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Geneviève Huriet Geneviève Huriet (b. August 24, 1927 in France) is the author of the '' Beechwood Bunny Tales'' (''La Famille Passiflore'') children's book series. Huriet lives in Paris with her diplomat husband and four children, and has travelled abroad in Jap ...

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Beechwood Bunny Tales ''Beechwood Bunny Tales'' (french: La Famille Passiflore) is a series of children's books written by French author Geneviève Huriet and illustrated by Loïc Jouannigot. The original books have been published in France by Éditions Milan since ...

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(Season 1) , picture_format = 4:3 , audio_format = Stereo , first_aired = , last_aired = ''The Bellflower Bunnies'' (french: La Famille Passiflore) is a 2001-2010 animated series based on the ''

'' book series by

. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001. It is a co-production between France's TF1 and several Canadian companies 52 episodes were produced. The show centers on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove, which is called Blueberry Hill in the English version. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.

Production

Early on in its run, the series was produced as a package of four specials by TF1 and its subsidiary,

, along with TVA International of Montreal and

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of Luxembourg; Moran Caouissin, an animator from Disney's ''DuckTales'' movie, served as the director. Production of the series began in the fall of 2000, at a cost of over US$2 million, or US$600,000 per episode. Starting in 2004, later episodes were produced by Euro Visual,

, Megafun, Big Cash, Dragon Cartoon and Disney Television France. This time, Eric Berthier directed, and Alice Willis composed.

Home video and DVD

Europe

At least six DVD volumes of ''The Bellflower Bunnies'' have been released by TF1, Beez Entertainment and Seven Sept in the franchise's native France, separately and in a box set.''La Famille Passiflore'', Vol. 1-5
Chapitre DVD. Retrieved January 8, 2008. In Germany, edelkids released the first sixteen episodes in February and August 2008.

North America

Feature Films for Families released the first two volumes of the English version on VHS (in 2001) and DVD (in 2003), as part of a marketing deal with TVA. In 2005, another four DVDs were released under the Direct Source brand. Each disc in this version consists of two episodes. Since the DVDs are now next to impossible to find in the USA; Amazon Prime Video is now one the only options in the USA.

Episodes

Fifty-two episodes of ''The Bellflower Bunnies'' were produced over the course of three seasons. and all of these have aired in the show's native France; although episodes 39-52 were first aired on German channel KI.KA in May 2008.

Voice cast

Season 1

*Tom Clarke Hill *Regine Candler *Tom Eastwood *Rhonda Millar - Periwinkle, Violette (Pirouette) *Joanna Ruiz Rodriguez - Poppy

Seasons 2 & 3

English version

*Danielle DesormeauxPlatypus Theatre - ''Emily Saves the Orchestra''
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- Periwinkle *Matt Holland *Joanna Noyes *Liz MacRae *

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*Simon Peacock - Papa Bramble *Laura Teasdale - Poppy *

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* John Stocker *Sonja Ball * Susan Glover * A.J. Henderson * Rick Miller * Rick Jones * Danny Brochu

French version

* Flora Balzano *Julie Burroughs *Hugolin Chevrette *Mario Desmarais *Antoine Durand *Marylène Gargour *Annie Girard *Hélène Lasnier *Elisabeth Lenormand

References

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