The Large Family

The Large Family
GenreChildren's television series
Voices ofJeff Rawle
Paula Wilcox
Tyger Drew-Honey
Rosie Day
Thomas Mole
Narrated byMaureen Lipman (only in the audiobooks)
ComposerJohn Du Prez
Country of originUnited Kingdom
France
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersMichael Haggiag (Indie Kids/Coolabi)
Eric Garnet (Go-N Productions)
Lilian Eche (LuxAnimation, Series 1)
Ariane Payen (LuxAnimation, Series 1)
Tapaas Chakravarti (DQ Entertainment)
ProducersDan Maddicott (Indie Kids/Coolabi)
Fiona Stuart (for Truepenny (Indie Kids/Coolabi))
Running time15 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companiesIndie Kids (earlier Season 1 episodes)[1]
Coolabi Productions (later Season 1 episodes and Season 2)
GO-N Productions
LuxAnimation (Season 1)
DQ Entertainment
Original release
NetworkCBeebies (UK)
TF1 (France)
Playhouse Disney (France)
ReleaseOctober 15, 2007 (2007-10-15) –
March 10, 2010 (2010-03-10)[2]
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The Large Family (French: La Famille Trompette) is an animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom.[3] The series was produced by Indie Kids (later acquired by Coolabi), GO-N Productions, LuxAnimation (Series 1) and DQ Entertainment, with the participation of TF1, Playhouse Disney France and CBeebies (Season 2), while GO-N Distribution (European French speaking territories) and BBC Worldwide (All other countries) distribute it. The series focuses on a family of anthropomorphic elephants, the Larges. It consists of two seasons with 26 episodes of up to 12 minutes each.

  1. ^ "Coolabi acquires Indie Kids".
  2. ^ "CBeebies - the Large Family - Episode guide".
  3. ^ 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. 201. ISBN 9781476672939.