William & Sparkles' Magical Tales

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William & Sparkles' Magical Tales
GenreChildren's television
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes315
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyAmbience Entertainment
Release
Original network Nine Network (2010–2012)
9Go! (2013–2017)
Original release5 March 2010 (2010-03-05) 
17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)

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.

Contents

William & Sparkles' Magical Tales follows the adventures of Sparkles the Fairy and William the Wizard, in the Enchanted Forest. Their friends include Nooshy & Pozo, Awesome Guy, Queen of the Fairies and many other guests. [1]

Cast

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References

  1. "William & Sparkles' Magical Tales". Magicaltales.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. "Full cast and crew for Magical Tales (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 10 August 2013.