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William & Sparkles' Magical Tales | |
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Genre | Children's television |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 315 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Ambience Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | Nine Network (2010–2012) 9Go! (2013–2017) |
Original release | 5 March 2010 – 17 March 2017 |
William & Sparkles' Magical Tales is an Australian children's television series first screened on the Nine Network on 5 March 2010. The series of half-hour episodes is created by Ambience Entertainment for pre-school aged children.
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