7.6 /10 1 Votes
Voices of See below | 7.5/10 IMDb First episode date 24 December 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Also known as ''La Famille Passiflore (France)Die Häschenbande (Germany)La Famiglia Passiflora (Italy)A Família Cenoura (Portugal)Tappancs család (Hungary)Pupu Pitkäkorva (Finland)De Knuffel Konijntjes (Netherlands)Rodzina Rabatków (Poland)까르르 토끼 친구들 (South Korea)Os Coelhinhos Bellflower (Brazil)(Spanish) Los Conejitos Bellflower Genre Children's animated seriescomedy Directed by Season 1:Moran CaouissinSeasons 2 & 3:Eric Berthier Composer(s) Season 1:Daniel ScottValérie BaranskiSeasons 2 & 3:Alice Willis Country of origin FranceCanadaLuxembourg (1st season) Networks CBBC, KiKa, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, TVP1, Rai 2, Educational Broadcasting System, TF1, CBC Television, TFO Similar The Country Mouse an, Tabaluga, Mami Fatale, Pic Me, Captain Biceps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Bellflower Bunnies (French: La Famille Passiflore) is an animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001. It is a co-production between France's TF1 and several Canadian companies.
Contents
The show centers on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.
Production
Early on in its run, the series was produced as a package of four specials by TF1 and its subsidiary, Protécréa, along with TVA International of Montreal and Melusine of Luxembourg; Moran Caouissin, an animator from Disney's DuckTales movie, served as the director. Production of the series began in the fall of 2000, at a cost of over US$2 million, or US$600,000 per episode.
Starting in 2004, later episodes were produced by Euro Visual, Tooncan, Megafun, Big Cash, Dragon Cartoon and Disney Television France. This time, Eric Berthier directed, and Alice Willis composed.
Broadcast
The Bellflower Bunnies has aired on these following stations worldwide:
In April 2008, it was the 19th most-watched children's program in Finland, with audiences averaging 62,000 viewers (as Pupu Pitkäkorva).
Europe
At least six DVD volumes of The Bellflower Bunnies have been released by TF1, Beez Entertainment and Seven Sept in the franchise's native France, separately and in a box set. In Germany, edelkids released the first sixteen episodes in February and August 2008.
North America
Feature Films for Families released the first two volumes of the English version on VHS (in 2001) and DVD (in 2003), as part of a marketing deal with TVA. In 2005, another four DVDs were released under the Direct Source brand. Each disc in this version consists of two episodes.
Episodes
Fifty-two episodes of The Bellflower Bunnies have been produced over the course of three seasons. and all of these have aired in the show's native France; although episodes 39-52 were first aired on German channel KI.KA in May 2008.