Pepinot and Capucine

Pepinot and Capucine
Also known asPépinot et Capucine
Genrechildren's puppetry
Written byReginald Boisvert
ComposerNeil Chotem
Country of originCanada
Original languagesFrench
English
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerJean-Paul Ladouceur
Production locationMontreal
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkRadio-Canada
CBC Television
Release7 September 1952 (1952-09-07) –
19 June 1955 (1955-06-19)

Pepinot and Capucine (French title, Pépinot et Capucine) was a Canadian children's television series which aired on Radio-Canada from 1952 to 1954, and on the English CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.

Premise[edit]

This series was produced at Radio-Canada's Montreal studios. The title characters were the puppets Pepinot and his sister Capucine. Other regular characters included Mr. Black, a pet bear, known as l'Ours in French. Mr. White, an inventor, was known on the French series as Monsieur Blanc.[1]

Scheduling[edit]

The series was broadcast on Radio-Canada since 7 September 1952 until 1954. After this, the series was simply titled Pépinot which was produced in several runs until 1972. Episodes continued to be rebroadcast through mid-1973.[2]

The half-hour English version appeared on CBC Television on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in two seasons, first from 3 January to 27 June 1954 and secondly from 19 September 1954 to 19 June 1955.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Pepinot and Capucine". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Au p'tit écran – 25 CBLFT Toronto". Courrier Sud (in French). 29 July 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2010.

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