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Draw Your Own Toons
Created by The Walt Disney Company
Presented by Fearne Cotton (1998-2001)
Jim Jinkins (1998-99)
Howy Parkins (2001)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 20
Production
Running time approx. 24 minutes per episode
Production company(s) Buena Vista Productions UK
Meridian Broadcasting
Distributor Buena Vista International Television
Release
Original network ITV Network (CITV)
Original release 26 October 1998 (1998-10-26) – 16 November 2001 (2001-11-16)

Draw Your Own Toons is a British television program that was produced by Buena Vista Productions UK and Meridian Broadcasting for CITV. Four series were aired between 1998 and 2001. Each series was broadcast over the space of a week in either October or December. The program was presented by children's television presenter Fearne Cotton (series 1–4), Jim Jinkins (series 1–2) and Howy Parkins (series 4). The character known as Elvira in series 1 half.

Format

The main idea behind the show was to teach viewers how they could become artists and replicate the work of Disney artists. Each episode focused upon a different aspect of drawing cartoons. The presenters also met with the artists and directors behind Disney shows such as The Weekenders.

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