Babar and the Adventures of Badou

*Babar and the Adventures of Badou*
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
Genre	Slice of life
Created by	Michael Stokes
Based on	Babar the Elephant; by Jean de Brunhoff ; Laurent de Brunhoff
Written by	Michael Stokes
Directed by	Mike Fallows
Voices of	Isabel de Carteret; Catherine Disher; Dawn Greenhalgh; Dallas Jokic; Noah Lehman; Tyler Stevenson; Samantha Weinstein; Christopher Wiggins; Ben Campbell; Les Carlson; Laura de Carteret; Sergio Di Zio; Jayne Eastwood; Molly Johnson; Dan Lett; Scott McCord; Jeff Pustil; Samantha Reynolds; Lyon Smith; Adrian Truss; Gordon Pinsent; Drew Adkins; Tajja Isen;
Theme music composer	Steve D'Angelo; Terry Tompkins;
Composer	Jeff Danna
Country of origin	Canada; France;
Original languages	English; French;
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Corinne Kouper; Guillaume Hellouin; Doug Murphy; Colin Bohm; Clifford Ross;
Producer	Jane Sobol
Running time	Approximately ; 24 minutes; (12 minutes x2)
Production companies	Nelvana Limited; TeamTO; Guru Studio (Season 1 only); Pipeline Studios Inc. (Season 1 only); LuxAnimation (seasons 1 & 2 only);
Original release
Network	YTV (Canada); TF1 and Disney Junior (France)
Release	September 6, 2010 –; January 2, 2015
Related
	Babar

Babar and the Adventures of Badou is an animated children's television series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series and has created new characters to the Babar universe, including Badou, who is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the protagonist of the series. The series is co-produced by Nelvana, TeamTO and LuxAnimation, in co-production with TF1 and with the participation of Playhouse Disney France/The Walt Disney Company France. 65 episodes were produced over three seasons.

This series first premiered on September 6, 2010 in Australia on ABC2, in France on TF1's TFOU strand on November 8, and in Canada on YTV on November 22. Vice President and Managing Director of Jumbo Pictures, and Nelvana Enterprises, Colin Bohm explained that Nelvana was excited to bring Babar into the 21st century with a new 3D TV series as well as a comprehensive licensing program from TF1. The series also premiered in the U.S. on Playhouse Disney.

Babar and the Adventures of Badou was renewed for a second season, which began airing on Disney Junior on March 25, 2013. The third and final season aired from 2014 to 2015.

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