| Sally Bollywood | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Children's |
| Country of origin | France Australia |
| Language(s) | English French |
| Production | |
| Running time | 13 minutes (single) 26 minutes (combined) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | France 3 Seven Network Pop Girl |
| First shown in | France |
| Original run | 26 October 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Sally Bollywood is a 2009 French-Australian two-dimensional animated series, which has been translated and sold to numerous countries around the world. Fifty-two episodes of thirteen minutes duration have been produced for the first series.[1] However, in Australia Seven Network airs two episodes together, as twenty-six half hour episodes.
The series follows the adventures of Sally who, along with her friend Doowee, operates a private detective agency. Together they investigate cases brought to them by their school friends in a multicultural suburb of a big, western city, "Cosmopolis".[2]
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The series revolves around a young Indian girl, who lives in a town called "Cosmopolis". Her father, Harry, is a private detective, which inspired Sally to start her own private eye service, S.B.I. (Sally Bollywood Investigations), located in the basement of their family home. She, along with the help of best friend Doowee McAdam, solve cases presented to them usually by children attending their school. Most cases see Sally and Doowee traveling around their local neighbourhood and using technology to help with their numerous investigations.[3]
The series is produced in France by Philippe Alessandri of Tele Images Kids and in Australia by Three's a Company and co-produced by France Télévisions. The series were developed in association with France 3 and Seven Network. The series is distributed internationally by Zodiak Entertainment Distribution. Fifty-two episodes were produced for the first series.[4]
| Episode # | Title | Australian Airdate |
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| 1 | "Cockroach Capers" | 14 August 2010 |
| Sally is banned by her father from investigative work, however she disobeys him and with Doowee investigates a mysterious cockroach thief. | ||
| 2 | "Trapped By The Internet" | 14 August 2010 |
| Sally and Doowee attempt to discover who is the person placing digitally manipulated images on 'Blogger Boy's' blog, which leads to a virus being spread across the world. | ||
| 3 | "Window Pains" | 28 August 2010 |
| After three windows are broken at school, the Principal's son asks Sally to investigate. However she questions his intentions when she learns the Principal has already found the culprit. | ||
| 4 | "Chemical Reaction" | 28 August 2010 |
| Sally and Doowee investigate the theft of a fellow student's chemistry books. | ||
| 5 | "Trouble At The Museum" | 4 September 2010 |
| Sally and Doowee investigate a theft at the modern art museum. | ||
| 6 | "Double Trouble" | 4 September 2010 |
| Sally is accused of stealing a teacher's purse and is suspended from school. | ||
| 7 | "Don't Touch My Lucky Charm" | 11 September 2010 |
| Sally and Doowee try to discover who stole their classmate's good luck charm. | ||
| 8 | "Mr.Big" | 11 September 2010 |
| The SBI faces closure after a rival agency, Mr.Big detective agency, has been stealing their clients. | ||
| 9 | "George's Forced Labour" | 18 September 2010 |
| Sally and Doowee help their classmate George, who is being blackmailed to do another kid's homework. | ||
| 10 | "From Bombay with Love" | 18 September 2010 |
| A TV star asks Sally and Doowee to investigate leaks to the media. | ||