The Bellflower Bunnies

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The Bellflower Bunnies

The title card for the series' later episodes; seen here is a scene from "Vive la glisse."
Also known as Flag of France La Famille Passiflore

Flag of Germany Die Häschenbande
Flag of Italy La Famiglia Passiflora[1]
Flag of Portugal A Família Cenoura[2]
Flag of Hungary Tappancs család
Flag of Finland Pupu Pitkäkorva[3]
Flag of the Netherlands De Knuffel Konijntjes[4]
Flag of South Korea 까르르 토끼 친구들[5]
Flag of Brazil Os Coelhinhos Bellflower[6]
(Spanish) Los Conejitos Bellflower[7]
Genre Children's animated series
Created by Geneviève Huriet (original book series, Beechwood Bunny Tales)
Directed by Season 1:
Moran Caouissin
Seasons 2 & 3:
Eric Berthier
Voices of See below
Theme music composer Alice Willis (season 2 onward)
Composer(s) Daniel Scott
Valérie Baranski
Alice Willis
Country of origin Flag of France France
Flag of Canada Canada
Language(s) French
No. of seasons 3[8]
No. of episodes 52 (38 aired in France as of June 2008)[9] (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Patricia Robert
Co-executive
producer(s)		 Paul Cadieux (season 2 onward)
Producer(s) Patricia Robert
Associate
producer(s)		 Ann Picard
Co-producer(s) Louis Fournier
Dominique Mendel
Editor(s) Graham Chisholm
Robert Newton
Running time 26 min.
Broadcast
Original channel Flag of France TF1
Flag of Germany KI.KA
Flag of Italy Rai Due[1]
Flag of Portugal RTP[2]
Flag of Finland YLE TV2[3]
Flag of South Korea EBS[5]
Flag of Quebec CBC Television
Picture format 4:3
Audio format Stereo
First shown in France
Original run December 24, 2001 – May 28, 2008
External links
IMDb profile

The Bellflower Bunnies (French: La Famille Passiflore) is a French/Canadian 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.[10]

The show centres 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.

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[edit] Production

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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;[11] Moran Caouissin, an animator from Disney's DuckTales movie,[12] served as the director. Production of the series began in the fall of 2000, at a cost of over US$2 million,[11] or US$600,000 per episode.[13]

Starting in 2004, later episodes were produced by Euro Visual,[14] Tooncan, Megafun,[15] Big Cash, Dragon Cartoon[16] and Disney Television France. This time, Eric Berthier directed, and Alice Willis composed.

[edit] Broadcast

As of 2008, The Bellflower Bunnies is airing on Playhouse Disney in France, CBC Television in Quebec,[17] KI.KA in Germany, Rai Due in Italy,[1] RTP Açores in Portugal's Azores,[2] and YLE TV2 in Finland.[3]

The Latin American version of Boomerang premiered the show on its Mini TV block on October 2, 2006.[7] On March 4, 2007, it ended its first run in order to make way for the Australian/Canadian TV series, Faireez. Bellflower returned to Boomerang between June 4 and December 31, 2007.

[edit] Home video and DVD

[edit] 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.[18] In Germany, edelkids released the first two volumes of the local dub on February 22, 2008.[19]

[edit] North America

Feature Films for Families, a division of the Dove Foundation, 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.[11] In 2005 and 2006, another four DVDs were released under the Direct Source brand. Each disc in this version consists of two episodes.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of The Bellflower Bunnies episodes

The Bellflower Bunnies consists of fifty-two episodes produced over three seasons.[8] 38 of these have aired in the show's native France, and the last fourteen aired on KI.KA in May 2008. [20]

[edit] Voice cast

[edit] Episodes 1-4 only

  • Tom Clarke-Hill
  • Regine Candler
  • Tom Eastwood
  • Rhonda Millar - Periwinkle / Violette (Pirouette)
  • Joanna Ruiz Rodriguez

[edit] Rest of series

  • Danielle Desormeaux[21]
  • Holly Gauthier-Frankel (as Holly Gauthier-Frankle)
  • Matt Holland
  • Liz Mac Rae
  • Laura Teasdale
  • Simon Peacock

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c (Italian) La Famiglia Passiflora at AntoniaGenna.net's Il Mondo Dei Doppiatori. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c (Portuguese) A Família Cenoura at rtp.pt. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c (Finnish) Pikku Kino at YLE TV2 site. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  4. ^ Arnan Samson biography (Dutch). Arnan.nl. Retrieved on 2008-04-07. “...en heeft hij de stem ingesproken van Roderick de Vos in de tekenfilm The Bellflower Bunnies (De Knuffel Konijntjes).”
  5. ^ a b (Korean) C4U Media: 까르르 토끼 친구들. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  6. ^ (Portuguese) Boomerang lança séries para adolescentes e crianças pequenas (2006, October 2). UOL Crianças. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
  7. ^ a b (Spanish) ¡Octubre de estrenos y diversión en Boomerang! (2006, October 4). Cantv.net. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
  8. ^ a b Les interventions du CNC dans l'animation (PDF) (French) p. 14. Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (2005). Retrieved on 2008-04-05. “La Famille Passiflore n° 3”
  9. ^ La Famille Passiflore episode list (French). AnimezVous.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  10. ^ "Films d'animation" (Subscription required), Le Monde, 2001-12-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-13. (French) 
  11. ^ a b c Bunnies bent on broadcast (Up Next: What's developing in kids production) (Registration required). KidScreen Magazine. Brunico Communications (2001-05-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
  12. ^ Beck, Jerry [October 2005]. "DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp", The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Reader Press, p. 68. ISBN 1-55652-591-5. 
  13. ^ Staff (2001-04-01). Canada at the market - animation. Playback. Brunico Communications. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  14. ^ Corporative profile for Euro Visuel (Franck Algard) (PDF) (English/French). Canada-France Mini-Immersion 57. Telefilm Canada/SPFA (2005-06-05). Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  15. ^ Productions Mégafun Inc. company profile (French). Telefilm Canada. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  16. ^ La Famille Passiflore (French). AnimeKa Network / Association AnimeKa. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  17. ^ (French) La Famille Passiflore - Zone Jeunesse. CBC/Radio Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  18. ^ (French) La Famille Passiflore, Vol. 1-5. Chapitre DVD. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  19. ^ (German) edelkids: Unterhaltungsspaß mit Pettersson und Findus und der Häschenbande (2008, January 17). Brandora. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  20. ^ Episode list for Die Häschenbande (German). KI.KA (kika.de). Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  21. ^ Platypus Theatre - Emily Saves the Orchestra. Retrieved March 22, 2008.

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