Victor & Maria

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Victor & Maria
Genre Adventure
Fantasy
Preschool
Children's television series
Narrated by Una Stubbs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time5 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production company King Rollo Films
Release
Original network ITV (Children's ITV)
Original release1983 (1983) 
1983 (1983)

Victor & Maria is a British animated children's television series produced by King Rollo Films. It originally broadcast on the British TV channel ITV in 1983, it told the stories of a large polar bear, Victor, and his friend Maria, a little girl. Some episodes would feature Victor's cousin, Otto (a brown bear) and Maria's friend, Matilda.

There were 26 episodes in the show, each lasting 5 minutes long.


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