Bouli
Bouli is an animated television series originally produced in France between 1989 until 1991.[1]
| Bouli | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Denis Olivieri |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 114 (78 five - minute and 36 seven-minute ones) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 23 minutes (approx.) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Antenne 2 |
| Original release | 1989 – 1991 |
Synopsis
The Moon magically brings Bouli the snowman and his snowman friends to life and keeps them from melting.
All the snowmen live in a picturesque village hidden in the woods. Bouli's main goal in life is to be good to others, to help them, to smile and to involve them in a variety of activities and adventures, including sea voyages, skiing, ice skating, cooking, playing music, etc.
Bouli as well as all his friends are lovable and easily identifiable characters for children: the sailor, the footballer, the tennis player, the trader, the cook, the punk, the lifeguard, the grandfather, and Bouli's two closest friends: Bouli girl whom he loves, and a big bear who sleeps, snores and eats cakes.
Distribution
TV
The series originally aired in France between 1989 and 1990.
- In Ireland it was broadcast in Irish on the RTÉ Two channel originally from 2 September 1991, and later on the Irish language-specific television channel TnaG (now TG4) in the late 1990s.
- In North Macedonia it was broadcast in the early 1990s.
- In Israel it was broadcast on Channel 1.
- In Brazil it was broadcast on the TV Cultura channel.
- In New Zealand it was broadcast on TV2.
- In Canada it was broadcast on CBC Television as part of their Hodge Podge Lodge block from 1990-1994 and on Treehouse TV in 1997.
- In Russia it was broadcast on Karusel.
- In Singapore it was broadcast on Channel 5.
- In Australia it was broadcast on ABC Australia from August 20, 1990 to July 19, 1994.
- In the United Kingdom it was broadcast on the defunct largest children's cable network The Children's Channel.
- In Jordan it was broadcast in its original French language on the French network of JRTV.
- In Saudi Arabia it was broadcast on the country's English language network Saudi 2 with the English dub being screened.
- In Poland it was broadcast on TVP1 in 1990-1992 and 2008-2009 and on TVP Polonia in 2009.
- In the Netherlands it was broadcast in the 1991-1992 season at least.
- In Greece it was broadcast on ERT1.
The show was also broadcast in several other countries.
VHS and DVD releases
A French DVD box set of the series was produced in the 2000s. An English DVD release was never made.
References
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 187. ISBN 9781476672939.