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Nellie the Elephant | |
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Genre | Children's TV series |
Created by | Terry Ward |
Written by | Bernie Kay Richard Everett |
Directed by | Terry Ward |
Voices of | Lulu [1] Tony Robinson |
Narrated by | Tony Robinson |
Theme music composer | Ralph Butler Peter Hart |
Opening theme | "Nellie the Elephant" performed by Lulu |
Ending theme | Nellie the Elephant" performed by Lulu |
Composer | John Hyde (incidental music) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Producer | Terry Ward |
Production location | UK |
Editor | Morgan Daniels Ltd |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Production companies | FilmFair 101 Film Productions Limited Flicks Films |
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Network | ITV |
Release | 8 January – 19 December 1990 |
Nellie the Elephant is a British children's animated television series created by Terry Ward on behalf of FilmFair, Flicks Films and 101 Film Productions Limited in the United Kingdom that ran from 8 January to 19 December 1990. The series featured Lulu as the voice of Nellie, with Tony Robinson providing other voices and also narrating the show. [2] A comic-book annual was released in 1990 in an attempt to further advertise the series, but the annual failed to attract a wide audience.
Based on the famous children's song, "Nellie the Elephant", the series revolves around a pink elephant named Nellie who is returning to her home in Mandalay after escaping from the circus. Throughout the series, she meets new characters and sometimes returns to the same places in her quest to return home, though curiously, all of her travels are within the United Kingdom.
Another recurring character is a Dick Dastardly-like Ringmaster keen to recapture Nellie at all costs and return her to the circus, but is continuously foiled by Nellie and her friends.
Nellie the Elephant first aired on ITV on 8 January 1990 starting off with the first 14 episodes of the first series and then with a second series on 5 September of the same year beginning with the next thirteen episodes and the last three from 8 January to 19 December 1990 both as part of Children's ITV.
Though incredibly rare, the entire series, after airing on ITV, was released onto VHS in 1990, 1991, and 1992 by Tempo Video. Among these include:
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NOTE: it got re-released in 1999 by Channel 5 video (distributed by Polygram Filmed Entertainment (UK) Ltd) as 9 Fantastic Adventures (0518363) and re-released again in 2002 by Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd as Nellie and the Whale and other stories (9068453)
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Nellie the Elephant – Nellie and the Whale (101006) | 14 June 1999 | Nellie and the Ghost, Nellie Visits a Farm, Nellie Goes to Sea, Nellie on a Snowy Day, Nellie at the Seaside, Nellie's Raincoat and Nellie and the Whale |
Nellie the Elephant – Nellie Goes Apple Picking (102004) | 8 May 2000 | Nellie on an Ocean Cruise, Nellie Goes Apple Picking, Nellie at the Olympics, Nellie Goes to Peanut Junction and Nellie the Ski Champion |
Nellie the Elephant – Nellie Goes Time Travelling (102005) | 14 March 2001 | Nellie Takes the Train, Nellie and the Mystery Tour, Nellie at the Big Store and Nellie Goes Time Travelling |
In 2006 and 2007 two DVDs of Nellie the Elephant were released by Abbey Home Media (in its 'Tempo TV Classics' range) with ten episodes each on the DVDs.
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