Franklin

Franklin
Details
Other titles	Franklin the Turtle
Countries	Canada France Luxembourg United States
Language	English
Seasons	6
Episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Channels	Nick Jr. (United States) (formerly) Nickelodeon (United States) (formerly) CBS (Nick Jr. on CBS block, formerly) Qubo (formerly) Treehouse TV (formerly) CBC (formerly) Family Channel (formerly) Nickelodeon (Canada) (Nick Jr. block; formerly) Knowledge Network (formerly) ABC Kids (formerly) Nick Jr. (Australia) (formerly) Boomerang (Tiny TV block; formerly) Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland) (formerly) TV3 (formerly) TV2 (formerly) TVNZ Kidzone (formerly) See more... AFN Family (formerly) BTV (formerly) Nickelodeon (Asia) (formerly) AFN Korea (formerly) GNTV Junior (formerly) SABC 2 (formerly) ITV (formerly) Kids Central (formerly) NBC 1 (formerly) Channel 9 (formerly) Spacetoon 2 (formerly) ZBM-TV (formerly) RTÉ2 (formerly) KUAM-TV (formerly)
Services	Toons.TV (formerly) Noggin (formerly)
Release	November 3, 1997 – August 8, 2004

Franklin is an educational Canadian-French-Luxembourgish-American children's animated television show, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. Produced by Nelvana, the show focuses on a young turtle named Franklin who goes to school, lives in a small village called Woodland with his friends, and has many adventures playing and learning in the world around him. The series originally aired from November 3, 1997 to August 8, 2004. It was followed up by a CGI adaptation, Franklin and Friends.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Franklin Turtle	Noah Reid (seasons 1-5)
		Cole Caplan (season 6)
	Bear	Cody Jones (season 1)
		Luca Perlman (seasons 2-5)
		Marc McMulkin (season 6)
	Fox	Gil Filar (seasons 1-3, 5)
		Al Mukadam (season 4)
		Scott Beaudin (season 6)
	Beaver	Leah Renee Cudmore
	Goose	Olivia Garatt (seasons 1-5)
		Vivien Endicott-Douglas (season 6)
	Rabbit	Kyle Fairlie (seasons 1-5)
		Mitchell Eisner (season 6)
File:Snail (Franklin).png	Snail	Kristen Bone
File:Harriet Turtle (Franklin).png	Harriet Turtle	Bryn McAuley
	Mrs. Turtle	Elizabeth Saunders
	Mr. Turtle	Richard Newman
	Mr. Owl	James Rankin

International versions

• Dubs
• Voice-overs

	Language	Title	Channels
	Arabic (Al-Majd Network)	روضة الأصدقاء	Basma (intermittently)
	Arabic (Venus Centre)	مغامرات فريد	Spacetoon (formerly)
	Czech (AK Studio)	Franklin	Supermax (formerly) VHS
	Czech (Česká televize)	Franklin	Minimax (formerly) ČT1 (formerly)
	Danish	Morten	DR1 (formerly)
	Dutch	Franklin	Fox Kids/Jetix (Fox Kids Play/Jetix Play block; formerly)
	English (UK)	Franklin	Channel 5 (Milkshake! block; formerly) Tiny Pop (formerly)
	Faroese	Franklin	Kringvarp Føroya (formerly)
	Finnish	Franklin	Yle TV2 (formerly)
	French (Canada)	Benjamin	Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly)
	French (France)	Franklin	TF1 (formerly) Canal J (formerly) Tiji (formerly) Télétoon (formerly) Piwi+ (formerly) RTD 1 (formerly) RTB (formerly) 2M (formerly) Oznoz
	German	Franklin – Eine Schildkröte erobert die Welt	KiKA (formerly) ZDF (formerly) ORF 1 (formerly) SRF zwei (formerly) Oznoz
	Greek (Studio Vertical)	Φράνκλιν	K-T.V. (formerly)
	Greek (Audio Visual)	Φράνκλιν	Alter (formerly) Star Channel (formerly)
	Hebrew (N.L.S. Studios Ltd.)	פרנקלין	Arutz HaYeladim (formerly)
	Hebrew (Videofilm International)	פרנקלין	Hop! (formerly)
	Hindi	Franklin	Oznoz
	Hungarian	Franklin	Minimax (formerly) RTL Klub (formerly) M2 (formerly)
	Icelandic	Franklín	Barnarásin (formerly)
	Indonesian	Franklin	Spacetoon (formerly)
	Italian	Franklin	Disney Channel (formerly) Italia 1 (formerly) Boing (formerly)
	Japanese	フランクリン	BS Asahi (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly)
	Korean	꼬마거북프랭클린	EBS (formerly) KBS (formerly) Champ TV (formerly)
	Mandarin	小鸟龟福未代长记	Oznoz YouTube
	Norwegian	Franklin	NRK (formerly)
	Polish	Witaj, Franklin	TVP1 (formerly) TVP3 (formerly) Top Kids (formerly) MiniMini+ (formerly) Minimax (MiniKaruzela block; formerly) TVN Style (formerly)
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Franklin	Cartoon Network (formerly) Discovery Kids (formerly) Canal Futura (formerly) Rede Globo (formerly)
	Portuguese (Portugal) (Nacional Filmes)	Franklin	RTP1 (formerly) RTP2 (formerly) RTP Madeira (formerly)
	Portuguese (Portugal) (Via Satélite)	Franklin	Canal Panda (formerly) VHS
	Romanian	Franklin	Minimax (formerly)
	Russian	Франклин	unknown
	Sinhala	ෆ්‍රැන්ක්ලින්	Swarnavahini (formerly)
	Slovak	Franklin	Jednotka (formerly)
	Slovene	Franček	TV SLO 1 (formerly)
	Spanish (Latin America)	Franklin	Cartoon Network (formerly) Discovery Kids (formerly)
	Spanish (Spain)	Franklin	Disney Channel (formerly) Playhouse Disney (formerly)
	Swedish	Franklin	SVT Barn (formerly)
	Tamil	Franklin	Cartoon Network (formerly)

	Language	Title	Channels
	Bulgarian	Франклин	EKids Eurocom
	Uzbek	Kichkina Franklin	Bolajon
	Vietnamese	Chú rùa Franklin	SCTV3/SaoTV (formerly) Bibi (formerly)

References

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