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Barbapapa is an animated children's television series that was created by French-American couple, Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, in 1974. The series was adapted from the 1970 book series of the same name. It was produced and animated in the Netherlands by PolyScope BV in season one, and was co-produced by Japanese animation studios KSS and Topcraft in season two.

The series follows the daily life of the extraordinary blob-shaped Barbapapa family, who can morph into other forms but retain their original colors. The Barbapapa family consists of parents Barbapapa and Barbamama and their seven children; the intellectual Barbotine, the coquette Barbabelle, the powerful Barbidur, inventor Barbidul, animal lover Barbidou, artist Barbouille, and musician Barbalala.

In France, it first premiered on ORTF Télévision on October 2, 1974, and ran until the channel shut down on January 5, 1976. Three days later, the series would continue to air on the Les Visiteurs du mercredi block of TF1 until 1997. The series ran for two seasons, 45 episodes in the first, and 55 in the second, totalling 100 episodes. Additional episodes of the show's second season would air in Japan: they were not distributed worldwide.

Cast[]

Season 1[]

Character Actor
Narrator
All characters
Ricet Barrier

Season 2[]

The characters all gain individual voices in season 2, with Barrier retaining his role as the narrator.

As well, the original language of this season is switched to Japanese. For convenience sake, that version is tackled in its own article.

Character Actor
Barbapapa
Unidentified voice File:Barbapapa (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbamama
Unidentified voice File:Barbamama (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbidou
Unidentified voice File:Barbidou (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbouille
Unidentified voice File:Barbouille (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbabelle
Unidentified voice File:Barbabelle (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbidur
Unidentified voice File:Barbidur (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbotine
Unidentified voice File:Barbotine (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbibul
Unidentified voice File:Barbibul (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Barbalala
Unidentified voice File:Barbalala (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Claudine
Unidentified voice File:Claudine (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
François
Unidentified voice File:François (Barbapapa, s2) - audio (French).mp3
Narrator
Ricet Barrier

Broadcast[]

In France, Barbapapa additionally aired on Antenne 2 from 1987 to 1988, on Canal J in 1993, and on M6 starting on April 20, 2005. The series has also aired on Piwi+ and Télétoon+.

In Canada, the series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé, and it was available on online streaming from the network TFO.[4]

International versions[]

Language Title Channels
Albanian Mjekëroshët Çufo (intermittently)
Bang Bang (formerly)
Amharic ባርባፓፓ Canal+ Dikdik[5] (formerly)
Arabic بربر شاطر Qatar TV (formerly)
Qatar TV 2 (intermittently)
Basque Barbapapa ETB 1[6][7] (formerly)
Bulgarian Татко Барба BNT 1 (formerly)
Danish
(1974) 		Barbapapa – Nye fortællinger om den populære familie
Familien Barbapapa 		Cassette tapes only
Danish
(2006) 		Barbapapa DR1 (formerly)
TV 2
DR Ramasjang (formerly)
Max
Netflix (formerly)
Viaplay
TV 2 Play
Dutch Barbapapa NPO 1 (broadcasted by NOS and TROS, formerly)
NPO 2 (broadcasted by VARA, formerly)
NPO 3 (formerly)
NPO Zappelin (formerly)
Kindernet (formerly)
Fox Kids (formerly)
Netflix[2]
English (UK) Barbapapa BBC One (formerly)
English (United States)
(Magno) 		Barbapapa Syndication (formerly)
English (Canada) Barbapapa TVO (formerly)
Knowledge Network (formerly)
Channel 5 (formerly)
Channel 11 (formerly)[8]
Nepal Television (formerly)
NTA (formerly)
TVM (formerly)
TVB Pearl (formerly)[9]
English
(1990) 		Barbapapa DVD/VHS only (South Africa and Japan)
English (United States)
(Centauro Group) 		Barbapapa DVDs (South Korea only)
Laftel (formerly)
Naver SeriesOn (formerly)
Barbapapa Club
YouTube[10] (formerly)
Playground TV (first episode only; formerly)
Finnish
(Yle TV2) 		Barbapapa Yle TV2 (Pikku Kakkonen block, formerly)
Finnish
(Golden Voice Oy) 		Barbapapa VHS only
Finnish
(HBO Max) 		Barbapapa Max
Netflix (formerly)
Viaplay
German Barbapapa Das Erste (formerly)
ZDF (formerly)
RTL (formerly)
hr-fernsehen (formerly)
Der Kinderkanal (formerly)
Junior (formerly)
ORF 1 (formerly)
YouTube
Greek Ο Μπαρμπαμπαμπάς ERT1 (formerly)
Hebrew
(Channel 1) 		ברבאבא Channel 1 (formerly)
Kan Educational (intermittently)
Kan BOX
Hebrew
(Hop! Channel) 		ברבאבא Hop! Channel (formerly)
Hindi Barbapapa DD National (formerly)[11]
Hungarian Barbapapa M1 (formerly)
Icelandic
(1980) 		Barbapabbi RÚV (formerly)
Icelandic
(1989) 		Barbapabbi RÚV (formerly)
Italian
(Rai 2) 		Barbapapà Rai 2 (formerly)
Rai 1 (formerly)
Italian
(CVD) 		Le avventure di Barbapapà (various episodes repacked to a 70-length film) theatrical release
DVDs
Italian
(Studio P.V.) 		Barbapapà Rai YoYo
DeA Junior
Rai Gulp
Nickelodeon (formerly)
Nick Jr. (formerly)
Çufo (via SAP; formerly)
Bang Bang (via SAP; formerly)
RaiPlay (formerly)
YouTube[12]
Japanese
(Tokyo Channel 12) 		バーバパパ Tokyo Channel 12 (formerly)
Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting (formerly)
Iwate Menkoi Television (formerly)
Higashinippon Broadcasting (formerly)
Akita TV (formerly)
Fukushima Television (formerly)
Broadcasting System of Niigata (formerly)
Toyama Television (formerly)
Ishikawa TV (formerly)}
Fukui TV (formerly)
Nagano Broadcasting Systems (formerly)
TV Shizuoka (formerly)
Kyoto Broadcasting System (formerly)
Sun Television (formerly)
Nara Television (formerly)
Wakayama Telecasting Corporation (formerly)
Nihonkai Telecasting (formerly)
Hiroshima Home Television (formerly)
Yamaguchi Broadcasting (formerly)
Setonaikai Broadcasting (formerly)
TV Kochi (formerly)
Fukuoka Broadcasting System (formerly)
Nagasaki International Television (formerly)
Kagoshima Television Station (formerly)
WOWOW (formerly)
Kids Station (formerly)
Japanese
(Aniplex) 		バーバパパ DVDs
YouTube[13]
Amazon Prime Video[14]
Korean 바바파파 KBS1 (formerly)
Naver SeriesOn
Laftel
YouTube (season 1)[15]
Kurdish (Central) به‌ڕبه‌شاتری NRT3 (formerly)
Mandarin
(1988) 		巴巴爸爸 CCTV-1 (Tangram block; formerly)
DVDs
Mandarin
(2013) 		巴巴爸爸 CCTV-14 (formerly)
Norwegian
(VHS) 		Barbapapa VHS only
Norwegian
(TV2) 		Barbapapa TV2 (formerly)
Max
Netflix (formerly)
Viaplay
Persian
(IRIB) 		بارباپاپا IRIB TV2 (formerly)
IRIB Esfahan (formerly)
IRIB Pooya (formerly)
GEM Classic (formerly)
Persian
(Roudaki) 		بارباپاپا Filimo[16]
IRIB Amoozesh (on Radio 7, formerly)
Polish Barbapapa TVP1 (formerly)
Portuguese (Brazil) Barbapapa Rede Globo (Globinho block, formerly)
Portuguese (Portugal) Barbapapa RTP1 (formerly)
Russian
(voice-over) 		Барбапапа Kids TV
Kinopoisk (formerly)
Serbian Tata Brada RTB (formerly)
Slovak Barbapapa Jojko
RiK
Ťuki TV
Spanish (Latin America)
(1st dub) 		Barbapapá UCV Televisión (Pipiripao block, formerly)
Azteca 13 (formerly)
Señal Colombia (formerly)
unknown Costa Rican network (formerly)[17]
Spanish (Latin America)
(2nd dub) 		Barbapapá Canal 10 (formerly)
Spanish (Spain)
(TVE) 		Barbapapá La 2 (formerly)
Canal Sur (formerly)
ETB 2 (formerly)
Spanish (Spain)
(Nickelodeon) 		Barbapapá Nickelodeon (formerly)
YouTube[18] (season 1; unlisted)
Swedish
(SVT) 		Barbapapa SVT2 (formerly)
Swedish
(Wendros) 		Barbapapa DVDs
SF Succé (formerly)
TV3 (formerly)
TV4 (formerly)
Swedish
(HBO Max) 		Barbapapa Max
Netflix (formerly)
Viaplay (season 1)
Turkish Tontonlar
Tonton Ailesi 		TRT 1 (formerly)[19]

Language Title Channels
French Sign Language Barbapapa en LSF Piwi+

Spin-offs[]

In 1999, a spin-off anime series called Barbapapa Around the World (in Japanese: バーバパパ 世界をまわる) premiered in Japan on NHK Educational TV, and ran for 50 episodes.

In June 2017, TF1 announced the production of a reboot of the series entitled Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family! (in French: Barbapapa en famille !), that would later premiere in France in November 2019, and would be distributed to many Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels the following year.

References[]

  1. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/barbapapa
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://unogs.com/title/80163967
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGgf4Ni0M2U
  4. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1208
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/canalplusethopia/posts/198355838963915
  6. ↑ http://www.euskal-encodings.com/smf/index.php?topic=314.msg2107
  7. ↑ https://www.berria.eus/hemeroteka/egunkaria/pdfa/?data=1994-09-16&orria=046&zenb=ekJoamVSUTI0TmpYSUlZZkJvK1RUZz09
  8. ↑ https://www.kartoon-discovery.com/anime/retro-anime-0C.php
  9. ↑ https://i0.hdslb.com/bfs/new_dyn/5c4309a575bba75f4a0c5f1b645161a338039192.jpg@1048w_!web-dynamic.webp
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqmtlvZeP40
  11. ↑ https://nettv4u.com/amp/about/Hindi/tv-serials/barbapapa
  12. ↑ BARBAPAPÀ in italiano - Canale Ufficiale
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1di5OR1_dk
  14. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%91%E3%83%91/dp/B0CN5RCV6S
  15. ↑ https://youtu.be/sr0TztsJyng
  16. ↑ https://www.filimo.com/m/12543
  17. ↑ https://peradeliciosa.blogspot.com/2012/10/programas-de-television-que-pasaban-en.html
  18. ↑ BARBAPAPA en español - Canal oficial
  19. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=363164735909784&vanity=trtarsiv
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