The Large Family

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The Large Family
Genre Children's television series
Voices of Jeff Rawle
Paula Wilcox
Tyger Drew-Honey
Rosie Day
Thomas Mole
Composer John Du Prez
Country of origin United Kingdom
France
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersMichael Haggiag (Indie Kids/Coolabi)
Eric Garnet (Go-N Productions)
Lilian Eche (LuxAnimation, Series 1)
Ariane Payen (LuxAnimation, Series 1)
Tapaas Chakravarti (DQ Entertainment)
ProducersDan Maddicott (Indie Kids/Coolabi)
Fiona Stuart (for Truepenny (Indie Kids/Coolabi))
Running time15 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companiesCoolabi Productions [a]
GO-N Productions
LuxAnimation (Season 1)
DQ Entertainment
Original release
Network CBeebies (UK)
TF1 (France)
Playhouse Disney (France)
ReleaseOctober 15, 2007 (2007-10-15) 
March 5, 2010 (2010-03-05) [2]

The Large Family (French: La Famille Trompette) is an animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom. [3] The series was produced by Coolabi Productions, GO-N Productions, LuxAnimation (Series 1) and DQ Entertainment, with the participation of TF1, Playhouse Disney France and CBeebies (Season 2), with distribution handled through GO-N Distribution (European French speaking territories) and BBC Worldwide (All other countries). The series focuses on a family of anthropomorphic elephants, the Larges. It consists of two seasons with 26 episodes of up to 12 minutes each.

Contents

Characters

The Large Family

The Smart Family

Others

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Broadcast

The series first aired in the United Kingdom on CBeebies on 15 October 2007. [4] The series premiered in France on TF1 on 29 October on the same year, [5] with its pay-TV premiere on Playhouse Disney in October 2008. [6]

By October 2008, BBC Worldwide had pre-sold the series in over 22 territories, including Australia, Portugal, Iran and Sweden. [7]

See also

References

  1. "Coolabi acquires Indie Kids".
  2. "CBeebies - the Large Family, Series 2, My Cousin Little Luke".
  3. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 201. ISBN   9781476672939.
  4. "CBeebies - the Large Family, Series 1, Flour Power".
  5. "GO-N présente " la famille Trompette ", diffusée sur TF1 depuis le 29 Octobre". 11 November 2007.
  6. "The Large Family Charges into Second Season".
  7. "The Large Family Charges into Second Season".
  1. Originally created as Indie Kids in earlier prints prior to Coolabi purchasing the studio. [1]