''Mouk'' is a French animated television series produced by
Millimages, adapted from the work of Marc Boutavant, and directed by François Narboux. 62 episodes were produced. The show has aired in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as other countries.
Synopsis
The show is about two bike-riding travelers, Mouk and Chavapa, who have adventures as they travel around the world.
Each episode begins with Mouk and Chavapa chatting via webcam to their friends Popo and Mita back home. The friends say how excited they are to tell Mouk and Chavapa something interesting that has happened to them, but before they can, Mouk interrupts with a story of his travels. The friends usually do not get the chance to tell their story.
Characters
Main
*Mouk, the show's namesake is a
brown bear
The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is ...
(voiced by Rachel Williams)
*Chavapa, his companion, is a grey
cat
The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...
(voiced by Tania Farchy)
*Mita is a girl they correspond with via computer (voiced by Lisa Jacobs)
*Popo is Mita's brother, who they also speak with a thick British accent (also voiced by Lisa Jacobs)
Recurring
*Abby/Abey and Tadi are Canadians who appear in "Shooting Star" and "Hockey"
*Bouba lives in Africa and appears in "Good as New" and "The Whistling Language"
*Cassandra lives in
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...
, in Greece, and appears in "Bicycle Race", "Little Fish Grow Up", "The (Olive/Village) Festival", "Pottery" and the game
*Joropo and Raina live in Venezuela and appear in "The Great Crossing", "Instruments Do Grow on Trees!" and the game
*Kalpita lives in India and appears in "Holi" and "The Indian Vase"
*Lin(h) Hue lives in Vietnam and appears in "In the Paddy Fields", "The Bamboo Plantation" and "Puppet Masters"
*Miko lives in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan, and appears in "Small Is Beautiful", "Runaway Robot" and the game
*Kanaki loves in Tokyo, Japan and appears in "Kabuki" and "Mouk's Birthday"
*Sidney lives in Australia and appears in "Wallabies' Rock" and "Windmill"
Cast
Episodes
Broadcast
In Canada, this airs 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 operat ...
. In the United States, Ultra Kidz premiered the series in Spanish on 4 September 2017. In Brazil, it is airing by
TV Escola
TV Escola (literally in English: School TV) is a Brazilian public broadcasting television network created by Ministry of Education of Brazil in 1995. First broadcast in 1996 in a nationwide transmission, it airs exclusively educational programs.
...
and
ZooMoo
ZooMoo is an international multilanguage pay television channel owned by Rock Entertainment Holdings that was first launched in Brazil in September 2013 in High-definition television, high definition (HD). On 4 April 2014, ZooMoo was launched in ...
. In the United Kingdom, it airs on
Disney Junior
Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven y ...
. In the United States, it is airing now on
Sprout.
Other broadcasters:
*United States:
V-me
V-me (, a pun on ''veme'', "watch me") is an American Spanish-language television network, formerly carried as an over-the-air public broadcasting network in association with public television stations created for the United States Hispanic mar ...
,
Sprout
*Russia:
Carousel
*Philippines:
TV5
*Singapore:
Okto on 5
*Spain:
Boing
*Australia:
ABC2
ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of general entertainment pr ...
,
ABC Kids
*Hungary:
M2
Games
TVOKids has a flash game based on the show where several regions can be explored with an associated character.
*Canada with Ameruk
*Crete with Cassandra
*India with Kalpita
*Japan with Miko
*Venezuela with Raina
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 2129477, Mouk
2010s French animated television series
2010s preschool education television series
2011 French television series debuts
2014 French television series endings
Animated preschool education television series
Animated television series about bears
French children's animated comedy television series
French flash animated television series
French preschool education television series
French television shows based on children's books