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- ↑ "CBeebies Programmes - Little Charley Bear". BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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- ↑ "Little Charley Bear and His Christmas Adventure". Time Out (London). 5 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ↑ "DreamWorks Animation Buys Chapman Entertainment Library". Variety. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
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