King Rollo Films

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King Rollo Films
Company type Private company limited by shares
Industry stop-motion animation
CGI animation
Founded1978
Founder David McKee
Headquarters
Honiton, England
,
UK
Key people
 David McKee
Website kingrollofilms.co.uk

King Rollo Films Ltd, known as King Rollo Films, is a preschool animation production company established in 1978 by children's book author and illustrator David McKee that produces cartoons for children's television. Their studios are based in Honiton, England. [1]

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History

King Rollo Films is an independent animation studio led by Leo Nielsen.

The studio won a BAFTA for Maisy, a BAFTA nomination for Humf and a Daytime EMMY Nomination for Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies.

In 2004, the company split, with the Devon-based production arm and a rights-holding arm separating. [2]

Productions

Television series

TitleYear(s)NetworkNotes
King Rollo 1980 BBC1
Victor & Maria1981 BBC1
Towser 1984 ITV
The Adventures of Spot 1987, 1993 BBC1
Ric 1989 ITV
Channel 4
Sat.1 		Co-produced with Ravensburger Film + TV GmbH
Hullaballoo1994 Channel 4 Animation for the Pip the Mouse and Buddy the Elephant segments. Produced by Dorling Kindersley Vision and Crystalrowe Ltd
Maisy 1999–2000 ITV (CITV)Co-produced with Universal Pictures Visual Programming
Currently owned by NBCUniversal
Fimbles 2002-2004 CBeebies Animation for Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment
Paz 2003–2006 ITV (CITV)
Discovery Kids 		Co-produced with Telescreen, Egmont Imagination (Season 1), Telescreen (Season 2) and Discovery Kids
Currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
Wide-Eye 2003 CBeebies Co-produced with Abbey Home Media
The Roly Mo Show 2004-2006 CBeebies Animation for Fimbles segments and Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies 2007–2008 CBeebies
PBS Kids 		Co-produced with National Geographic Kids Entertainment and the BBC
Currently owned by The Walt Disney Company
Humf 2008–2010 Nick Jr. Co-produced with Rubber Duck Entertainment
Poppy Cat 2011 Nick Jr. Co-produced with Coolabi Productions and Klasky Csupo (U.S. production)

References

  1. ↑ "King Rollo Films". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "King Rollo divides into two businesses". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 24 December 2012.


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