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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

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It follows the adventures of an imaginative blue hippopotamus named Mumble Bumble, the title character, and his best friends, Chic'o, an inquisitive chicken, and Greens, a busy frog. 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

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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 never aired in the U.S.

References

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  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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