Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
Australian TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers is an animated musical children's television series and the Australian Children's Television Foundation's (ACTF's) first joint venture under the Distinctly Australian Program introduced by the Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. The Director of the ACTF, Dr. Patricia Edgar, selected Peter Viska's character Li'l Elvis to design and co-produce the ACTF's first long-form 26-episode-series animation. As an original concept, not commissioned from overseas or based on an adaption of a classic story, production of the series on this scale was a massive undertaking for the Australian animation industry. With Li'l Elvis, an $11.5 million project, the ACTF opened up a new overseas market in partnership with France 2 and France Animation, a French production company, and Ravensburger, a German distributor, with the financial participation of Centre national de la cinématographie.[1] A team of 90 animators and artists worked for 18 months including 39 trainees were employed on the production in support roles.[2]
This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2021) |
Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers | |
---|---|
Genre | Musical Animation |
Created by | Peter Viska and Esben Storm |
Written by | Ray Boseley Robert Greenberg John Armstrong Kevin Nemeth Pepe Trevor Cameron Clarke |
Directed by | Peter Viska Jan Van Rijsselberge Robbert Smit |
Starring | Stig Wemyss Kylie Belling Marg Downey Bill Ten Eyck Michael Veitch Lynda Gibson David Cotter |
Country of origin | Australia France |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Dr. Patricia Edgar Christian Davin |
Producers | Susie Campbell Patricia Edgar Leslie Brown |
Editors | Ralph Strasser Cliff Hayes Damian Harland |
Running time | 24–26 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC Television |
Release | 6 March 1997 (1997-03-06) – 14 April 1998 (1998-04-14) |