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
Opening theme	"Hey It's Franklin"
Country of origin	United States Canada France (seasons 1-2 and 4-6)
Original languages	English French
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78 (156 segments)
Production
Running time	23 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Playground (season 1) Family Channel (seasons 1-5) Treehouse TV and TF1 (season 6)
Release	November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03) – August 8, 2004 (2004-08-08)

Franklin the Turtle, otherwise referred to as Franklin for short, is a children's animated television series produced by Nelvana, Big Bang Digital Studios, LuxAnimation, and Alphanim. This one currently airs on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the USA from November 3, 1997 to August 8, 2004, and is based on the children's book series. In the United States, the program aired on Noggin. This show was the creators of the following makers of Little Bear. In 2009, a new revival 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.

Partial British English redub

• There is a British English style redub which used in the American English voice cast by Nelvana using in the British English with British accents by The Sound Company Ltd. when voicing the characters.

Other websites

• Franklin on treehouse tv.com Archived July 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
• Franklin on IMDb