Belle and Sebastian (2017 TV series)
Animated children's television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Animated children's television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belle and Sebastian (French: Belle et Sébastien) is an animated children's television series, an adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Cécile Aubry. A Canada-France international co-production, the series was produced by the Montreal-based Groupe PVP and France's Gaumont Animation.
| Belle and Sebastian | |
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English title screen. | |
| Genre | Historical Adventure Comedy drama |
| Based on | Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry |
| Developed by | Jean-Phillipe Robin |
| Directed by | Lionel Francois |
| Voices of |
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| Theme music composer | Music and lyrics by Béatrice Martin; Direction and arrangement by Renaud Bastien |
| Opening theme | "Belle and Sebastian" performed by Cœur de pirate |
| Composer | HITnRUN |
| Country of origin | Canada France |
| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | François Trudel Vincent Leroux Nicolas Atlan Sidonie Dumas Christophe Riandée |
| Producers | Marc Dhrami François Trudel |
| Editors | Patrick Phelpin Anne-Claire de Heredia |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | Gaumont Animation Groupe PVP |
| Original release | |
| Network | Ici Radio-Canada Télé / Knowledge Network (Canada) M6 / Piwi + (France) |
When Sebastian, a young orphan living in the Alps, meets Belle, a huge white Great Pyrenees, they set off together on a series of fantastic adventures around the mountains.
In September 2015, Gaumont Animation was developing an animated series based on Cécile Aubry's novel Belle et Sébastien.[1] Later that month, Montreal-based Groupe PVP formed a coproduction partnership with Gaumont on two animated series, including Belle, and the production began in 2016.[2]
The show was produced for a consortium of broadcasters, including Ici Radio-Canada Télé and Knowledge Network in Canada, M6 and Piwi + in France, ZDF in Germany, VRT in Belgium, and RTS in Switzerland.[3]
The series first began airing on Ici Radio-Canada Télé on September 9, 2017.[4] It premiered in France on M6 on October 9 the same year.[5] In the United States, the series began airing on TiVi5MONDE on June 13, 2018[6] and later in Germany, it premiered on KiKa on September 22.[7]
The show had its English language debut on Knowledge Network on October 7, 2017.[8] In Singapore, it began airing on Channel 5's Okto block on June 7, 2019.[9] Belle and Sebastian also aired on Nick Jr in Australia and CITV in United Kingdom.
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