The Bellflower Bunnies

The Bellflower Bunnies (French: La Famille Passiflore) is a 2001-2010 animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001.[10] It is a co-production between France's TF1 and several Canadian companies. 52 episodes were produced.[11]

The Bellflower Bunnies
The title card for Seasons 2 and 3, with credits imposed over a scene from "Vive la glisse."
Also known asLa Famille Passiflore (France)
Die Häschenbande (Germany)
La Famiglia Passiflora (Italy)[1]
A Família Cenoura (Portugal)[2]
Tappancs család (Hungary)
Pupu Pitkäkorva (Finland)[3]
De Knuffel Konijntjes (Netherlands)[4]
Rodzina Rabatków (Poland)

까르르 토끼 친구들 (South Korea)[5]
Os Coelhinhos Bellflower (Brazil)[6]

(in Spanish) Los Conejitos Bellflower[7]
Russian: Истории папы Кролика
GenreChildren's animated series
comedy
Created byGeneviève Huriet (original book series, Beechwood Bunny Tales)
Directed bySeason 1:
Moran Caouissin
Seasons 2 & 3:
Eric Berthier
Voices ofSee below
ComposersSeason 1:
Daniel Scott
Valérie Baranski
Seasons 2 & 3:
Alice Willis
Country of originFrance
Canada
Luxembourg (1st season)
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons3[8]
No. of episodes52 [9] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersEntire series:
Patricia Robert
Seasons 2 & 3:
Yves Pont
Franck Algard
ProducerPatricia Robert
EditorsSeason 1:
Graham Chisholm
Robert Newton
Seasons 2 & 3:
Lysanne Villeneuve
Running time26 min.
Production companiesSeason 1:
Banco Production
Melusine Productions
Protécréa
TVA International
Seasons 2 & 3:
Big Cash
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon
Euro Visual
Tooncan
Megafun
Disney Television France
DistributorBeez Kids, a label of Beez Entertainment (seasons 2 & 3)
Release
Original networkTF1 (France)
CBC Television (Quebec)
Picture format4:3
Audio formatStereo
First shown inFrance
Original releaseDecember 24, 2001 (2001-12-24) –
July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)

The show centers on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove (called Blueberry Hill in the English version). 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;[12] Moran Caouissin, an animator from Disney's DuckTales movie,[13] served as the director. Production of the series began in the fall of 2000, at a cost of over US$2 million,[12] or US$600,000 per episode.[14]

Starting in 2004, later episodes were produced by Euro Visual,[15] Tooncan, Megafun,[16] Big Cash, Dragon Cartoon[17] and Disney Television France. This time, Eric Berthier directed, and Alice Willis composed.

Broadcast

The Bellflower Bunnies has aired on these following stations worldwide:

In April 2008, it was the 19th most-watched children's program in Finland, with audiences averaging 62,000 viewers (as Pupu Pitkäkorva).[19]

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.[20] In Germany, edelkids released the first sixteen episodes in February[21] and August 2008.

North America

Feature Films for Families 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.[12] In 2005, another four DVDs were released under the Direct Source brand. Each disc in this version consists of two episodes.

Episodes
Main article: List of The Bellflower Bunnies episodes

Fifty-two episodes of The Bellflower Bunnies were produced over the course of three seasons.[8] and all of these have aired in the show's native France; although episodes 39-52 were first aired on German channel KI.KA in May 2008.[22]

Voice cast

Season 1
  • Tom Clarke Hill
  • Regine Candler
  • Tom Eastwood
  • Rhonda Millar - Periwinkle, Violet (Pirouette)
  • Joanna Ruiz Rodriguez - Poppy

English version

French version
  • Flora Balzano
  • Julie Burroughs
  • Hugolin Chevrette
  • Mario Desmarais
  • Antoine Durand
  • Marylène Gargour
  • Annie Girard
  • Hélène Lasnier
  • Elisabeth Lenormand

International broadcast
Country Channel
Australia ABC
ABC Kids
United Kingdom CBBC
Cartoon Network
New Zealand TV2
United States of America PBS Kids
Canada CBC
CBC Kids

See also

References
  1. (in Italian) La Famiglia Passiflora at AntoniaGenna.net's Il Mondo Dei Doppiatori. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. (in Portuguese) A Família Cenoura at rtp.pt. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  3. (in Finnish) Pikku Kino at YLE TV2 site. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  4. "Arnan Samson biography" (in Dutch). Arnan.nl. Archived from the original on 2006-01-14. Retrieved 2008-04-07. ...en heeft hij de stem ingesproken van Roderick de Vos in de tekenfilm The Bellflower Bunnies (De Knuffel Konijntjes).
  5. (in Korean) C4U Media: 까르르 토끼 친구들. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  6. (in Portuguese) Boomerang lança séries para adolescentes e crianças pequenas (2006, October 2). UOL Crianças. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
  7. (in Spanish) ¡Octubre de estrenos y diversión en Boomerang! (2006, October 24). Cantv.net. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  8. "Les interventions du CNC dans l'animation" (PDF) (in French). Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC). 2005. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-04-05. La Famille Passiflore n° 3
  9. "La Famille Passiflore episode list" (in French). AnimezVous.com. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  10. "Films d'animation". Le Monde (in French). Paris. 2001-12-23. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  11. 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. 66. ISBN 9781476672939.
  12. "Bunnies bent on broadcast (Up Next: What's developing in kids production)". KidScreen Magazine. Brunico Communications. 2001-05-01. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  13. Beck, Jerry (2005). "DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp". The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Reader Press. pp. 68. ISBN 1-55652-591-5.
  14. Staff (2001-04-01). "Canada at the market - animation". Playback. Brunico Communications. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  15. "Corporative profile for Euro Visuel (Franck Algard)" (PDF). Canada-France Mini-Immersion (in English and French). Telefilm Canada/SPFA. 2005-06-05. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  16. "Productions Mégafun Inc. company profile" (in French). Telefilm Canada. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  17. "La Famille Passiflore" (in French). AnimeKa Network / Association AnimeKa. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  18. (in French) La Famille Passiflore - Zone Jeunesse. CBC/Radio Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  19. "Top Program by Genre: Children's Programs". Finnpanel Oy. April 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  20. (in French) La Famille Passiflore, Vol. 1-5. Chapitre DVD. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  21. (in German) edelkids: Unterhaltungsspaß mit Pettersson und Findus und der Häschenbande (2008, January 17). Brandora. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  22. "Episode list for Die Häschenbande" (in German). KI.KA (kika.de). Archived from the original on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  23. Platypus Theatre - Emily Saves the Orchestra Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
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