The Adventures of Grady Greenspace

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The Adventures of Grady Greenspace
Format Children's Television
Country of origin France
No. of episodes 52
Production
Running time approx. 13 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel France 3
Original run 1992 – 1995
Grady Greenspace
Grady Greenspace

The Adventures of Grady Greenspace is a children's TV programme that was originally a French/Canadian programme entitled "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle" (roughly translated as "The Investigations of Chlorophylle") which was co-produced by Damned Productions (Paris), la Société Française de Production, France 3, Productions Espace Vert (Montreal) and Logos Distribution[1] and aired between 1992-1993[2].

The UK version was produced by Central Independent Television in 1995.

The series was based on the character Chlorophylle created by Dargaud[3] and was about a group of environmentally aware creatures and their adventures.

The shows characters were a combination of around twelve puppets and a large number of live animals.[4]

Contents

[edit] Characters

[edit] Puppets

  • Chloro (French) / Grady (English) - The shows main character. A black and white dormouse that solved environmental issues with the aid of his friends. Grady lived inside an old building and slept in a human's old slipper.
  • Radar - Radar was a bat and close friend of Gradys
  • Anthracite (French) / Scuzzy (English) - The main villain of the series. Scuzzy was a black rat and leader of a group called the Rafia who were usually the cause of the problem that Grady was trying to solve.[5]
  • Maeva (French) / Rhonda (English) - A white rat that was the sister of Scuzzy. She was also Grady's love interest.

[edit] Live Animals

  • The Council - A group of owls that Grady would often consult when he needed advice

[edit] Cast and Crew

[edit] Directors

  • Frédéric Goupil
  • Claude Grégoire
  • Michel Marin
  • Bruno Carrière

[edit] Production Manager

  • Karine Dhont

[edit] Writers

  • Michel Marin
  • Diane Cailhier[6]

[edit] Cinematography

  • Jacques Meynard

[edit] Voice Actors

[edit] Episodes

There were 52 episodes in total.[8] Known episodes:

  • Vote For Grady - first aired in the UK on 03/05/1995.[9]
  • Shady Business - first aired in the UK on 17/05/1995.[10]

[edit] Around the world

The show originally aired in France and Canada and is known to have aired in the UK

Country TV network Year first broadcast
Flag of France France France 3 1992
Flag of Canada Canada Canal Famille 1992
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom ITV 1995

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