''The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill'' is an Australian

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based on

Dorothy Wall Dorothy Wall (12 January 1894 – 21 January 1942) was a New Zealand-born writer and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books ''B ...

's books about Blinky Bill, and a sequel series to the 2015 film ''

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''.

Plot

Blinky Bill is back to bring his trademark mischief, mayhem, and humour to life. Along with his best mate and sidekick Jacko, Blinky takes on the role as defender of his outback home, Greenpatch.

Characters

* Blinky Bill (voiced by Cam Ralph) – an 11-year-old

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who is the main protagonist. *Jacko Browing (voiced by Akmal Saleh) – a frill-necked lizard is Blinky's sidekick and best friend. *Nutsy Koala (voiced by Bridie Connell) – a young female koala that is Blinky's closest friend. *Cranky (voiced by Peter McAllum) – a tyrannical goanna is Blinky's nemesis and the mayor of Greenpatch. *Juan Pablo (voiced by Rupert Degas) – a Paraguayan parrot. *Bandi (voiced by Rupert Degas) – a mischievous bandicoot. *Coot (voiced by Cam Ralph) – another mischievous bandicoot. *Mr. Wombat (voiced by Jim Pike) – a

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and Blinky's mentor. *Claude (voiced by Ash Ricardo) – a

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and Blinky's other nemesis *Eddy (voiced by Rupert Degas) – an American

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. *Robert (voiced by Cam Ralph) – a lyrebird and one of Blinky's friends. *Marcia (voiced by Charlotte Hamlyn) – a marsupial mouse and one of Blinky's friends. *Sugar (voiced by Bridie Connell) – a sugar glider and one of Blinky's friends. *Spike (voiced by Nathan Harvey) – an echidna and one of Blinky's friends. *Mrs. Bill (voiced by Beth Armstrong) – a koala who is Blinky's mother. *Ms. Tibbins (voiced by Beth Armstrong) – a kiwi bird who is a school teacher. *Bill Koala (voiced by

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) – a koala who is Blinky's father only mentioned on the episodes and he appears in "Home to Roost". *San Jorge (voiced by Tin Pang) – a sulphur-crested cockatoo. *Roddy MacBill – a koala and is Blinky Bill's uncle he plays the bagpipes. *Bob – was a friend of Jacko, years later he is dead. Killed for Hunts Hunters. *Uncle Jack – a frill-necked lizard and Jacko's uncle. *Echo – a gecko barrowing Robert's glasses. *Bluey (voiced by Coco Jack Gillies) – is a blue footed booby. *Bell (voiced by Stuart Brown) – TBA *Doris Cranklepot – is Cranky's mother *Whoogle – is an owl. *Kev – a koala who becomes a Guardian of Greenpatch. *Mr. Owl – is Whoogle's father. *Priscilla – is a frog. *Midge – is a grasshopper. *Eagle – is a wedge tailed eagle. *Crocodiles – are saltwater crocodiles.

Episodes

International Broadcast

Broadcast

''The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill'' debuted on 7TWO in Australia on 5 December 2016. The series aired on teleTOON+ in Poland on 16 January 2017. In Hungary, it began airing on

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on 19 June 2017. In Latin America debuted on

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on 1 July 2017 and Brazil on 1 September 2017. In Canada debuted on

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on 9 September 2017., In United Kingdom it debuted on

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in 2018., In Italy it debuted on

in 2018., In Germany it debuted on KiKA on 1 January 2018.

Home Media Releases

DVD releases

* ''Blinky the Brave and Other Wild Tales'' (2018) * ''The Escape and Other Wild Tales'' (2018) * ''Mission Impossumable and Other Wild Tales'' (2018)

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill, The 7two original programming Australian children's animated adventure television series Australian children's animated comedy television series Australian computer-animated television series 2016 Australian television series debuts 2017 Australian television series endings Fictional duos 2010s Australian animated television series Animated television series about children Television series about koalas Australian television shows based on children's books Blinky Bill English-language television shows