''Chloe's Closet'' is an animated
children's series
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produced by
MoonScoop Entertainment and Telegael Teoranta. The series is mainly aimed for children ages 2 to 7 years old.
The show premiered in the United States on
PBS Kids Sprout
Universal Kids is an American children's television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.
The channel launched on September 26, 2005, as PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented channel jointly ...
on July 12, 2010, and later aired in the United Kingdom on
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
and
Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
As of 2 ...
.
Plot
The adventures of a young girl (Chloe) and her friends (Tara, Jet, Danny, Riley, Lillian, Mac and Carys) and her toys (Lovely Carrot, Wizz and Soggy) as they go on magical adventures while playing dress-up in her closet in her room.
Characters
*Chloe Corbin is the main protagonist of the series. She is a young Welsh girl with a big imagination. She's created her own imaginary world that she and her friends regularly use when playing dress-up and having adventures in a closet in her room, and has designs on being a historian. Chloe has a kind heart and is always up for adventure. Her catchphrases are "Lollipops!", "Pickles!", "Anything is possible in my world.", "Not in my world.", "They are in my world." and "Anything can happen in my world.". She is voiced by Eleanor Webster.
*Lovely Carrot is a plush toy and
security blanket that Chloe owns, and is her imaginary friend. He's a small yellow blanket, with a toy duck head attached. In Chloe's imaginary world, Lovely Carrot comes to life. He's always trying to help Chloe out and look after her, but he can be a bit of a klutz. He is a brave, friendly and gentle gentleman. His catchphrases are "No worries!" and "Flying feathers!". He is voiced by Paul Tylak.
*Tara Jansen is Chloe's best friend who is a red-headed Irish girl. Being half a year older than her friends, she considers herself to be older and wiser. Sometimes, Tara can be a bit bossy and usually tries to take charge on adventures. She never quite seems to get that's Chloe's job, though. She is voiced by Siobhán Ní Thuiraisg.
*James "Jet" Horton is Chloe's British best friend who is male. He usually tries to turn play time towards more boyish games, but is always there to help her out. He has a crush on Danny. He is voiced by Oisín Kerans.
*Daniela "Danny" Rylant is Chloe's Scottish tomboy friend. She prefers puddle jumping rather than playing with dolls and also loves preparing food. She's always up for an adventure, but can be a bit too competitive for her own good at times. She is voiced by Charly Ann Brookman in season 1 and Hana Evans in season 2.
*Riley Harris is Chloe's friend who is a
Black British
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boy. He is voiced by Derry McCafferey.
*Lillian "Lil" McGwire is Chloe's friend who is Welsh. She loves more girly activities. She tends to criticize herself and sometimes needs to be convinced to give new things a try. She is voiced by Jasmine Belson.
*Marcus "Mac" McGwire is Lillian's younger brother. He's still learning to talk, but usually manages to get the point across. Mac looks up to his sister and the two tend to get along fairly well. He is voiced by Daniel Keogh in season 1 and Lola Davies in season 2.
*Carys Mozart is Chloe's friend who is a Welsh girl and she likes ponies. She only appeared in season 2, and is voiced by Anna Webster.
*Hootie-Hoo is Chloe's toy owl.
*Soggy is Chloe's toy frog.
*Wizz is Chloe's mechanical toy dog.
*Regina "Gina" Corbin and Paul Corbin are Chloe's parents who appear at the end of the episodes. They are voiced by Teresa Beausang and Paul Tylak.
Dan Russell, Jade Yourell and
Emma Tate
Emma Tate is a British voice actress. She is known for many roles including the voice of Perfect Peter in '' Horrid Henry'', Harry in ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'', Raggles and Bluebird in ''Everything's Rosie'', Katsuma and Luvli ...
provide voices for additional guest characters in almost every episode.
Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
Season 2 (2012–2013)
Production for the second season took place from January-November 2012. Episode 19 onwards have a 2013 copyright date in the credits (in some territories it still says 2012).
Development
Mike Young and her daughter Sarah Finn conceptualized the show in early 2005. Finn's eldest daughter (Chloe Cheshire, born January 2003, now a filmmaker), inspired the main protagonist of the series. Production for the first season was green-lit in mid-2007 and began in 2008.
Broadcast
The show premiered in Asia through
Playhouse Disney
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as early as 2010.
In 2011, the series was purchased by
France 5
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,
Tiji, and
Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney was a brand of programming blocks and international cable and satellite television channels that were owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit (now Disney Branded Television) of The Walt Disney Company's Disney–ABC Televis ...
in France,
PBS Kids Sprout
Universal Kids is an American children's television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.
The channel launched on September 26, 2005, as PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented channel jointly ...
in the United States,
Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
As of 2 ...
in Italy,
Channel One in Russia,
KiKA
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in Germany,
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
in the United Kingdom,
Disney Channel (Spain), Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney in Spain,
TVP1
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(season 1)/
MiniMini+
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History
Before the launch of MiniMini, Minimax (now known as Teletoon+) launched a programming bloc ...
(season 2) in Poland and
CBeebies
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in Latin America. Within that time, Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired the British cable rights to the series for it to air on their
Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
As of 2 ...
channel for broadcast in the Summer of 2011.
The series also aired on
TVOKids
TVOkids (short for TVOntariokids and stylized as tvokids) is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by TVOntario (TVO) in Canada. It was launched on April 1, 1994 and runs from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily. The brand also operate ...
in Canada,
TVNZ
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, num_locations = New Zealand
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in New Zealand,
Sat.1 in Germany,
Hop! Channel
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in Israel, and
Yle TV2
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in Finland.
References
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External links
Official Site(archive)
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