Bali (TV series)

Bali is an animated television series, based on a series of French children's books by Magdalena Richard and Laurent Richard that were published by Editions Flammarion. It was produced by Paris-based PlanetNemo Animation and Subsequence Entertainment, in association with CBC Radio-Canada, TVOntario, Knowledge Network, France 5, Disney Channel France and RTBF, and with the participation of the Shaw Rocket Fund, the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Canadian Television Fund (or the Fonds canadien de television in French). PlanetNemo Animation has licensed the television program to more than 20 countries worldwide and has sold U.S. media and merchandising rights.[1]

Bali
Created byMagdalena and Laurent Richard
StarringNick Chambers
Felicity Duncan
Jo Lee
Juliet Prague
Samantha Shaw
Narrated byJosie Lawrence (only on the audiobooks)
Country of originFrance
Belgium
Canada
Original languagesFrench
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (52 11-minute segments)
Production
Executive producersMarie-Josee Corbiel Christine Cote
Frederic Peuch
Running time11 minutes (one segment) 23 minutes (two segments)
Production companiesPlanetNemo Animation
Subsequence Entertainment
Release
Original networkWGBH-TV (2010–2013)
PBS Kids (2010–2014; 2020-present)
Treehouse TV (2005-2012)
Picture format480i (SDTV)
First shown inCanada
Original releaseSeptember 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) –
February 23, 2014 (United States)
External links
Website

The show premiered in Canada on Treehouse TV on April 5, 2005 and 2006 and reran from January 1, 2007 until March 28, 2012. It was also shown on PBS Kids in the United States in 2010-2011 and 2013-2014.[2]

Premise

The show follows the adventures of Bali, a modern preschool puppy; his mom and dad; his little sister Lea; and Kikou, his stuffed animal in a city apartment in New York City.

Characters
  • Bali
  • Bali's Dad
  • Bali's Mom
  • Lea
  • Madame Olga
  • Maman
  • Nanou
  • Tito
  • Tamara
  • Sasha
  • Charlie
  • Suan
  • Saba
  • Mateo

Episodes

Series 1 (2006-2011)
  • 1. "Brrr! It's Cold!"
  • 2. "Lollipops Everywhere!"
  • 3. "I Need A Haircut"
  • 4. "Nanou To The Rescue"
  • 5. "I'm Not Scared"
  • 6. "I Need To Keep Going"
  • 7. "I'm the Cook"
  • 8. "Go Team, Go!"
  • 9. "I Want To Be Tall!"
  • 10. "We Need to Stay Awake"
  • 11. "Vroom, Vroom!"
  • 12. "My Little Fish"
  • 13. "Searching for Treasure"
  • 14. "My Papili's Garden"
  • 15. "A Present for Nana"
  • 16. "I'm So Hot!"
  • 17. "I Don't Want to Give it Back"
  • 18. "Robo-Bear to the Rescue!"
  • 19. "I'm Sleeping at Tamara's"
  • 20. "I Don't Want New Shoes"
  • 21. "A Surprise Adventure"
  • 22. "Roll Camera, Action!"
  • 23. "It's Wrong to Cheat"
  • 24. "Too Many Stories"
  • 25. "I'm Not Sharing!"
  • 26. "You're Mean"
  • 27. "My New Friend Mateo"
  • 28. "Come on, Dad, Let's Go, Let's Go!"
  • 29. "Splish, Splash, I'm Swimming!"
  • 30. "Don't Cry, Tamara!"
  • 31. "I'm So Upset"
  • 32. "Oh No! I'm Lost"
  • 33. "Look at That, and That, and That!"
  • 34. "When I Grow Up"
  • 35. "Welcome, Saba!"
  • 36. "It Was an Accident!"
  • 37. "What a Mess!"
  • 38. "But We're Not Tired"
  • 39. "Boo!"
  • 40. "Quiet, Dad and Lea are Sick!"
  • 41. "I Don't Like Parents Arguing"
  • 42. "Ow, It Hurts!"
  • 43. "Nana and Papi are Lost!"
  • 44. "I Want to Race"
  • 45. "Old Toys Are Fun!"
  • 46. "Yum Yum, It's Dinner Time!"
  • 47. "It's A Fun Party!"
  • 48. "I'm Not Having Fun"
  • 49. "I'm Making New Friends"
  • 50. "Wow! It's Not So Easy!"
  • 51. "Nooo, I Want To See The Movie!"
  • 52. "Yahoo! It's Christmas!"

Awards

Bali received the top prize in the animation category at the 2005 MIPCOM Jr.[3] It had won awards at the Prix Gémeaux Awards and Argentina's Cordoba Intl. Animation Festival - ANIMA.

Books

The book series the television series is based on was written by Magdalena Richard and Laurent Richard, and was published by Editions Flammarion:

  • Bali fait du vélo
  • Bali et Kikou, au bain!
  • Bali va à l'école
  • Bali dit non
  • Bali et ses petits trésors
  • Mon livre jeu Bali-Bali en vacances
  • Bali attend Noël
  • Bali a la varicelle
  • Bali va chez Nanou
  • Bali va à la mer
  • Soun dort chez Bali
  • Bali a un nouveau lit N. éd.
  • Bali pique-nique à la maison N. éd.
  • Bali prend son bain
  • Bali a un nouveau lit
  • Bali a une baby-sitter
  • Bali joue à cache-cache
  • Les plus belles histoires de Bali
  • Bali a la varicelle

Stage show

Bali has had a stage show run in Paris called "Pakita Chante Bali".

References
  1. Ball, Ryan (July 10, 2007). "PlanetNemo's Bali Gets U.S. Reps". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  2. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 348. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. "Bali - Planet Nemo Animation". Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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