Miss BG

Miss BG
Also known asBravo Gudule
GenreAnimated series
Children's television series
Fantasy
Comedy
Educational
Family
Animation
Created byFanny Joly
Roser Capdevila
Based onGudule
by Fanny Joly
Directed byPhilippe Vidal
Jessie Thompson (Voice Director)
Voices ofsee below (casting by Forrest & Forrest Casting)
Theme music composerLenz Entertainment
Kevin Gillis
Jack Lenz
Tajja Isen (singing)
Opening theme"Miss BG Theme"
Ending theme"We Got the Move"
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • France
Original languages
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersKevin Gillis
Ira Levy
Peter Williamson
Robert Rea
Marie-Pierre Moulinjeune
ProducersKevin Gillis
Robert Rea
EditorLou Bouniol
Running time27 minutes
Production companiesEllipsanime
Breakthrough Films & Television
Def2shoot
TVOntario
Original release
Network
Release8 October 2005 (2005-10-08)[citation needed] –
18 March 2008 (2008-03-18)[citation needed]
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Miss BG (short for Big Girl[1]), is a 3-D animated series based on the "Gudule" French children's book series published by Hachette-Jeunesse, authored by Fanny Joly and illustrated by Roser Capdevila. The original English version was later dubbed in French[1] under the retitle Bravo Gudule.[2][3]

The title was copyrighted in 2004[4] and production began in 2005.[4]

It is a joint Canadian/French production and is distributed by Breakthrough Animation.[5] Fifty-two 30-minute episodes[6] (each having 2 stories, also aired separately as 104 episodes of 15 minutes) have been produced to date. The developers also described it as having two seasons each having fifty-two thirteen-minute episodes with two twenty-six minute specials and twenty-four two-minute fillers.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Miss BG". Telefilm Canada. "Miss BG" stands for Miss Big Girl, the red-haired heroine of our series, and quite a character she is. Impertinent and more than a little precocious, seven-year-old Miss BG speaks her mind and most of the time doesn't stop to think. She can be awfully sincere and sometimes sincerely awful
  2. ^ "Bravo Gudule - : Sorcières et princesses".
  3. ^ "Bravo Gudule". DreamWall.Be. (also at http://www.dreamwall.be/fr/projets/bravo-gudule)
  4. ^ a b "Miss BG Technical Informations". Ellipsanime.Com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Copyright : 2004 Ellipsanime / Miss BG Production Inc / Def2Shoot .. Production Year : 2005 - 2006
  5. ^ "Breakthrough press release". Retrieved 13 January 2008.
  6. ^ Ball, Ryan (14 September 2006). "Breakthrough Takes Betty, Miss BG, Flamingo Multi-Platform". AnimationMagazine.Net. Miss BG is adapted from the acclaimed Gudule & les B'b's book series published in France by Hachette-Jeunesse and authored by Fanny Joly and illustrated by Roser Capdevilla. The 52×30 series is a co-production between Ellipsanime, Breakthrough Animation, TVO, TFO (Canada) and France 5. Aimed at kids 5-8, the 3-D animated show revolves around a precocious eight year-old girl who sees it as her mission to teach her young brother George the ways of the world.
  7. ^ "Miss BG Season 1". Archived from the original on 28 May 2011.