Martha Speaks

Martha Speaks is an American-Canadian animated children's educational animated television series based on the 1992 children's book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh, and partially owned by WildBrain's office in the United Kingdom.[1] It revolves around a talking dog named Martha (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain), who is owned by 10-year-old Helen Lorraine (known in the books as Helen Finney). Whenever Helen feeds Martha alphabet soup, the noodle letters somehow travel to her brain instead of her stomach, giving her the ability to speak human words. The show focuses on mainly synonyms and vocabulary, with each episode featuring an underlying theme illustrated with (usually informal) keywords, but can occasionally focus on introducing preschoolers to various science and other learning concepts, such as the Spanish language through passing mentions, history, and astronomy.[a] The show takes place in the fictional town of Wagstaff City, likely referring to Flagstaff, Arizona.[4] The television series is heavily associated (affiliated) with the children's television series Arthur.[5]

The show is produced by WGBH in Boston, along with Vancouver-based animation studio DHX Media Vancouver, and debuted on September 1, 2008 and ended on November 18, 2014. Some episodes of this TV series were available for limited theatrical release on January 3, 2009.[6]

The second season began airing on September 14, 2009. The third season of Martha Speaks premiered on PBS Kids on October 11, 2010,[7] and the fourth season began airing on February 20, 2012.[8] The fifth season premiered on June 24, 2013. The sixth and final season premiered on March 31, 2014.[9] The series was broadcast on CBBC in the United Kingdom.

After the final new episode, reruns aired until December 29, 2017. Reruns again started in November 2018. Until 2013, the series aired on Nick Jr. in Australia and New Zealand.

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