Jump to content

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small
GenreChildren's television series
Created byDick Bruna
Written byCiaran Murtagh
Andrew Jones
Directed byAdam Shaw
Helen Arntsen
Chris Drew
StarringArisha Choudhury
Isla Gudgeon
Duke Davis
Teresa Gallagher
Narrated byDan Chambers
Theme music composerTom van Beers
Opening themeMiffy Theme
Ending themeMiffy Theme (instrumental)
ComposerDavid Schweitzer
Country of originNetherlands
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons9[2]
No. of episodes104
Production
Executive producersFrank Padberg
Marja Kerkhof
EditorJudith Allen
Running time7 minutes
Production companiesBlue-Zoo Animation Studio[3]
Mercis BV
Original release
NetworkNPO Zappelin (Netherlands)
Tiny Pop (UK)
ReleaseOctober 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)[1] –
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)
Related
Miffy and Friends

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small[a] is an animated television series based on the Miffy book series by Dutch artist Dick Bruna, and a continuation of Miffy and Friends (2003–07). The series first aired on October 2, 2015 on Tiny Pop in the UK[4] and aired on NPO Zappelin in the Netherlands[5] and on the Nick Jr. Channel in the US. The series finale aired on June 15, 2019.

Episodes

[edit]

The series had six seasons,[6] each consisting of 13 seven-minute segments.[citation needed]

Production

[edit]

Production began in September 2014.[7] The series was publicly announced in October of the same year, at the MIPCOM trade show in Cannes, France. At the convention, the series' launch date was announced for fall 2015 to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the Miffy character.[8] 52 segments were ordered in 2014, with an additional 26 segments later in 2016.[2]

Broadcast

[edit]

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small first aired on October 2, 2015. The series aired on Sony's Tiny Pop network in the UK,[9] on ABC Kids in Australia,[10] on e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, on Akili Kids! in Kenya, on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States,[11] on NET25 in the Philippines, on Tooniverse in South Korea, and on TVOKids in Canada. ABC released the series in Australia and PBS Distribution released the first two seasons in the US.[12]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Dutch: Nijntjes avonturen groot en klein; Swedish: Miffys äventyr stora och små

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Miffy's Adventures Big and Small to debut on Tiny Pop in October". Licensing.biz.
  2. ^ a b "Mercis Commissions Third Season of 'Miffy'". Animation World Network. 13 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Mercis Taps Blue-Zoo for Miffy". Animation Magazine. 4 April 2014.
  4. ^ Miffy's Adventures Big and Small, October 2015, retrieved 3 June 2024
  5. ^ "Australian and Dutch Stations Buy Miffy". licensemag.com.
  6. ^ "Miffy's Adventures Big and Small".
  7. ^ Langsworthy, Billy (15 September 2014). "First CGI Miffy series to launch at MIP Junior". Licensing.biz.
  8. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (11 September 2014). "MIP Bytes: 'Miffy,' 'Hullabalooba,' 'Pikkuli'". Animation Magazine.
  9. ^ "Tiny Pop - Miffy's Adventures Big and Small". Tiny Pop.
  10. ^ "Miffy's Adventures Big and Small on ABC KIDS". abc.net.au.
  11. ^ Foster, Elizabeth (19 September 2016). "Nickelodeon to premiere two Miffy series". Kidscreen.
  12. ^ shop.pbs.org https://shop.pbs.org/miffy-s-adventures-big-and-small-play-date-with-miffy-dvd/product/MIFF601. Retrieved 17 November 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
[edit]