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Directed by Kitty Taylor Original language(s) English First episode date 3 October 2005 | 7/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 3 Final episode date 27 June 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voices of Jethro Lundie-BrownMasie Cowell Cast Daniel Mayers, Morgan Gayle, Clementine Cowell, Ryan Harris III Similar Sarah & Duck, Stella and Sam, Imagination Movers, The Berenstain Bears, Little Einsteins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie and Lola is a British animated television series based on the popular children's picture book series of the same name by Lauren Child. It aired from 2005–2009. The animation uses a collage style that emulates the style of the original books. Three series were commissioned by, and initially broadcast, on the BBC between 2005 and 2009.
Contents
- Animation style
- Awards
- International broadcast
- Cast and characters
- Episodes
- Season 1 20052006
- Season 2 20062007
- DVD releases
- Voices
- References
The series is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, and have been subsequently broadcast in more than twenty countries, including Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney in the United States, and TVOKids in Canada. The series has won multiple BAFTA awards.
The show aired in reruns on Disney Junior from 2012-2014.
Animation style
The television series uses a collage style of animation which captures the style of the original books. 2D cel animation, paper cutout, fabric design, real textures, photomontage, and archive footage are all employed and subsequently animated in a software application called CelAction2D.
The cartoons are also notable for their use of children rather than adult voice actors, a technique pioneered by the Peanuts television specials. Both the books and the cartoon also follow a technique of never showing adults.
Awards
International broadcast
The series has been aired in the following countries:
The series has been dubbed into Gaelic, and is regularly shown on BBC Two Scotland and in BBC Alba during the morning. It goes by Charlie is Lola. The series is dubbed into Albanian as well, called Çarli dhe Lola, and airs on Bang Bang.
Cast and characters
Episodes
The first television series of 26 episodes (11 minutes each) was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC and first broadcast on 7 November 2005. The second series of 26 episodes (again, 11 minutes each) started broadcasting on CBeebies on 2 October 2006 (with the morning broadcast also being shown on BBC Two) a third series followed.
In the television series, Charlie is seven and Lola is four, and goes to school (her teacher is called Mrs. Hanson). In episodes of both the first and second series, Charlie celebrates his birthday (in "It's a Secret..." and "This Is Actually My Party"), although this doesn't seem to affect his age in other episodes.
Season 1: 2005–2006
Note: The first series is listed here in production order, the order in which it was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom and Australia. The order of episodes, on BBC One, CBeebies and ABC Australia, has been shuffled on repeat runs. The American broadcasts were also in a different order. On Canada, Charlie And Lola translated Chalvin And Lela.
Season 2: 2006–2007
(Note: The second series is listed here in its production order, the order in which it was originally broadcast on CBeebies and BBC Two in the United Kingdom. The episodes were broadcast in a slightly different order in America.)
DVD releases
Voices
In the United States and Canada, volumes 9 and 11 are reversed, however, volume 9 is titled "What Can I Wear for Halloween?" instead of "Everything is different and not the same".