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Bali (TV series)

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Bali is a children's animated television series, based on a series of French children's books by Magdalena Richard and Laurent Richard that were published by Editions Flammarion. It was produced by Paris-based PlanetNemo Animation and Subsequence Entertainment, in association with SRC Radio-Canada, TVOntario, Knowledge Network, France 5, Disney Channel France and RTBF, and with the participation of the Shaw Rocket Fund, the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Canadian Television Fund (or the Fonds canadien de television in French). PlanetNemo Animation has licensed the television program to more than 20 countries worldwide and has sold U.S. media and merchandising rights.[1]

Bali
Created byMagdalena and Laurent Richard
Starring
  • Nick Chambers
  • Felicity Duncan
  • Jo Lee
  • Juliet Prague
  • Samantha Shaw
Narrated by
Country of origin
  • France
  • Canada
Original languages
  • French
  • English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Marie-Josee Corbiel
  • Christine Cote
  • Frederic Peuch
Running time11 minutes (segment)
/ 23 minutes (episode)
Production companies
  • PlanetNemo Animation
  • Subsequence Entertainment
Original release
NetworkTélévision de Radio-Canada (Canada)
TVOntario (Canada)
Knowledge Network (Canada)
France 5 (France)
Playhouse Disney (France)
ReleaseSeptember 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) –
February 23, 2008 (2008-02-23)

The show first premiered in Canada on SRC Radio-Canada in 2006. It was also shown on PBS Kids in the USA in 2010 until 2013.[2] Currently, it is airing on independent TV stations KUEN-TV, WNYE-TV, Semillitas, a Spanish-speaking U.S. television network, and PBS affiliate Arkansas PBS. Episodes are available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, through the PBS Kids subscription service.

Premise

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The show follows the adventures of Bali, a modern preschool puppy; his parents; his younger sister Lea; and Kikou, his stuffed animal in a city apartment in New York City.

Characters

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  • Bali
  • Elliot
  • Mary
  • Lea
  • Madame Olga
  • Maman
  • Nanou
  • Tito
  • Tamara
  • Sacha
  • Charlie
  • Suan
  • Saba
  • Mateo

Episodes

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Each episode consists of two segments:

Season 1 (2006)

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  1. Brrr! It's Cold!/Lollipops Everywhere!
  2. I Need A Haircut/Nanou To The Rescue
  3. I'm Not Scared/Need To Keep Going
  4. I'm the Cook/Go Team, Go!
  5. I Want To Be Tall!/We Need to Stay Awake
  6. Vroom, Vroom!/My Little Fish
  7. Searching for Treasure/My Papili's Garden
  8. A Present for Nana/I'm So Hot!

Season 2 (2007)

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  1. I Don't Want to Give it Back/Robobear to the Rescue!
  2. I'm Sleeping at Tamara's/I Don't Want New Shoes
  3. A Surprise Adventure/Roll Camera, Action!
  4. It's Wrong to Cheat/Too Many Stories
  5. I'm Not Sharing!/You're Mean
  6. My New Friend Mateo/Come on, Dad, Let's Go, Let's Go!
  7. Splish, Splash, I'm Swimming!/Don't Cry, Tamara!
  8. I'm So Upset/Oh No! I'm Lost

Season 3 (2008)

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  1. Look at That, and That, and That!/When I Grow Up
  2. Welcome, Saba!/It Was an Accident!
  3. What a Mess!/But We're Not Tired
  4. Boo!/Quiet, Dad and Lea are Sick!
  5. I Don't Like Parents Arguing/Ow, It Hurts!
  6. Nana and Papi are Lost!/I Want to Race
  7. Old Toys Are Fun!/Yum Yum, It's Dinner Time!
  8. It's A Fun Party!/I'm Not Having Fun
  9. I'm Making New Friends/Wow! It's Not So Easy!
  10. Nooo, I Want To See The Movie!/Yahoo! It's Christmas!

Awards

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Bali received the top prize in the animation category at the 2005 MIPCOM Jr.[3] It had won awards at the Prix Gémeaux Awards and Argentina's Cordoba Intl. Animation Festival - ANIMA.

In other media

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Books

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The book series the television series is based on was written by Magdalena Richard and Laurent Richard, and was published by Editions Flammarion:

  • Bali fait du vélo
  • Bali et Kikou, au bain!
  • Bali va à l'école
  • Bali dit non
  • Bali et ses petits trésors
  • Mon livre jeu Bali-Bali en vacances
  • Bali attend Noël
  • Bali a la varicelle
  • Bali va chez Nanou
  • Bali va à la mer
  • Soun dort chez Bali
  • Bali a un nouveau lit N. éd.
  • Bali pique-nique à la maison N. éd.
  • Bali prend son bain
  • Bali a un nouveau lit
  • Bali a une baby-sitter
  • Bali joue à cache-cache
  • Les plus belles histoires de Bali
  • Bali a la varicelle

Stage show

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Bali has had a stage show run in Paris called "Pakita Chante Bali".[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Ball, Ryan (July 10, 2007). "PlanetNemo's Bali Gets U.S. Reps". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 348. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. ^ "Bali - Planet Nemo Animation". Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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