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| Based on | Franklin the Turtle by Paulette Bourgeois Brenda Clark |
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| Theme music composer | Bruce Cockburn |
| Opening theme | "Hey, It's Franklin!" performed by Bruce Cockburn |
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| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (156 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
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| Release | November 3, 1997 – August 8, 2004 |
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Franklin is an animated preschool educational children's television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois, and co-produced by Nelvana Limited.[1][2] It was followed up by a CGI adaptation, Franklin and Friends.
The animated series has also produced several television films: Franklin and the Green Knight (2000), Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) and Back to School with Franklin (2003), alongside a theatrical movie: Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006), all of which were co-produced by Nelvana Limited.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-1-5381-0373-9.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 348–349. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.