''Pepinot and Capucine'' (French title, ''Pépinot et Capucine'') was a
Canadian children's television series which aired on
Radio-Canada
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from 1952 to 1954, and on the English
CBC Television
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from 1954 to 1955.
Premise
This series was produced at Radio-Canada's Montreal studios. The title characters were the puppets Pepinot and his sister Capucine. Other regular characters included Mr. Black, a pet bear, known as ''l'Ours'' in French. Mr. White, an inventor, was known on the French series as ''Monsieur Blanc''.
Scheduling
The series was broadcast on Radio-Canada since 7 September 1952 until 1954. After this, the series was simply titled ''
Pépinot'' which was produced in several runs until 1972. Episodes continued to be rebroadcast through mid-1973.
The half-hour English version appeared on CBC Television on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in two seasons, first from 3 January to 27 June 1954 and secondly from 19 September 1954 to 19 June 1955.
References
External links
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"Les personnages de l'émission Pépinot et Capucine" at Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke{{in lang, fr
CBC Television original programming
1954 Canadian television series debuts
1955 Canadian television series endings
1950s Canadian children's television series
Black-and-white Canadian television shows
Canadian television shows featuring puppetry