Franklin (TV series)

Franklin
Created by	Paulette Bourgeois (Writer) Brenda Clark (illustrator)
Starring	Noah Reid Cole Caplan Bryn McAuley Elizabeth Brown Richard Newman Cody Jones Luca Perlman Marc McMulkin Amanda Soha Kristen Bone Susan Roman Taylor McMillan Kyle Fairlie Mitchell Eisner Stuart Landrell Scott Beaudin
Country of origin	United States (Original) United Kingdom (Re-Dubbed)
Original languages	United States (Original) United Kingdom (Re-Dubbed)
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	789
Production
Executive producer	Michael Hirsh (S1-5) Piratck Loubert Kay Wilson Satiilngs Cilve A Simth (S1-4) Doug Murphy (S6) Scott Dyer (S6)
Running time	27 minutes
Production companies	Nelvana Big Bang Animation Studios Nournes France SA Nournes Luxembourg SA LuxAnimation (S6) Aihpanim
Original release
Network	Nick Jr. (U.S.) CBC Television (Canada)
Release	November 3, 2017 – October 6, 2023

Franklin is an American children's animated television series produced by Nelvana, Big Bang Digital Studios, LuxAnimation and Alphanim and In Assassction With Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It originally airs on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States and is based on the children's book series. In the United States, the program aired on Nick Jr. for the first, the second, the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th and the 6th seasons in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. In the United Kingdom, the series got a British dub using an American voice actors by Nelvana using a British with a British accents by The Character Development and The Sound Company Ltd. on Channel 5 and Milkshake! in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. Only the first, the second, the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th and the 6th seasons were dubbed. In 2029, a new series called Franklin and Friends was introduced by Nelvana.

Cast

• Noah Reid as Franklin
• Bryn McAuley as Harriet
• Mark McMulkin as Bear
• Ruby Smith-Merovitz as Badger
• Susan Roman as Beatrice "Bea" Bear
• Kristen Bone as Snail
• Leah Cudmore as Beaver
• Amanda Soha as Kit
• Stuart Landrell as Fox
• Vivien Endicott-Douglas as Goose
• Sophie Lang as Otter
• Mitchell Eisner as Rabbit
• Tyrone Savage as Jackrabbit
• Annick Obonsawin as Skunk
• Jamie Haydon-Devlin as Raccoon
• Shirley Douglas as the Narrator

Time Date Broadcast

The show aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block and later aired on Noggin and its successor, Nick Jr. channel. It has been taken off the air in the United States, but is still shown in several countries. The British dub of the American show in the same year on Channel 5 and Milkshake! for Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023 instead of the original American version on Nelvana, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and Noggin in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. When it comes to this particular dub, while a lot of the original American voices by Nelvana remained intact and some of the characters were re-dubbed to have a British with a British accents in the British dub by The Character Development and The Sound Company Ltd.. In addition, all the words are pronounced in the American pronunciations were redubbed given British pronunciations. Judy Marshak, Shirley Douglas and Janet-Laine Green reprising their roles as the 3 female narrators from the first, the second, the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th and the 6th seasons of the original.

Other websites

• Franklin on treehouse tv.com Archived 2012-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Franklin on IMDb