Radical Sheep Productions
Encyclopedia
Radical Sheep Productions is a Canadian children's television series
production company
. Radical Sheep's most popular production is The Big Comfy Couch
.
Loonette, the main protaganist of the series, even referenced Radical Sheep Productions in The Big Comfy Couch. In an episode about sheep, Loonette says to the camera "Radical! Sheep!".
Founded in 1985, by Robert Mills
, the company also once housed the "Sheep Shop", which provided puppet
construction and design services until 2002 when it closed its doors and Mills stepped aside from running the company.
Ownership and rights to the award winning series Ruffus The Dog (1998) were transferred to Robert Mills
, the creator of the show and performer of the lead character, Ruffus. Mills is now distributing the original series and new works online at http://www.ruffusthedog.net - their most recent production will be a re-telling of the Charles Dickens
classic "A Christmas Carol
".
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
. Radical Sheep's most popular production is The Big Comfy Couch
The Big Comfy Couch
The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her doll Molly, who solve everyday problems on their "Big Comfy Couch". It aired from 1992 until early 2006. Re-runs of the show are still being aired on Treehouse TV. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and...
.
Loonette, the main protaganist of the series, even referenced Radical Sheep Productions in The Big Comfy Couch. In an episode about sheep, Loonette says to the camera "Radical! Sheep!".
Founded in 1985, by Robert Mills
Robert Mills
Robert Mills may refer to:*Robert Mills , American architect*Robert Mills , American physicist*Bob Mills , Canadian politician*Robert P...
, the company also once housed the "Sheep Shop", which provided puppet
Puppet
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....
construction and design services until 2002 when it closed its doors and Mills stepped aside from running the company.
Current Programming
- The Big Comfy CouchThe Big Comfy CouchThe Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her doll Molly, who solve everyday problems on their "Big Comfy Couch". It aired from 1992 until early 2006. Re-runs of the show are still being aired on Treehouse TV. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and...
(1992–1996, 2002, 2006) - created by Cheryl WagnerCheryl WagnerCheryl Wagner, the creator of The Big Comfy Couch, is a Gemini Award and Emmy award- winning Canadian children’s television writer, showrunner and producer who began her career as a performer in both theatre and on the screen...
, developed with Robert Mills - Panda Bear Daycare (1998) - co-created by Cheryl WagnerCheryl WagnerCheryl Wagner, the creator of The Big Comfy Couch, is a Gemini Award and Emmy award- winning Canadian children’s television writer, showrunner and producer who began her career as a performer in both theatre and on the screen...
, Karen Valleau & Robert Mills - Ruffus the Dog (1998) - created by Robert Mills, developed with Cheryl WagnerCheryl WagnerCheryl Wagner, the creator of The Big Comfy Couch, is a Gemini Award and Emmy award- winning Canadian children’s television writer, showrunner and producer who began her career as a performer in both theatre and on the screen...
- Amigo & Me (1999) - created by Cheryl WagnerCheryl WagnerCheryl Wagner, the creator of The Big Comfy Couch, is a Gemini Award and Emmy award- winning Canadian children’s television writer, showrunner and producer who began her career as a performer in both theatre and on the screen...
& Robert Mills - Land O' Hands (2000) - created by Robert Mills
- Leo and the Seven Sins (2003) - development
- Beach Bay Island (2004) - development
- Mr. Ramsbottom (2004) - development
- Puppets Who KillPuppets Who KillPuppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
(Executive Producer 2002-2005) - Stella & SamStella & SamStella and Sam is a preschool television series based on the Canadian book series "Stella" and "Sam" by Marie-Louise Gay and published by Groundwood Books Inc. The second season of the series is currently in production with Radical Sheep Productions and Family Channel...
(2007) - Bleeker: The Rechargeable DogBleeker: The Rechargeable DogBleeker: The Rechargeable Dog is a comic strip by Jonathan Mahood about ten-year-old Skip Smalls, his friend Lila and Bleeker, an electronic dog. The strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate....
(2007)
Ownership and rights to the award winning series Ruffus The Dog (1998) were transferred to Robert Mills
Robert Mills
Robert Mills may refer to:*Robert Mills , American architect*Robert Mills , American physicist*Bob Mills , Canadian politician*Robert P...
, the creator of the show and performer of the lead character, Ruffus. Mills is now distributing the original series and new works online at http://www.ruffusthedog.net - their most recent production will be a re-telling of the Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
classic "A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
".