The second season of the
television series
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''
Arthur'' was originally broadcast on
PBS
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in the United States from October 20, 1997 to April 17, 1998 and contains 20 episodes.
This season, like seasons 1 and 3, was released on DVD in Europe only; due to the fact that this was actually two production seasons (the first ten episodes encompassing the first and the last ten encompassing the second) combined into one long season for US airings, the first ten episodes for this season can be found on the "Series 2" DVD and the last ten can be found on "Series 3."
Production
In a September 2021 episode of
Jason Szwimer's podacast ''Finding D.W.'',
Daniel Brochu (
Buster Baxter
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Arthur, the title character, is the chief protagonist in the anthropomorphism series. Buster, Francine, Muffy, ...
's voice actor) revealed that the inspiration for "Arthur's Faraway Friend" originated when he decided to take a sabbatical to
Australia
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.
As the producers did not want to replace him, it was written into the show that Buster would be traveling with his father, much like Brochu himself.
Episodes
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1997 American television seasons
1998 American television seasons
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1998 Canadian television seasons