| The Adventures of Gracie Lou | |
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| Genre | Preschool Animated series Nursery rhymes |
| Created by | Darren and Helen Simpson |
| Music by | Erwin Keiles |
| Opening theme | Gracie Lou Theme |
| Ending theme | Gracie Lou Theme (9-second instrumental as Gracie Lou Credits) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 51 (possibly 52) |
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| Production locations | Perth, Western Australia, Australia [1] (Video animation) London, England, United Kingdom (Audio) |
| Animator | Darren Simpson |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC For Kids (Australia) |
| Release | 5 March 2007 [2] – 2018 |
The Adventures of Gracie Lou is a British-Australian animated series created by Darren and Helen Simpson, owners of Merry Dance Productions. The show premiered in 2007 on ABC Kids.
In 2011, the show aired on the Hungarian version of the channel JimJam. [3] It premiered on October 1, 2009, on Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior) in the United States. The Adventures of Gracie Lou is set in the colourful, happy, and musical world of three-year-old Gracie Lou and all her friends. They have many fun-filled adventures learning new words, playing exciting games, and learning new songs. In 2008 or 2009, the show was dubbed, premiered, and aired on the Israeli/Hebrew version of the channels Hop! Channel and Luli TV. In 2018, the show was removed from these channels.
The Adventures of Gracie Lou is the brainchild of husband-and-wife team Darren and Helen Simpson, who make up Merry Dance Productions. What started as a simple bedtime story series for their two young daughters, Grace and Matilda, has now become a fully-animated singing and learning series for children aged 0–4 years. It's something of which they are extremely proud and are pleased to introduce it to you.
Whilst this has been an ongoing project for the past 5 years, it wasn't until Darren and Helen joined creative forces with the team at Two Camels Music in London that we saw the final quality children's animation we have today. The musical skills of Erwin Keiles and John Thirkell have turned these traditional children's songs into new modern treasures which children will love and enjoy.
The Adventures of Gracie Lou is appealing to young children because of its simplicity, bright colours, use of creative learning repetition, and simple, non-cluttered movement. Most importantly, it is fun.
The characters are fun and colourful. They are always smiling and dancing their way from one song to the next. New puzzles and games are always around the next corner, and each task is as exciting as the last.
Darren, Helen, and the team at Two Camels Music are committed to producing quality children's stories that help children learn and grow. With each song or story they animate, comes the new challenge of inspiring the growing and learning minds of our children. It's a challenge they meet with great passion and enthusiasm, and one which they hope to transfer into the world of Gracie Lou.
The Adventures of Gracie Lou was once just a dream, but now it is a reality.
Alongside the characters, there are also animals such as Gracie Lou, who has a Teddy Bear, and Emily has a bear-like Panda. The others are White Bunny Rabbit, Light Orange Cat, Yellow Duck, White Mice, etc.
There's the only song where the main characters did not appear, in their place, a tribe of Indians appeared, which the episode name is 10 Little Indians.
Come and play with Gracie,
We'll have a lot of fun!
Charlie's chasing Henry
In the morning sun.
Sing and dance with Granddad,
Matilda's dancing too!
There's lots to see and do,
So can we come play with you?
Gracie and her pals all
Want to play with you!
Gracie and her pals all
Want to play with you!
Happy Birthday Gracie Lou and Where's Doddie? are the pilot episodes of The Adventures of Gracie Lou.
The series introduces the educational game for children called Gracie Lou Funtime.
Main character: A girl named Gracie Lou drives a red car.
Educational topics: The game focuses on learning different topics through signs that appear along the way: