''Miffy's Adventures Big and Small'' is an animated television series based on the ''
Miffy'' book series by Dutch artist
Dick Bruna, and the continuation of ''
Miffy and Friends'' (2003–05). The series first aired on 2 October 2015 on
Tiny Pop in the UK and aired on
NPO Zappelin
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Before Z@ppelin, the programmes w ...
in the Netherlands and on the
Nick Jr. Channel
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in the US.
Cast
*Sophie Goldstein as Miffy
*Ziggy Badans as Dan
*George Woolford as Grunty
*Bob Golding as Poppy
*Teresa Gallagher as Melanie
*Rasmus Hardiker as Boris
*Esther Coles as Barbara
*Arisha Choudhury as Miffy's Mom
*Dan Chambers as Miffy's Dad
*Jonell Elliot as Aunt Alice
*Peter Dickson as Uncle Pilot
*Shanti Deen-Ellis as Miffy's Grandma
*Leon Williams as Miffy's Grandpa
*Isla Gudgeon as the School Teacher
*Caron Pascoe as Snuffy
Production
Production began in September 2014. The series was publicly announced in October of the same year, at the
MIPCOM trade show in Cannes, France. At the convention, the series' launch date was announced for autumn 2015 to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the Miffy character. 52 segments were ordered in 2014, with an additional 26 segments later in 2016.
Broadcast
''Miffy's Adventures Big and Small'' first aired on 2 October 2015. The series aired on
Sony
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's
Tiny Pop network in the UK, on
ABC Kids in Australia, on
e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, on Akili Kids! in Kenya, on the
Nick Jr. Channel
The Nick Jr. Channel, sometimes shortened to Nick Jr., is an American pay television, pay television channel owned by the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. An offshoot of Nickelodeon ...
in the United States, on
NET25 in the Philippines, on
Tooniverse
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Since its inception in December 1995, Tooniverse is currently one of the leading animation channels i ...
in South Korea, and on
TVOKids in Canada. ABC released the series in Australia and
PBS Distribution released the first two seasons in the US.
Notes
References
External links
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2010s British animated television series
2010s British children's television series
2010s preschool education television series
2015 British television series debuts
2015 Dutch television series debuts
2019 British television series endings
2019 Dutch television series endings
British English-language television shows
British computer-animated television series
British television shows based on children's books
British preschool education television series
Animated preschool education television series
Animated television series about children
Animated television series about rabbits and hares
Television shows based on Dutch novels
Nickelodeon original programming
Nick Jr. original programming