Kipper (TV series)

Kipper
GenreChildren's television show
Slice of life
Education
Comedy
Created byMick Inkpen
Based onKipper the Dog
by Mick Inkpen
Directed byMike Stuart
Voices ofMartin Clunes
Chris Lang
Julia Sawalha
Music byBob Heatlie
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerGinger Gibbons
Running time10 minutes (approx.)
Production companyHIT Entertainment
Original release
NetworkITV (CITV)
Release5 September 1997 (1997-09-05) –
21 December 2000 (2000-12-21)
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Kipper is a British preschool animated children's television series based on the characters from Mick Inkpen's Kipper the Dog picture book series.[1] Seventy-eight episodes were produced.[2] The videos have won awards including a BAFTA award for best children's animation. The show was produced by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Grand Slamm Children's Films, and ran for five seasons on ITV from September 1997 until December 2000. Out of these, thirteen episodes - twelve of the first series, and the last of the third series, were written by Mick Inkpen himself.

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 482. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  2. ^ 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. 54. ISBN 9781476672939.