7.8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Children's Narrated by Susan Sheridan Final episode date 2000 | 7.7/10 IMDb Created by Ivy Wallace First episode date 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Chris Allen
Julia Allen Directed by Ellen Menske
Susan Roman (voices, USA/Canada) Voices of Susan Sheridan (UK)
Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
Sue Ryding (UK)
Marc Donato (USA/Canada)
Jeff Lumby (USA/Canada)
Linda Ballantyne (USA/Canada)
Robert Bockstael (USA/Canada)
Taborah Johnson (USA/Canada)
Jennifer Gould (USA/Canada)
Chris Merren (USA/Canada)
David Berni (USA/Canada)
Claudia Theriault (USA/Canada)
Bob Cruch (USA/Canada) Networks ITV, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Treehouse TV, TVNZ 6 Cast Jimmy Hibbert, Susan Sheridan, David Jason |
The Animal Shelf was a British children's model animation series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and based on the books written and illustrated by British writer Ivy Wallace. Aimed at a pre-school audience, it first aired on ITV running for four seasons and 52 episodes and ran from 1997 to 2000. It has also aired around world including the ABC in Australia and TVNZ 6 in New Zealand as part of their children's block Kidzone.
Contents
![Animal Shelf The Animal Shelf](https://alchetron.com/cdn/animal-shelf-6c7bcac3-ff88-45c2-b622-9a68323c0f2-resize-750.jpeg)
Main characters
![Animal Shelf The animal shelf](https://alchetron.com/cdn/animal-shelf-6cf439ad-6153-4238-99f4-5cb5f0dcb62-resize-750.jpeg)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK) and Marc Donato (USA/Canada)
![Animal Shelf The Animal Shelf](https://alchetron.com/cdn/animal-shelf-9085aa13-0754-402a-8ae8-2b69d24bc5f-resize-750.jpeg)
Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
![Animal Shelf Animal shelf intro YouTube](https://alchetron.com/cdn/animal-shelf-4a4a12ff-b3e4-4390-92c8-ce602dfeaee-resize-750.jpeg)
Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert (UK)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK) and Jill Frappier (USA/Canada)
Voiced by Susan Sheridan (UK)
Series 1
- Stripey To The Rescue
- Gumpa and the Paintbox
- Getup Crusoe
- Kinker Visits The Animal Shelf
- The Treasure Hunt
- Music In The Woods
- The Animal's Garden
- Woeful and the Waspberries
- Gumpa Solves a Jigsaw Puzzle
- Tidying Timothy's Bedroom
- The Trail
- The Model Monster
- Little Mut Goes Flying
Series 2
- Babysitting For Mrs Mole
- Timothy's Pet Balloon
- The Great Explorers
- The Alarm Clock
- The Wolf In The Wood
- Woeful Flies To The Moon
- Captain Gumpa
- The Hottest Day of the Year
- The Mystery of the Pictures
- Timothy's Guest
- Little Mut Finds an Egg
- Kinker's Camping Holiday
- Timothy's Homework
Series 3
- The First Snowflakes
- Getup The Skater
- Waiting For Santa Claus
- A Very Special Day
- Living In The Jungle
- Little Mut's Long Rest
- Woeful and the Tooth Fairy
- The Art Gallery
- A Lazy Afternoon
- Woeful's Magic Wand
- Buckets and Spades
- Gumpa Reads a Story
- The Jam Factory
Series 4
- Animal Watch
- Timothy's Valentine's Cards
- Gumpa's Halloween Lanterns
- The Easter Egg Hunt
- Gumpa's Ark
- The Garden Sale
- Looking For Big Mut
- A Night In a Tent
- The King of the Castle
- Timothy's Racing Car
- The Shooting Star
- Get Down Getup
- Gumpa's Head
It's Itsy Bitsy Time
The series was also seen on an American children's wrapper programme called It's Itsy Bitsy Time along with several TV series from overseas and aired on FOX Family Channel in America and Treehouse TV in Canada in 1999 with the British voices being redubbed with American and Canadian voices. The voices were directed by Canadian voice actress Susan Roman who is best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the DIC version of the English dubbed anime Sailor Moon. Roman also directed the American and Canadian voices for another British children's animated television series seen on It's Itsy Bitsy Time Tom and Vicky.
Merchandise
The series later had tie in books from Ladybird Books and was also released on VHS in the UK and Australia by Walt Disney Home Video.