''Bojan the Bear'' ( sl, Medved Bojan) is the title and the protagonist of the

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n animation

children's television series Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during ...

. It's the best-known and most successful Slovenian cartoon series. Bojan the Bear is a painter who paints his own world with three colours. A friend of his enters the world, using two other colours - white and black - to paint glaciers. The cartoon was created by Serbian-born ''Branko Ranitović'' and Slovenian ''Dušan Povh''. Series was in original run from 1985-1999. Animated series was broadcast on Slovenian national television RTV Ljubljana and broadcast on United Kingdom television

The Children's Channel The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a British-based pan-European children's television channel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which was owned by Flextech in London, England, UK. It began broadcasting on the original Eutelsat ...

. Character was originally animated by ''Zdenko Gašparović'' and ''Pavao Štalter''.

List of episodes

Season 1: 1985

Season 2: 1988

Season 3: 1995

Season 4: 1996

Season 5: 1998

Season 6: 1999

* List is not completed. Numerous episodes (Fireman, Apples, Xmas, Rainbow, Fischerman, Picnic, Bees, Small House, Painter,...) are missing.

Broadcast UK history

*''

'' (1988–1994)

VHS UK history

*''

Screen Legends Carlton was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained ...

'' (1988–1993)

Videos

In 1988, "Bojan The Bear - Athlete" was released on a

which was exclusively sold and distributed under license from Carlton Communications along with ''Bojan the Bear'' and many more.