''The Adventures of Grady Greenspace'' is a children's TV programme that was originally a French/Canadian programme called "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle" (roughly translated as "The Investigations of Chlorophylle"), which was co-produced by Damned Productions (Paris), la Société Française de Production,

France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...

, Productions Espace Vert (Montreal) and Logos Distributio

and aired between 1992 and 199

The UK version was produced by

Central Independent Television ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...

from 1994 to 1995. The series was based on the character

Chlorophylle Chlorophylle was a Belgian comics series and Raymond Macherot's best known work, alongside '' Sibylline''. It is a fantasy comic about anthropomorphic forest animals, including the title character Chlorophylle, who is a dormouse. Description C ...

created by

Raymond Macherot Raymond Macherot (30 March 1924 – 26 September 2008) was a Belgian cartoonist. Although not nearly as famous as fellow Belgian cartoonists such as Hergé or André Franquin, Macherot's work, both as artist and writer, remains highly regarded am ...

and published by Le Lombard

and was about a group of environmentally aware creatures and their adventures. The shows characters were a combination of around twelve puppets and a large number of live animal

Characters

Puppets

*Chlorophylle (French) / Grady Greenspace (English) - The show's main protagonist. A black and white dormouse that solved crimes and environmental issues with the aid of his friends. Grady lived inside an old building and slept in a human's old slipper. *Radar - a bat and close friend of Grady. *Bulgy - a frog and close friend of Grady. *Anthracite (French) / Scuzzy (English) - The main antagonist of the series. Scuzzy was a black rat and leader of a group of animals called the Rafia or the "Creepy Crawlers", who were usually the cause of the problem that Grady was trying to solve. Occasionally, however, Grady and Scuzzy had to join forces to deal with other antagonists

*Maeva (French) / Rhonda (English) - A white rat that was the sister of Scuzzy, but far sweeter and nicer than her brother. She was also Grady's love interest.

Live Animals

*The Council - A group of owls that Grady would often consult when he needed advice

Cast and crew

Directors

*Frédéric Goupil *Claude Grégoire *Michel Marin *Bruno Carrière

Production Manager

*Karine Dhont

Writers

*Michel Marin *Diane Cailhier'

Cinematography

*Jacques Meynard

Voice Actors

* Terrence Scammell (Canadian actor), Terrence Scammell - lead voice actor for English versio

Episodes

There were 52 episodes in tota

Known episodes: * Vote For Grady - first aired in the UK on 03/05/199

* Shady Business - first aired in the UK on 17/05/199

External links

More info on BFI.ORG.UK
* ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800969/fullcredits#directors Crew listing at IMDb* ttp://www3.sympatico.ca/b.carriere/Bio_2E.htm Biography of Bruno Carrièrebr>Screenshots at www.telenostalgie.comBring Back Grady Greenspace fansite
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