| Sharky & George | |
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Sharky & George Title Screen |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Michael Haillard (writer), Patrick Regnard (writer), Tony Scott (writer) |
| Starring | A.J. Henderson Paul Hawkins |
| Opening theme | Philippe Bouvet |
| Country of origin | Canada France |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jacques Pettigrew |
| Running time | 25 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | CinéGroupe & Label 35 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Rai Uno, Rai Due (Italy) TVE (Spain) Channel 4 and TCC (UK) RTÉ (Ireland) |
| Original run | 1988 – 1992 |
Sharky & George (Original name Sharky et Georges) was a French and Canadian children's TV cartoon, produced by animation studios CinéGroupe and Label 35 between 1988 and 1992. The series consisted of fifty-two 25 minute episodes, including two 12 minute editions which were sometimes aired separately. The series was later translated into English and shown in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 from 1991 to 1998 and on Cartoon Network in 1995.
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Sharky & George is set in the underwater city of Seacago, populated by various kinds of fish. The protagonists are two fish private detectives who run their own agency. Sharky, the bigger fish, is a rather lazy pink shark with a huge nose, and wears a Humphrey Bogart-style fedora hat. George, the smaller fish, is blue with a yellow face, and is younger than Sharky. Together the two friends combat the mad plans of conquest of the many villains and gangs that are terrorizing Seacago, including Dr. Medusa (Dr. Jelly in English versions; mad scientist and self-proclaimed master of the world) and Red Lobster (Colonel Klaw in English versions; German commander of the army of Black Crab).
The show was well known for its catchy theme tune line, "Sharky & George - the crime busters of the sea. Sharky & George - clear up any mystery".
The programme was first shown in France on Canal+ and Antenne 2, and later shown on France 3. It was then translated into English, and shown on Channel 4 and Sky Channel in the United Kingdom. Sharky & George was also shown in Ireland on RTÉ Two, in Serbia on RTV Politika, in Italy on Rai Uno, Rai Due and Telepace, in San Marino on San Marino RTV, in Hungary on Magyar Televízió - Hungarian title: [Cápali és Cápeti], in Poland on TVP 1 (dubbed) and in Spain on TVE. It was translated to Spanish from America and shown on RTP (currently named TV Perú) in Peru, and shown in other Latin American countries as well. In Canada, it was shown on Global.
The show will be rerun on Germany's Junior network starting 16 October 2010.
4 VHS cassettes were released in the late 90's, but are now out of print. The show has not been repeated on television.
A petition was set up at SharkyandGeorge.com to bring the show to DVD. The site was going to contact the creators CinéGroupe when the petition reached 5,000 signatures. By September 10, 2007, the petition had just below 2,000 signatures, and as of October 17, 2008, the domain has expired.
A DVD containing 10 episodes of the series was released in France on 17 November 2005, but it is no longer available.