Pepinot and Capucine
Pepinot and Capucine (French title, Pépinot et Capucine) was a Canadian children's television series which aired on Radio-Canada from 1952 to 1954, and on the English CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.
| Pepinot and Capucine | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Pépinot et Capucine |
| Genre | children's puppetry |
| Written by | Reginald Boisvert |
| Composer | Neil Chotem |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original languages | French English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jean-Paul Ladouceur |
| Production location | Montreal |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Radio-Canada CBC Television |
| Original release | 7 September 1952 – 19 June 1955 |
Premise
This series was produced at Radio-Canada's Montreal studios. The title characters were the puppets Pepinot and his sister Capucine. Other regular characters included Mr. Black, a pet bear, known as l'Ours in French. Mr. White, an inventor, was known on the French series as Monsieur Blanc.[1]
Scheduling
The series was broadcast on Radio-Canada since 7 September 1952 until 1954. After this, the series was simply titled Pépinot which was produced in several runs until 1972. Episodes continued to be rebroadcast through mid-1973.[2]
The half-hour English version appeared on CBC Television on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in two seasons, first from 3 January to 27 June 1954 and secondly from 19 September 1954 to 19 June 1955.
References
- Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Pepinot and Capucine". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- "Au p'tit écran – 25 CBLFT Toronto". Courrier Sud (in French). 29 July 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Pepinot and Capucine". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Pepinot and Capucine at IMDb
- "Les personnages de l'émission Pépinot et Capucine" at Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke (in French)