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 16, 2019.
| Miffy's Adventures Big and Small | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Dick Bruna |
| Written by | Ciaran Murtagh Andrew Jones |
| Directed by | Adam Shaw Helen Arntsen Chris Drew |
| Starring | Arisha Choudhury Isla Gudgeon Duke Davis Teresa Gallagher |
| Narrated by | Dan Chambers |
| Theme music composer | Tom van Beers |
| Opening theme | Miffy Theme |
| Ending theme | Miffy Theme (instrumental) |
| Composer | David Schweitzer |
| Country of origin | Netherlands United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9[2] |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Frank Padberg Marja Kerkhof |
| Editor | Judith Allen |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production companies | Blue-Zoo Animation Studio[3] Mercis BV |
| Original release | |
| Network | NPO Zappelin (Netherlands) Tiny Pop (UK) |
| Release | October 2, 2015[1] – June 16, 2019 |
| Related | |
| Miffy and Friends | |
Episodes
editThe series had six seasons,[6] each consisting of 13 seven-minute segments.[citation needed]
Production
editProduction 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
editMiffy'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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Miffy's Adventures Big and Small to debut on Tiny Pop in October". Licensing.biz.
- ^ a b "Mercis Commissions Third Season of 'Miffy'". Animation World Network. 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Mercis Taps Blue-Zoo for Miffy". Animation Magazine. 4 April 2014.
- ^ Miffy's Adventures Big and Small, October 2015, retrieved 3 June 2024
- ^ "Australian and Dutch Stations Buy Miffy". licensemag.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Miffy's Adventures Big and Small".
- ^ Langsworthy, Billy (15 September 2014). "First CGI Miffy series to launch at MIP Junior". Licensing.biz.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (11 September 2014). "MIP Bytes: 'Miffy,' 'Hullabalooba,' 'Pikkuli'". Animation Magazine.
- ^ "Tiny Pop - Miffy's Adventures Big and Small". Tiny Pop.
- ^ "Miffy's Adventures Big and Small on ABC KIDS". abc.net.au.
- ^ Foster, Elizabeth (19 September 2016). "Nickelodeon to premiere two Miffy series". Kidscreen.
- ^ "Shop PBS". shop.pbs.org. Retrieved 17 November 2017.