The Adventures of Grady Greenspace
The Adventures of Grady Greenspace | |
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Country of origin | France |
No. of episodes | 52 |
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Running time | approx. 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 and aired between 1992-1993 .
The UK version was produced by Central Independent Television in 1995.
The series was based on the character Chlorophylle created by Dargaud 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.
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.
- 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
Cinematography
- Jacques Meynard
Voice Actors
- Terrence Scammell - lead voice actor for English version.
Episodes
There were 52 episodes in total. Known episodes:
- Vote For Grady - first aired in the UK on 03/05/1995.
- Shady Business - first aired in the UK on 17/05/1995.
Around the world
The show originally aired in France and Canada and is known to have aired in the UK
Country | TV network | Year first broadcast |
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France | France 3 | 1992 |
Canada | Canal Famille | 1992 |
Sweden | FilmNet | 1994 |
United Kingdom | ITV | 1995 |
Bulgaria | Kanal 1 | 1995 |
External links
- More info on BFI.ORG.UK
- Synopsis of "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle"
- Crew listing at IMDb
- Biography of Bruno Carrière
- Screenshots at www.telenostalgie.com
- Bring Back Grady Greenspace fansite