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The Big Garage | |
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Genre | Education, Children's |
Voices of | Thor Bishopric Terrence Scammell Patricia Rodriguez Rick Jones Liz MacRae |
Narrated by | Thor Bishopric (as Pump) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 28 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Family Channel (Canada) CITV (UK) |
Original release | September 29, 1997 – July 17, 2001 |
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