SuperTed

SuperTed
Created by	Mike Young
Written by	Mike Young Robin Lyons
Directed by	David Edwards
Starring	Geraint Jarman Martin Griffiths Valmai Jones Gari Williams Huw Ceredig Emyr Young Derek Griffiths Melvyn Hayes Roy Kinnear Jon Pertwee Victor Spinetti Sheila Steafel Myfanwy Talog Wendy Padbury
Narrated by	Dyfan Roberts Peter Hawkins
Country of origin	United Kingdom (Wales)
Original languages	Welsh English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	36
Production
Executive producers	Mike Young Roger Fickling
Running time	10 minutes
Production companies	Siriol Animation S4C Williams and Glyn Leasing Group Ltd.
Original release
Network	S4C BBC One
Release	1 November 1982 (1982-11-01) (Wales)[1] 4 October 1983 – 20 February 1986 (1986-02-20)
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SuperTed is a Welsh superhero animated television series about an anthropomorphic teddy bear with superpowers, created by writer and animator Mike Young. Originally created by him as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, SuperTed became a popular series of books and led to an animated series produced from 1982 to 1986.^[2] An American-produced series, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, was produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1989. The series was the first British animation acquired by the American based Disney Channel.^[3]