Angelina Ballerina (TV series)

Angelina Ballerina
Genre
Based onAngelina Ballerina
by Katharine Holabird
Helen Craig
Developed byBarbara Slade
Directed by
  • Roger McIntosh
  • Kitty Taylor
Voices of
ComposerColin Towns
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (39 segments)
+3 specials
Production
Executive producers
  • Kate Fawkes (series 1)
  • Madeleine Warburg (series 2)
ProducerGinger Gibbons
Running time15 minutes
55 minutes (specials)
4-5 minutes (Little Stars)
Production companyHIT Entertainment
Original release
NetworkITV (CITV)
Release4 May 2001 (2001-05-04) –
5 September 2006 (2006-09-05)
Related
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
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Angelina Ballerina is a British animated preschool children's television series based on the Angelina Ballerina series of children's books by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig. The series is produced by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Grand Slamm Children's Films, and aired on CITV for two seasons from 2001-2003, with three direct-to-video specials following afterward.[1] The series centres on a young mouse named Angelina Mouseling who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates. Finty Williams performed the voice of Angelina and her mother Judi Dench performed the voice of Miss Lilly.[2]

A CGI revival series: Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, which continued where the series left off; aired for two seasons from 2009-2010.

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 12. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 83. ISBN 978-1476665993.