''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' is a series of

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written and drawn by

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and Adrian Reynolds. The series is about a five-year-old boy named Harry, who has a bucket full of six dinosaurs named Taury, Trike, Patsy, Pterence, Sid, and Steggy. In the books the dinosaurs talk to Harry but seem to be toys to the other characters. The other main characters are Mum, Nana, Harry's best friend Charlie and Harry's sister Sam. It was later adapted into a British-Canadian 104-episode animated television series of the same name, which premiered on

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in Canada on March 28, 2005 and ended in 2008.Alt URL
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(season 1),

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(season 2), Cartoon Network, (Season 1),

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(Season 1), Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (season 2), and Playhouse Disney UK. In the TV series Harry plays with the dinosaurs by jumping into the bucket, which transports him to another world, called DinoWorld. Although the dinosaurs are toy-sized in the real world, within DinoWorld they become dinosaur-sized, while Harry retains his actual size. The TV episodes are available on DVD in two volumes. Recently, it was announced that the show would have a series of apps for the

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and Android platform and will include some interactive elements. In the US, Cartoon Network aired the series as part of its short-lived

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block. Reruns of the series aired on

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from June 30, 2012, to December 25, 2020.

Book list

*''Harry and the Dinosaurs go on holiday'' *''Harry and the Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs at the Museum'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs Make a Splash'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs Go Wild'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs say "Raahh"'' *''Harry and the Robots'' *''Romp in the Swamp'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs Make a Christmas Wish'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs have a Very Busy Day'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs Play Hide and Seek'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs Tell the Time'' *''Harry and the Snow King'' *''Harry and the Dinosaurs and the Bucketful of Stories'' : A compilation of ''Harry and His Bucketful of Dinosaurs'', ''Harry and the Dinosaurs say "Raahh"'', ''Harry and the Robots'', ''Romp in the Swamp'' and ''Harry and the Snow King'' (Edition in UK with Audio CD read by

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)

Voice cast

Canadian cast

* Andrew Chalmers as Harry *Jamie Watson as Taury the

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* Ron Rubin as Trike the

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as Pterence the

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*Stacey DePass as Patsy the

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as Sid the

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* Jonathan Wilson as Steggy the

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*Amanda Soha as Charley/Charlie *

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as Harry's mother *

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as Sam, Harry's big sister *Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Nana

British cast

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 ...

as Harry/Harry's mother *

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as Taury *Tom Eastwood as Trike *

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as Pterence/Sid *Lynn Cleckner as Patsy/Sam * David Holt as Steggy

Development

Development for the series started in 2001, under the book's American title of ''Sammy and the Dinosaurs'', as a co-production with Catalyst Entertainment and

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, where the latter would have full distribution rights. By 2003, the then-merged CCI Entertainment ended their partnership with

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(who purchased Gullane back in October 2002) and re-acquiring its library. The series then was renamed to its original name, and was announced that CCI would co-produce the series with Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment.

Episode list

Episode titles for season one are taken directly from the episodes. Episode titles for season two are taken from the official Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs website. There are a number of differences between the actual titles and the titles as listed on the website. In all episodes, the first words spoken by the dinosaurs or Harry are the title of the episode.

Season 1 (2005-2006)

Season 2 (2007-2008)

References

External links

*
Official site, Ian Whybrow
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