George & Paul

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George & Paul
Created byJoost van den Bosch
Erik Verkerk
Written byMarc Veerkamp
Jimmy Simons
Directed byJoost van den Bosch
Erik Verkerk
Presented byThomas van Luyn
ComposerSander Houtman
Country of originNetherlands
Belgium
Original languagesDutch
Flemish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducersPaul Mathot
Peter Mansveld
Thomas Hietbrink
Ben Tesseur
Steven De Beul
Koen Vermaanen
Production companiesKa-Ching Cartoons
Pedri Animation
Beast Animation
NTR:
VRT-KETNET
Original release
Network NTR
ReleaseDecember 1, 2016 (2016-12-01) 
present

George & Paul is a Dutch-Flemish stop-motion comedy children's animated series. The series is Ka-Ching Cartoons, Pedri Animation, Beast Animation, NTR:, VRT-KETNET, and distributed by Distribution360 and The License Company. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

The series represents as two characters named George and Paul who are built of children's colored wooden blocks. They use their imagination to solve problems and also make things out of other wooden blocks.

The characters don't talk, but interact with each other and with a voice-over.

Broadcast

The series aired on NTR's NPO 3 in the Netherlands, VRT Ketnet in Belgium, ITVBe’s LittleBe in the UK, Daeyko Kids in South Korea, Jetsen Huashi Wangju in China, Hop in Israel, YLE in Finland, RTV in Slovenia and TVNZ Kidzone in New Zealand. [3]

Release

The series streams at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the event “Reel Rascals: Stories Delight”. [4] [5]

Trivia

The series were inspired by the cartoony stop-motion animations created by the Oscar winning Hungarian animator George Pal.

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  2. "Distribution360 » George & Paul". www.distribution360.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  3. "Distribution360 sells shows around the world" . Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  4. "TIFF Kids 2018: Highlights from Reel Rascals: Stories Delight! Programme". In The Seats. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  5. "George & Paul: Higher". TIFF. Retrieved 2019-04-27.