The Hydronauts

The Hydronauts
Created by	Eckart Fingberg Michael Mädel
Directed by	Udo Beissel Jérôme Julienne
Starring	Emma Tate Keith Wickham Dan Russell Emily Dormer Gary Martin
Theme music composer	Jana Stelley
Composers	Nils Kacirek Lars Löhn Christian Mevs Francois Tourneur
Country of origin	Germany France Finland
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Marie-Caroline Villand
Producers	Roch Lener Sunita Struck Jonathan Peel
Camera setup	Yulia Zolotova Victor Gorbounov
Running time	13 minutes
Production companies	Millimages Toons 'N' Tales (Germany)
Original release
Network	France 5 KiKA (Germany) Nelonen (Finland)
Release	13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) – 23 August 2004 (2004-08-23)

The Hydronauts (German : Die Hydronauten) is a German-French-Finnish television series. It is a production of Milimages (France), Toons 'N' Tales (Germany), and Epidem Zot (Finland) for France 5, Kika, and NDR. The show's main curriculum is about animal facts, science, and discoveries of the sea.

Characters

• Neptuna, an alien astronaut and the leader of the group. Voiced by Emily Dormer.
• Balty, a sea lion and a second-in-command member of the group. Voiced by Gary Martin.
• Ponto, a seagull considered to be the silliest of the group. Voiced by Keith Wickham.
• Obo, a computer that gives the Hydronauts ocean facts. Voiced by Dan Russell.
• Gloob, Neptuna's octopus who only makes gibbering noises. Voiced by Emma Tate.

See also

• List of German television series

External links

• The Hydronauts at IMDb