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The Adventures of Abney & Teal
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Created by Joel Stewart
Developed by Ragdoll Productions for BBC Television
CBC
Written by Joel Stewart, Steve Roberts, Matilda Tristram
Starring Adrian Scarborough
Shingai Shoniwa.
Narrated by Adrian Scarborough
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 52
Production
Executive producer(s) Anne Wood
Running time 11 minutes
Production company(s) Ragdoll Productions
BBC
Distributor BBC Studios
Release
Original network CBeebies
Original release 26 September 2011 (2011-09-26) – 28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)

The Adventures of Abney & Teal is a British mildly surreal children's television programme which uses a mixture of 2D and CGI animation based on the works of writer and illustrator Joel Stewart. The show, which follows the adventures of two friends, is set on a series of small islands on a lake in a park in an unnamed city. The show was first broadcast on CBeebies in the United Kingdom in September 2011, and is produced by Ragdoll Productions.

Characters

The Adventures of Abney & Teal centres on two animated rag dolls named Abney and Teal who live on an island in a lake in a park in a city. Abney lives in a hut at the base of a tree. Teal sleeps in the branches of the tree, with her only possessions a blanket and an umbrella. Abney & Teal share their environment with several friends:

Main Characters

  • Abney, Teal's ragdoll brother and best friend.
  • Teal, Abney's 6 year old sister and best friend.

Supporting Characters

  • Neep, a small burrowing turnip-like creature.
  • Bop, an aquatic mammal somewhat resembling a furry male elephant seal who drinks 'tea' (actually water from the lake) and blows bubbles.
  • The Poc-Pocs, a set of 7 identical-shaped but different-sized comma-shaped wooden objects or hard tropical tree seeds, so named after the noise they make jumping about. Their first appearance was in the first episode, "The Porridge Party".
  • Toby Dog, a melodeon-playing dog who always sits upright on the same place on the lake's mainland shore. He normally plays the same tune, which the narrator describes as several sorts of music. There are rare occasions where Toby Dog will play a variation of his tune, notably the lullaby on the episode Bop's babies.

From time to time Neep's 'friends and relations' come to visit. They look much like Neep but are different colours and have varying other features. For example, Zeep has a long blond moustache and Meep wears glasses.

Episodes

Each of the series's episodes are self-contained and do not follow a larger story narrative or chronology.

Pilot (2010)

  1. The Adventures of Abney & Teal (14 July 2010)

Series 1 (2011-2012)

  1. The Porridge Party (26 September 2011)
  2. The Star Stick (27 September 2011)
  3. The Poc Pocs' Holiday (28 September 2011)
  4. The Storm (29 September 2011)
  5. Stuck (30 September 2011)
  6. Firefly Lullaby (3 October 2011)
  7. The Rainbow Whistle (4 October 2011)
  8. The Radio (5 October 2011)
  9. Sky High (6 October 2011)
  10. The Poc Poc Hunt (7 October 2011)
  11. The Train (10 October 2011)
  12. The Mystery (11 October 2011)
  13. Neep's Birthday (12 October 2011)
  14. Abney Finds A Hole (13 October 2011)
  15. Faraway Island (14 October 2011)
  16. Bop's Best Bubble (7 November 2011)
  17. The Slide (8 November 2011)
  18. The Enormous Neep (9 November 2011)
  19. The Buzzing Thing (10 November 2011)
  20. The Moon (11 November 2011)
  21. The Snow Neep (12 December 2011)
  22. The Perfect Tree (16 December 2011)
  23. The Artwork (6 February 2012)
  24. Abney's Magic Show (7 February 2012)
  25. The Woolly Tangle (8 February 2012)
  26. The Leaf Sweep (9 February 2012)

Series 2 (2012)

  1. The Very Cold Day (10 February 2012)
  2. Straw Hat Trouble (30 April 2012)
  3. The Visit (1 May 2012)
  4. The Enormous Sneeze (2 May 2012)
  5. The Handbag (3 May 2012)
  6. Neep and the Dragon (4 May 2012)
  7. The Mysterious Mist (28 October 2012)
  8. The Very Hot Day (29 October 2012)
  9. Hiccups (30 October 2012)
  10. The Enormous Cabbage (31 October 2012)
  11. The Summerhouse (1 November 2012)
  12. Brilliant Wheels (4 November 2012)
  13. Bop's Babies (5 November 2012)
  14. Sleep Digging (6 November 2012)
  15. The Porridge Tower (7 November 2012)
  16. Abney's Aquarium (8 November 2012)
  17. Shadows (11 November 2012)
  18. The Café (12 November 2012)
  19. Abney's Precious Things (13 November 2012)
  20. Frogs (14 November 2012)
  21. Sticky Neep (15 November 2012)
  22. Porridge Machine (18 November 2012
  23. The Camera (19 November 2012)
  24. Spring Cleaning
  25. Spots (21 November 2012)
  26. Rock Music (22 November 2012)