''Little Princess'' is a British animated

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created by The Illuminated Film Company. Directed by Edward Foster seasons 1 - 3, Directed by Sue Tong season 4. It debuted in the

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in 2006. The programme is shown in the UK as part of Channel 5's '' Milkshake!'' and as ''Y Dywysoges Fach'' in the children's programming strand ''

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'' on the Welsh language channel

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. In English, the stories season 1 - 3 are narrated by

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, who also provides the voice of the cat Puss. Season 4 is narrated by Rufus Jones.

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provides the voice of the Little Princess. The series is based on the original books by

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and follows the success of Ross's 1986 book 'I Want My Potty', which was also turned into a five-minute short film. Subsaga pronounces it in French.

Characters

*Narrator (voiced by

and Rufus Jones) *Little Princess (voiced by

) *Chef, Gardener, General and Prime Minister (voiced by Colin McFarlane) *The Queen (voiced by

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) *The King and Admiral (voiced by Edward Peel) *The Maid (voiced by

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) *Great Uncle Walter (voiced by Brian Blessed) *Algie (voiced by

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) *Professor (voiced by Robert Webb)

Additional Voices

* Darren Boyd * Keith Wickham * David Holt * Maria Darling * Dustin Demri-Burns * Terry Mynott * Rob Rackstraw *

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* Tom Stourton * Lewis MacLeod * Steven Kynman *

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Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Specials

References

External links

* http://www.littleprincesskingdom.com Little Princess website * http://www.illuminatedfilms.com The Illuminated Film Company website
Edward Foster's website
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