- The Bellflower Bunnies
Infobox Television
show_name = The Bellflower Bunnies
caption = The title card for Seasons 2 and 3, with credits imposed over a scene from "Vive la glisse."
show_name_2 = flagicon|France "La Famille Passiflore"
flagicon|Germany "Die Häschenbande"
flagicon|Italy "La Famiglia Passiflora"it [http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/anim/lafamigliapassiflora.htm "La Famiglia Passiflora"] at AntoniaGenna.net's "Il Mondo Dei Doppiatori". Retrieved January 28, 2008.]
flagicon|Portugal "A Família Cenoura"pt icon [http://tv.rtp.pt/EPG/infantil/popup.php?p_id=20481&e_id=&c_id=3 "A Família Cenoura"] at rtp.pt. Retrieved March 17, 2008.]
flagicon|Hungary "Tappancs család"
flagicon|Finland "Pupu Pitkäkorva"fi [http://yle.fi/tv2/?p=kausi_ohjelmat&g=8&ID=3022 "Pikku Kino"] atYLE TV2 site. Retrieved April 4, 2008.]
flagicon|Netherlands "De Knuffel Konijntjes" [cite web |url=http://www.arnan.nl/DaviWB/Pagina1.html |title=Arnan Samson biography |accessdate=2008-04-07 |author= |last= |first= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Arnan.nl |pages= |language=Dutch |quote=...en heeft hij de stem ingesproken van Roderick de Vos in de tekenfilm "The Bellflower Bunnies" ("De Knuffel Konijntjes").]
flagicon|Poland "Rodzina Rabatków"
flagicon|South Korea "까르르 토끼 친구들"ko [http://zine.c4uent.com/product/product19.jsp C4U Media: "까르르 토끼 친구들"] . Retrieved March 23, 2008.]
flagicon|Brazil "Os Coelhinhos Bellflower" [pt icon [http://criancas.uol.com.br/novidades/ult2314u520.jhtm Boomerang lança séries para adolescentes e crianças pequenas] (2006, October 2). UOL Crianças. Retrieved March 13, 2008.]
es "Los Conejitos Bellflower"es [http://www.cantv.net/infantil/resena.asp?id=121364&cat=2&Fresena=TRUE ¡Octubre de estrenos y diversión en Boomerang!] (2006, October 24). Cantv.net. Retrieved September 12, 2008.]
genre = Children's animated series
creator =Geneviève Huriet (original book series, "Beechwood Bunny Tales ")
director = Season 1:Moran Caouissin
Seasons 2 & 3:Eric Berthier
voices = See below
composer = Season 1:
Daniel Scott
Valérie Baranski
Seasons 2 & 3:
Alice Willis
country = flag|France
flag|Canada
flag|Luxembourg (1st season)
language = French
num_seasons = 3cite web |url=http://www.ficam.fr/upload/documents/bilan_anim_2005_.pdf#page=14 |title=Les interventions du CNC dans l'animation |accessdate=2008-04-05 |year=2005 |format=PDF |publisher=Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) |pages=p. 14 |language=French |quote=La Famille Passiflore n° 3]
num_episodes = 52 (45 aired in France as of CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTYEAR)cite web |url=http://dev.animezvous.com/index.php/listeda/permalink/id_da/2515/ |title="La Famille Passiflore" episode list |accessdate=2008-04-04 |publisher=AnimezVous.com |language=French]
list_episodes = List of The Bellflower Bunnies episodes
executive_producer = Entire series:
Patricia Robert
Seasons 2 & 3:
Yves Pont
Franck Algard
co_exec = Paul Cadieux (seasons 2 & 3)
producer = Patricia Robert
asst_producer = Ann Picard (season 1 only)
co-producer = Louis Fournier
Dominique Mendel
(season 1 only)
editor = Season 1:
Graham Chisholm
Robert Newton
Seasons 2 & 3:
Lysanne Villeneuve
story_editor = Fabrice Ziolkowski
runtime = 26 min.
company = Season 1:Banco Production
Melusine ProductionsProtécréa
TVA International
Seasons 2 & 3:
Big Cash
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon
Euro VisualTooncan Megafun
Disney Television France
distributor = Beez Kids, a label ofBeez Entertainment (seasons 2 & 3)
network = flagicon|FranceTF1
flagicon|GermanyKI.KA
flagicon|ItalyRai Due cite web|url=http://www.latvdeiragazzi.rai.it/category/0,1067207,166-1077516,00.html|title="La Famiglia Passiflora (La TV dei ragazzi)|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-06-14|publisher=RAI]
flagicon|Portugal RTP Açores
flagicon|FinlandYLE TV2
flagicon|PolandTVP1
flagicon|South Korea EBS
flagicon|Arab LeagueAl Jazeera Children's Channel
flagicon|QuebecCBC Television
flagicon|OntarioTFO
picture_format = 4:3
audio_format = Stereo
first_run = France
first_aired =December 24 ,2001
last_aired =May 28 ,2008 [This refers to the German-language run on KI.KA; the French version has only gone up to #45, "Chez Zinia" (broadcast on TFOU in August 2008). However, this original dub was picked up by TFO for its summer 2008 schedule.]
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production_website =
imdb_id = 1185090
tv_com_id ="The Bellflower Bunnies" ( _fr. La Famille Passiflore) is an animated series based on the "
Beechwood Bunny Tales " book series byGeneviève Huriet . The show debuted on theTF1 network with four episodes airing betweenDecember 24 andDecember 28 ,2001 .cite news|title=Films d'animation|date=2001-12-23|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/735156.html|format=Subscription required|work=Le Monde |location=Paris|accessdate=2008-07-25|language=French] It is a co-production between France's TF1 and several Canadian companies.The show centres on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven
rabbit s who live in Beechwood Grove. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.Production
Early on in its run, the series was produced as a package of four specials by TF1 and its subsidiary,
Protécréa , along with TVA International of Montreal and Melusine of Luxembourg;cite web |url=http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20010501/30855.html?page=3 |title=Bunnies bent on broadcast (Up Next: What's developing in kids production) |accessdate=2008-07-25 |date=2001-05-01 |format=Registration required |work=KidScreen Magazine |publisher=Brunico Communications]Moran Caouissin , an animator from Disney's , [cite book |last=Beck |first=Jerry |authorlink=Jerry Beck |title=The Animated Movie Guide |origyear=2005 |origmonth=October |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=Chicago Reader Press |location=Chicago, Ill. |isbn= 1-55652-591-5 |pages=p. 68 |chapter=DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp] served as the director. Production of the series began in the fall of 2000, at a cost of over US$2 million, or US$600,000 per episode. [cite web|url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/pbi/20010401/cdnanim.html?page=1 |title= Canada at the market - animation|accessdate=2008-07-25 |author=Staff |date=2001-04-01 |work=Playback |publisher=Brunico Communications]Starting in 2004, later episodes were produced by Euro Visual,cite web |url=http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/upload/projectx/MIA_catalogue_participants.pdf#page=57 |title=Corporative profile for Euro Visuel (Franck Algard) |accessdate=2008-07-25 |date=2005-06-05 |format=PDF |work=Canada-France Mini-Immersion |publisher=Telefilm Canada/SPFA |pages=57 |language=English/French ]
Tooncan ,Megafun ,cite web |url=http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/04/6511.asp?f=4419 |title=Productions Mégafun Inc. company profile |accessdate=2008-03-29 |publisher=Telefilm Canada |language=French] Big Cash, Dragon Cartooncite web |url=http://www.animeka.com/animes/detail/famille-passiflore.html |title="La Famille Passiflore" |accessdate=2008-01-08 |publisher=AnimeKa Network / Association AnimeKa |language=French] and Disney Television France. This time,Eric Berthier directed, andAlice Willis composed.Broadcast
As of 2008, "The Bellflower Bunnies" is airing on these following stations worldwide:
*Playhouse Disney in France
*TVP1 in Poland
*ZDF in Germany
*YLE TV2 in Finland
*RTP in Portugal's Azores
*Al Jazeera Children's Channel in the Middle East
*CBC Television in Quebec [fr [http://www.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/emissions/fiche.asp?numero=1524&numerodiff=30725270 "La Famille Passiflore"] - Zone Jeunesse. CBC/Radio Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2008.]In April 2008, it was the 19th most-watched children's program in Finland, with audiences averaging 62,000 viewers (as "Pupu Pitkäkorva"). [cite web|url=http://www.finnpanel.fi/en/tulokset/tv/kk/ohjryh/2008/4/lastenohjelmat.html|title=Top Program by Genre: Children's Programs|date=April 2008|accessdate=2008-06-14|publisher=Finnpanel Oy]
The Latin American version of Boomerang premiered the show on its Mini TV block on
October 2 ,2006 . OnMarch 4 ,2007 , it ended its first run in order to make way for the Australian/Canadian TV series, "Faireez ". "Bellflower" returned to Boomerang between June 4 and December 31, 2007.Home video and DVD
Europe
At least six DVD volumes of "The Bellflower Bunnies" have been released by
TF1 ,Beez Entertainment and Seven Sept in the franchise's native France, separately and in a box set.fr [http://dvd.chapitre.com/F-33350-3048/ERIC-BERTHIER/LA-FAMILLE-PASSIFLORE---VOL.-1-A-5.html "La Famille Passiflore", Vol. 1-5] . Chapitre DVD. Retrieved January 8, 2008.] In Germany, edelkids released the first sixteen episodes in February [de icon [http://www.brandora.de/NewsPage.aspx?DID=5904 edelkids: Unterhaltungsspaß mit Pettersson und Findus und der Häschenbande] (2008, January 17). Brandora. Retrieved March 10, 2008.] and August 2008.North America
Feature Films for Families, a division of the
Dove Foundation , released the first two volumes of the English version on VHS (in 2001) and DVD (in 2003), as part of a marketing deal with TVA. In 2005, another four DVDs were released under the Direct Source brand. Each disc in this version consists of two episodes.Episodes
Fifty-two episodes of "The Bellflower Bunnies" have been produced over the course of three seasons. 41 of these have aired in the show's native France; the rest aired on KI.KA in May 2008.cite web |url=http://www.kika.de/scripts/fernsehen/a_z/index.cfm?b=d&a=4&i=1007 |title= Episode list for "Die Häschenbande"|accessdate=2008-03-10|format=|publisher=KI.KA (kika.de)|language=German]
Voice cast
eason 1
*Tom Clarke Hill
*Regine Candler
*Tom Eastwood
*Rhonda Millar - Periwinkle / Violette (Pirouette)
*Joanna Ruiz Rodriguezeasons 2 & 3
English version
*
Danielle Desormeaux [ [http://www.platypustheatre.com/presenters/emily/prespkg-emily.pdf#page=9 Platypus Theatre - "Emily Saves the Orchestra"] . Retrieved March 22, 2008.]
*Anik Matern
*Holly Gauthier-Frankel (as Holly Gauthier-Frankle)
*Eleanor Noble
*Matt Holland
*Joanna Noyes
*Liz Mac Rae
*Simon Peacock
*Laura Teasdale French version
*
Flora Balzano
*Julie Burroughs
*Hugolin Chevrette
*Mario Desmarais
*Antoine Durand
*Marylène Gargour
*Annie Girard
*Hélène Lasnier
*Elisabeth Lenormand ee also
*"
Beechwood Bunny Tales "
*"Watership Down "
*"Max and Ruby "References
External links
*imdb title|id=1185090
*wikia|bellflower|"The Bellflower Bunnies" and "Beechwood Bunny Tales"
*fr [http://lachaine.tf1.fr/lachaine/jeunesse/0,,3394132,00-tfou-famille-passiflore-.html "The Bellflower Bunnies"] at TF1.fr
*fr [http://dev.animezvous.com/index.php/listeda/permalink/id_da/2515/ Episode list]
*de icon KI.KA's [http://www.kika.de/scripts/fernsehen/a_z/index.cfm?b=d&a=2&i=1007 "Bellflower Bunnies"] site (with a video clip from the "Room to Move" episode)
* [http://www.anime-netsong.com/generique-audio-Famille-Passiflore-La,Generique-TV,Famille-Passiflore-La-724.html Series' second theme song] by Alice Willis
* [http://www.zdf-enterprises.de/de/die_haeschenbande.67.htm?template=d_zdfe_program&skip=3&sort=headline_de&order=asc&from=67&l=de Promo clip of the show] atZDF site (requiresRealPlayer )
*Trailers for the first two Region 1 volumes atYouTube :
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xah6SMs0p90 "Room to Move" / "Carnival"]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L06t6cGOBZw "Balloonatic Bunnies" / "Slide On"]
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