- Forest Friends
Infobox Television
show_name = Forest Friends
show_name_2 = flagicon|France "Les Copains de la Forêt"
caption = A scene featuring three characters from this series.
format = Children's animated series
creator =Philippe Tierney
director =Bernard Le Gall
producer =Philippe Mounier
composer =Cyril de Turckheim
company =Timoon Animation PMMP
network =TF1
first_aired =April 17 ,2006
last_aired =September 4 ,2007
num_episodes= 52
runtime = 15 min.
country = flag|France
language = French
first_shown = France
website = http://lachaine.tf1.fr/lachaine/jeunesse/0,,3435106,00-tfou-copains-foret-.html"Forest Friends" ( _fr. Les Copains de la Forêt) is an animated television series initially broadcast on
TF1 , and later rerun on French children's networkTiJi . Along with the CGI series "The Odd Family ", this was one of the first shows produced byTimoon Animation . [cite web|url=http://www.tvfrance-intl.net/es/annuaire/forms/societe/fichesociete.php?fsv_id=30|title=Profile for Timoon Animation|accessdate=2008-05-25|publisher=TV France International]In the series, a wildfire drives away many species of forest animals, who must live uneasily with each other. But seven young survivors prove otherwise: with the Old Oak of the Forest as their mentor, they eventually team up and become friends. [cite web|url=http://www.tvfrance-intl.com/en/annuaire/forms/catalogue/ficheprogramme.php?fpg_id=35625|title=Profile for "Forest Friends"|accessdate=2008-05-25|publisher=TV France International]
Several of the show's tie-in books have been written by Valérie Baranski, the screenwriter for another TF1 cartoon, "
The Bellflower Bunnies ". [cite web|url=http://www.prix-chronos.org/auteurs/baranski.htm|title=Profile of Valérie Baranski|language=French|accessdate=2008-05-25|publisher=Prix Chronos/FNG]References
External links
* [http://lachaine.tf1.fr/lachaine/jeunesse/0,,3435106,00-tfou-copains-foret-.html Official site (TF1)]
* [http://www.tiji.fr/Tiji/Tout-Tiji/Ti-heros/Copains-de-la-foret Official site (TiJi)]
* [http://www.animezvous.com/index-fiche_da-2503.html Episode list] at AnimezVous
* [http://www.commeaucinema.com/photos=57582.html Screenshots] from Buena Vista's Region 2 version
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