Junglies
Encyclopedia
The Junglies was a short-lived British
animated series by Terry Ward, lasting from 1992 to 1993 on ITV
on TV-am
, but was repeated on Tiny Living
between 2005
and 2006
.
. Each episode follows the adventures of several anthropomorphised animals called the Junglies, all of whom are portrayed as young children.
A total 13 episodes were made, and aired between 1991 and 1993 exclusively in the United Kingdom
, some of which were released straight-to-video. However, the series has never been released on DVD (as of yet, anyway).
It is now being featured in the US on the BabyFirstTV channel.
, another series by Ward, all the characters were voiced by only two actors, in this case, all voices were provided by Gary Wilmot
and Jessica Martin
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
animated series by Terry Ward, lasting from 1992 to 1993 on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
on TV-am
TV-am
TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of a commercial television franchise at breakfast-time , and broadcast every day of the week for most or all of the period...
, but was repeated on Tiny Living
Tiny Living
Tiny Living was the name of the children's block on the British television channel Living between 7:00-9:00 or 7:00-10:00, broadcasting from February 3, 1997, to 2006...
between 2005
2005 in television
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and 2006
2006 in television
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.
Overview
The series is set on the fictitious Junglie Island, an island somewhere near AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Each episode follows the adventures of several anthropomorphised animals called the Junglies, all of whom are portrayed as young children.
A total 13 episodes were made, and aired between 1991 and 1993 exclusively in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, some of which were released straight-to-video. However, the series has never been released on DVD (as of yet, anyway).
It is now being featured in the US on the BabyFirstTV channel.
Characters
Like Nellie the ElephantNellie the Elephant (TV series)
Nellie the Elephant was a short-lived cartoon series created by Terry Ward on behalf of Film Fair in the United Kingdom that ran between 1989 and 1990. The series featured Lulu as the voice of Nellie with Tony Robinson as narrator...
, another series by Ward, all the characters were voiced by only two actors, in this case, all voices were provided by Gary Wilmot
Gary Wilmot
Gary Wilmot is an English actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and singer. He rose to fame in the 80s through a number of television appearances, and subsequently moved into theatre.- Career :...
and Jessica Martin
Jessica Martin
Jessica Martin is an actor and comedian. She is probably best known for her work as an impressionist and voice artist on the television series Spitting Image, impersonating the voice of Her Majesty The Queen. She also appeared on Yorkshire Television's 3-2-1 in the 1980s with impressionist Aiden J...
.
Wilmot voice cast
- Albert Alligator - Alligator who lives in a HouseboatHouseboatA houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a human dwelling. Some houseboats are not motorized, because they are usually moored, kept stationary at a fixed point and often tethered to land to provide utilities...
- Marvin Monkey - A mischievous and cheeky monkey
- Lester Lion - An outspoken lion
- Narrator - An unseen narrator who sets the scene at the beginning of each episode.
Martin voice cast
- Tyrone Tiger - The brave leader of the Junglies, a tiger
- Penny Parrot - A Scarlet MacawScarlet MacawThe Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to up to...
who speaks with a LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
accent
- Geraldine Giraffe - A fickle, bucktoothed giraffe
- Henrietta Hippo - Overweight blue hippo, her mother is a schoolteacher
- Ethel Elephant - A Pink elephantPink elephantPink elephant may refer to:*Pink Elephant , a 1975 cartoon from the Pink Panther series*Pink Elephants , a cartoon produced by the Terrytoons studio*Pink Elephants, a 1997 album by Mick Harvey...
- Sebastian Snake - A snake who speaks with a lisp
- Zoe Zebra - A vain zebra who speaks with a FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
accent
Episodes
- First Day at School
- Hide and Seek
- Penny's Little Brother
- Echo Valley
- Albert's Tooth
- Journey To The Moon
- Where's Zoe
- Say Cheese Everyone
- Heavy, Heavy, Heavy
- Down the River
- Flying South
- The Great Storm
- A Very Big Monkey (the final episode; this is the only episode never to be released on either video, similar to how the only missing episode from the BBC Video release of PC Pinkerton is its final episode 'On Your Bikes').
See also
- Nellie the Elephant (TV series)Nellie the Elephant (TV series)Nellie the Elephant was a short-lived cartoon series created by Terry Ward on behalf of Film Fair in the United Kingdom that ran between 1989 and 1990. The series featured Lulu as the voice of Nellie with Tony Robinson as narrator...
- Another cartoon with similar animation designs, also by Ward