The Adventures of Grady Greenspace facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Adventures of Grady Greenspace |
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| Country of origin | France Canada |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Running time | 13 minutes |
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| Original network | France 3 |
| Original release | 1992 – 1995 |
The Adventures of Grady Greenspace is a children's TV programme that was originally a French/Canadian programme called "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle" (roughly translated as "The Investigations of Chlorophylle"), which was co-produced by Damned Productions (Paris), la Société Française de Production, France 3, Productions Espace Vert (Montreal) and Logos Distribution [1] and aired between 1992 and 1993 [2].
The UK version was produced by Central Independent Television from 1994 to 1995.
The series was based on the character Chlorophylle created by Raymond Macherot and published by Dargaud[3] and was about a group of environmentally aware creatures and their adventures.
The shows characters were a combination of around twelve puppets and a large number of live animals.[4]
Contents
Characters
Puppets
- Chlorophylle (French) / Grady Greenspace (English) - The show's main protagonist. A black and white dormouse that solved environmental issues with the aid of his friends. Grady lived inside an old building and slept in a human's old slipper.
- Radar - a bat and close friend of Grady.
- Bulgy - a frog and close friend of Grady.
- Anthracite (French) / Scuzzy (English) - The main antagonist of the series. Scuzzy was a black rat and leader of a group of animals called the Rafia or the "Creepy Crawlers", who were usually the cause of the problem that Grady was trying to solve.[5]
- Maeva (French) / Rhonda (English) - A white rat that was the sister of Scuzzy. She was also Grady's love interest.
Live Animals
- The Council - A group of owls that Grady would often consult when he needed advice
Cast and crew
Directors
- Frédéric Goupil
- Claude Grégoire
- Michel Marin
- Bruno Carrière
Production Manager
- Karine Dhont
Writers
- Michel Marin
- Diane Cailhier[6]
Cinematography
- Jacques Meynard
Voice Actors
- Terrence Scammell - lead voice actor for English version.[7]
Episodes
There were 52 episodes in total.[8] Known episodes:
