sheep Productions

Radical Sheep Productions
Industry	Television production
Founded	1985; 39 years ago
Founder	Robert Mills
Defunct	2018; 6 years ago
Headquarters	310 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Leitch (President)
Parent	Boat Rocker Media (2016–2018)

Radical Sheep Productions was a Canadian television production company known for producing series including The Next Step, Stella and Sam, and The Big Comfy Couch, the latter a Gemini Award-winning series for preschoolers which produced seven seasons and aired for over ten years on YTV and Treehouse TV in Canada and public television stations in the United States.

Among its early work, Radical Sheep made puppets used in the early 1990s educational video series The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy, which marked early appearances of Ruffus the Dog. Founded in 1985 by Robert Mills, the company also once housed the Sheep Shop, which provided puppet construction and design services until 2002 when it closed its doors and Mills stepped aside from running the company. As president, John Leitch managed the business of Radical Sheep, acting as executive producer for all of Radical Sheep's productions and also overseeing the management and sales of Radical Sheep's properties, both domestic and foreign.

On March 31, 2016, Radical Sheep was acquired by Boat Rocker Media. As of 2018, the company now appears defunct.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

Title	Creator(s)	Year(s)	Co-production(s)	Network
1990s
The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy		1990–1991	Credit Valley Hospital	Direct-to-video
Ali Baa Baa's Toy Box (pilot)		1991		Unaired
The Big Comfy Couch	Cheryl Wagner	1992–2006	Owl Television (1992–1993) Owl Communications (1994–1995)	YTV (1992–1996) Treehouse TV (2002–2006) PBS (1995–2006)
Ruffus the Dog	Robert Mills	1998–1999	Hunky Dorey Entertainment	YTV
Panda Bear Daycare	Cheryl Wagner Karen Valleau Robert Mills	1998		YTV
Amigo & Me	Cheryl Wagner Robert Mills	1999–2000		CBC
2000s
Just for Laughs Gags	Pierre Girard Jacques Chevalier	2000	Just for Laughs	TVA CBC The Comedy Network TVOntario (Canada)
Land O' Hands	Robert Mills	2001		Treehouse
Puppets Who Kill	John Pattison	2002–2006	PWK Productions	The Comedy Network
2010s
Stella and Sam	Marie-Louise Gay	2010–2014	Bejuba! Entertainment	Family Channel
Yup Yups	Matthew Fernandes	2013	Industrial Brothers	Family Jr.
The Next Step	Frank Van Keeken	2013–present	Temple Street Productions Family Channel	Universal Kids (U.S.) Family Channel (Canada)
Fangbone!	Simon Racioppa Richard Elliott	2016–2017	Pipeline Studios	Family Chrgd (Canada) Disney XD (U.S.) Netflix (online)
The Bagel and Becky Show	Dave Cooper	2016–2017	Jam Filled Toronto BBC Worldwide	Teletoon CITV (UK)
Ollie! The Boy Who Became What He Ate	Sheena Macrae	2017–2019	Keyframe Animation Inc. Mickey Rogers Media	CBC Kids Universal Kids
Tee and Mo	Dominic Minns	2018	Zodiak Kids Plug-In Media	CBeebies (UK) TVOKids (Canada)