Madeline (TV series)

In 1960, the Madeline stories were adapted to a one-hour color episode for the NBC series The Shirley Temple Show. Madeline was played by Gina Gillespie, child actor Michel Petit played Pepito, and Imogene Coca portrayed Miss Clavel. It was Madeline's first appearance on television. The episode has been released to DVD.[3]

• Madeline (Tracey Lee Smythe: season 1;[4] Andrea Libman: seasons 2–3; Marsha Moreau: specials)[5]
• Miss Clavel (Judith Orban: specials;[5] Louise Vallance: seasons 1–3[4])
• Chloe (Anik Matern: specials;[5] Vanessa King: seasons 1–2;[4] Veronika Sztopa: season 3)
• Nicole (Kristin Fairlie: season 1;[4] Veronika Sztopa: season 2; Britt Irvin: season 3; Sonja Ball: specials)[5]
• Marie (Sonja Ball: seasons 1–2)[5]
• Pepito (Julian Bailey: specials; A.J. Bond: season 1; David Morse: season 2; Michael Monroe Heyward: season 3; Kyle Labine)[5]
• Genevieve (Louise Vallance: seasons 1–2)[5]
• Danielle (Liz MacRae: specials; Kelly Sheridan: season 1; Tracey Lee Smythe: season 2; Chantal Strand: season 3)[5]
• Lord Cucuface (French Tickner)[4]
• Narrator (Christopher Plummer: specials; seasons 1–2; Christopher Gaze: season 3)[4][5]

In 1988, DIC Enterprises and Cinar (now part of WildBrain) adapted the first book into an animated television special for HBO.[6] The screenplay was written by Judy Rothman, who was writer, lyricist and story editor for nearly all subsequent Madeline animated projects.[7] The special was narrated by Christopher Plummer,[8] and featured original music and songs by veteran Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo[9][10] with lyrics by Judy Rothman. The special was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less). In 1990, the special was released onto VHS by Hi-Tops Video.

Between 1990 and 1991, CINAR and France Animation produced animated adaptations of the other five original books for The Family Channel,[6] with Christopher Plummer returning as the narrator[8] and Marsha Moreau returning to voice Madeline.[11] Each special featured new songs, with lyrics by Rothman and music by Jeffrey Zahn, who replaced Raposo after his death in 1989. "I'm Madeline", Madeline's theme song from the original special, was reprised. The specials were released on video by Golden Book Video.

In 1993, DIC produced a Madeline television series, which also aired on the Family Channel. Twenty episodes were produced for the first series.[6] Christopher Plummer reprised his role as narrator again[8] and "I'm Madeline" was the series' theme song, but most of the voice actors were replaced. The series was rerun on Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Toon Disney in the U.S. It features new songs with music by Andy Street (who replaced Jeffrey Zahn) and lyrics by Rothman, but compared to the previous TV specials, the first series onwards would only feature one song per episode in addition to the aforementioned theme songs.

In 1995, an additional 13 episodes were produced by DIC for ABC under the title The New Adventures of Madeline.[6] A new theme song, called "Hats Off to Madeline", was used as the new opening theme, with the music by Andy Street with lyrics by Judy Rothman.[12] although some early airings of those episodes however featured "I'm Madeline" but sung by the new voice cast. The new voice cast included Andrea Libman as the title character, S. Louise Vallance as both Miss Clavel and Genevieve, and David Morse from Maple Ridge, Canada as Pepito.

Between 2000 and 2001, DIC produced 26 episodes for Disney Channel.[13] "Hats off to Madeline" was re-sung by the cast and was used as the intro theme again (the Lions Gate VHS's and DVDs from 2001, alongside both Sing-a-Longs, had a different song titled "Our Madeline"). Christopher Gaze took over from Christopher Plummer as narrator. The show won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.

Madeline was shown on KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS between Fall 2006 and 2007.[6]

Broadcast and home video rights to all of the DIC/CINAR Madeline episodes/specials/telefilm/direct-to-video film are owned by WildBrain, as of September 23, 2019.

As of October 6, 2018, the series now airs on Qubo.[14]

In 2001, DIC produced two Direct-to-Video releases which featured songs and clips from Season 3 of the series akin to Disney's Sing-Along Songs series, which were titled Sing-a-Long with Madeline and her Friends and Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline.

They were originally released by Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video on September 25, 2001 and March 25, 2002 respectively,[20] and later reissued together by Mill Creek Entertainment as Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies on September 10, 2013 as well as being available for digital download.

The 1993 series was originally released by Golden Book Video on all single VHS volumes, and Sony Wonder on both VHS and DVD. The DVD versions contained 2 episodes each, sometimes with the original specials.

The 2000 series was released by Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video in 2001 and 2002 on all VHS and DVD sets.

In 2008, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released 2 DVDs titled "Next Stop, America" and "Meet Me in Paris", each containing 3 episodes.

In 2010, Shout! Factory released 5 single-disc collections of the series.

On September 10, 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment released 3 single disc collections featuring content from the animated series as well as the original TV specials. The New Adventures of Madeline- Adventures in Paris contains 6 episodes from the 2000 series,[21] while Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies features various musical interludes from the animated series.[22] Bonjour Madeline contains all 6 original TV specials.[23]

On May 13, 2014, Mill Creek re-released the three single disc collections together in one three-pack set.[24]

On August 4, 2015, Mill Creek Entertainment released Madeline: The Complete Collection on DVD in Region 1 for the first time.[25] This six-disc collection features all six original specials produced by DIC Entertainment and CINAR between 1988 and 1991, as well as all 59 episodes from the Madeline TV series (1993, 1995, 2000–2001).

• Madeline (Animated series) at IMDb
• Intro sequence to the TV show on YouTube