Téléfrançais! facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Téléfrançais!
The three main characters, Jacques, Sophie and Ananas in the junkyard
Genre	Children's
Created by	Ken Sobol
Starring	Jacques Dell Colombe Demers René Lemieux
Theme music composer	Bruce Ley Jed MacKay
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	French
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ruth Vernon
Producer(s)	Jennifer Harvey David Moore
Editor(s)	Hank Mol
Running time	10 minutes
Release
Original network	TVOntario
Original release	1984 (1984) – 1986 (1986)

Téléfrançais! is a Canadian French language children's television series, produced by TVOntario from 1984 until 1986. The series of 30 ten-minute episodes has become a popular teaching tool, and is used by many educators (especially in Canadian and American schools) to teach French as a second language to elementary and middle school children. The show's name is a portmanteau for télévision and français.

The show follows the adventures of two children named Jacques (Jacques Dell) and Sophie (Colombe Demers) before she moved in the show, and Ananas (René Lemieux [fr]), a talking pineapple who resides in a junkyard. Other recurring characters are Pilote, Ginette, the Annonceur, Monsieur Pourquoi (le Superdétective), Louis Questionneur, Brigitte Banane, and the comic skeletal musical group Les Squelettes. The programs were produced by Jennifer Harvey and directed by David Moore. The theme and all of Les Squelettes' songs were written by the team of Bruce Ley and Jed MacKay. Julie Beaulieu, who appeared in PBS' Bridge to Terabithia, also appeared.

All the characters and scripts were created by Ken Sobol.

The series was on air, on TVO, until at least 1996.