Martha Speaks

Details

Seasons

6

Episodes

96 (list of episodes)

Recording studio

Voicebox Productions
Dick & Roger's Sound Studio

Services

YouTube
Google Play Store
Apple TV
iTunes
Amazon Prime Video
Microsoft Store
PBS Kids Video (formerly)
Netflix (seasons 1-3, formerly)

Release

September 1, 2008 – November 18, 2014

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. It revolves around a talking dog named Martha, 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. The show takes place in the fictional town of Wagstaff City, likely referring to Flagstaff, Arizona.

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.

The second season began airing on September 14, 2009. The third season premiered on PBS Kids on October 11, 2010, and the fourth season began airing on February 20, 2012. The fifth season premiered on June 24, 2013. The sixth and final season premiered on March 31, 2014. 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.

Cast[]

Character		Actor
	Martha Lorraine	Tabitha St. Germain
	Mariella Lorraine
	Jake Lorraine
	Helen Lorraine	Madeleine Peters
	Daniel "Danny" Lorraine	Brian Drummond
	Skits Lorraine
	Pablum
	T.D. Kennelly	Alex Ferris (seasons 1-4)
	T.D. Kennelly	Valin Shinyei (seasons 5-6)
	Alice Boxwood	Christina Crivici (seasons 1-3)
		Michelle Creber (season 4)
		Ashlyn Drummond (seasons 5-6)
	Truman Oatley	Cedric Payne
	Carolina	Vanesa Tomasino
	Ronald Boxwood	Kathleen Barr
	Otis Weaselgraft	Colin Murdock
	Mrs. Clusky	Nicole Oliver
	Milo Lee	Alex Ferris (seasons 3-4)
	Milo Lee	Trevor Lim (seasons 5-6)
	Kit Luntayne	Jennifer Westfeldt

International versions[]

Language	Title	Channels
Arabic	مغامرات مارثا	Al Jazeera Children's Channel/Jeem TV (formerly) e-Junior (formerly)
Bulgarian	Говорещото куче Марта	HBO Max (formerly)
Croatian	Martha, pas koji govori	HBO Max (formerly)
Czech	Upovídaná Marta	Minimax (formerly)
Dutch	Martha praat	Ketnet (formerly)
Finnish	Martta puhuu	TV Finland (formerly) Yle TV2 (Pikku Kakkonen block, formerly) Yle Areena^[3]
French	Martha bla bla	France 5 (formerly) Télé-Québec (formerly)^[4] Unis TV (formerly) TFO (formerly) Ludikids^[5]^[6] France 3 (Ludo block, formerly) myCANAL (formerly)
German	Marla spricht!	Super RTL (formerly) direct-to-video
Greek	Μάρθα το σκυλί που μιλάει	ERT1 (formerly)
Hebrew	מרתה מדברת	Logi (formerly) Israeli Educational Television (formerly) Kan Educational (formerly) yesVOD (formerly) HOT VOD Young (formerly)
Hungarian	Locsi-fecsi Márta	AMC Mikro Minimax (formerly)
Italian	Marta il cane parlante	JimJam (formerly)^[7]
Kannada	unknown	Chintu TV (formerly)^[8]
Korean	말하는강아지 마사	Tooniverse (formerly)
Macedonian	Марта, кучето што зборува	HBO Max (formerly)
Malayalam	ടിങ്കു സ്പീകിംഗ്	Kochu TV (formerly)^[9]
Mandarin (China)	玛莎说话啦	iQiyi
Polish	Marta mówi	MiniMini+ TeleTOON+ (formerly) Puls 2 TVP1 (formerly) TVP ABC (formerly)
Portuguese (Brazil)	Martha Fala	Discovery Kids (formerly)
Portuguese (Portugal)	Marta Fala	RTP2 (formerly) SIC K (formerly)
Romanian	Marta vorbăreața	Minimax (formerly)
Serbian	Marta - Pas koji govori	Minimax (formerly) HBO Go (formerly)
Slovene	Klepetava Marta	Minimax HBO Max (formerly)
Spanish (Latin America)	Martha habla	Discovery Kids (formerly) Discovery Familia (formerly) PBS Kids (via SAP, formerly) Telefe (formerly) Canal 13 (formerly) Multivisión (formerly) Canal Habana Clarovideo
Spanish (Spain)	Martha puede hablar	Disney Junior (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly)
Tamil	செல்ல க்குட்டி மரர்த்தர	Chutti TV (formerly)
Telugu	unknown	Kushi TV (formerly)
Turkish	Konuşkan Martha	MinikaGO (formerly) MinikaÇocuk (formerly)

	Language	Title	Channels
	Russian	Что скажет Марта	Ryzhiy (formerly)
	Vietnamese	Martha Biết Tuốt	SCTV3 An Viên - BTV9 SAM - BTV11 VTVCab 8 - Bibi (formerly)

	Language	Title	Channels
	Swedish	Martha pratar	Yle Areena

References[]

v - e - d

(Series)

As Studio B Productions (1988-2011) + DHX Media (+ DHX Cookie Jar, Inc.) / WildBrain (2006-present)

The Savage Dragon (1995) (season 2 only) • Ned's Newt (1997) (season 2 only) • Yvon of the Yukon (1999) • What About Mimi? (2000) • D'Myna Leagues (2000) • Yakkity Yak (2002) • Something Else (2002) • Stroker & Hoop (2004) (animation services) • Being Ian (2005) • Class of the Titans (2005) • The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (2006) • Pucca (2006) • George of the Jungle (2007) • Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy (2007) • Edgar & Ellen (2007) (shorts only) • Martha Speaks (2008) (seasons 1-4) • Kid vs. Kat (2008) • Peanuts Motion Comics (2008) • Roy (2009) (animation services) • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010) • Pound Puppies (2011) (episodes 8-65 only) • How to Be Indie (2010) (season 2) • Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2010) • Rastamouse (2011) • Deadtime Stories (2012) • SheZow (2012) • Monster Math Squad (2012) • Littlest Pet Shop (2012) • SheZow (2012) • Arthur (2012) (seasons 16-25) • Ella the Elephant (2013) • Johnny Test (2005) (seasons 1, 6 only) • The Doozers (2014) • Transformers: Rescue Bots (2014) (seasons 3-4 only) • Packages from Planet X (2014) • Dr. Dimensionpants (2014) • Hank Zipzer (2014) • Sheriff Callie's Wild West (2014) (season 1) • Kuu Kuu Harajuku (2015) • Twirlywoos (2015) • Messy Goes to Okido (2015) • Teletubbies (2015) • Fangbone! (2016) • Little People (2016) • Rainbow Ruby (2016) • Backstage (2016) • Degrassi: Next Class (2016) • Massive Monster Mayhem (2017) • Creeped Out (2017) • Waffle the Wonder Dog (2018) • Spongo, Fuzz and Jalapeña (2019) • Denis and Me (2019) • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Forever (2020) • The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (2021) • Alva's World (2021) • Summer Memories (2022) • I Woke Up a Vampire (2023) • Louise Lives Large (2024)

As Nerd Corps Entertainment (2002-2016) + DHX Studios / WildBrain Studios (2016-present)

Dragon Booster (2004) • Storm Hawks (2007) • League of Super Evil (2009) • Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009) • Rated A for Awesome (2011) • Slugterra (2012) • Max Steel (2013) • Kate & Mim-Mim (2014) • Blaze and the Monster Machines (2015) • Endangered Species (2015) • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015) • Supernoobs (2015) • The Deep (2015) • Looped (2016) • Caillou's New Adventures (2016) (seasons 1-2) • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2017) • Chuck's Choice (2017) • The Zoo (2017) • Polly Pocket (2018) • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2018) • Chip and Potato (2018) • Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018) • Strawberry Shortcake (2018) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Ninjago (2019) • Rev & Roll (2019) • Snoopy in Space (2019) • Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019) • Dorg Van Dango (2020) • My Perfect Landing (2020) • Malory Towers (2020) • Go, Dog. Go! (2021) • The Snoopy Show (2021) • Johnny Test (2021) • Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (2021) • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022) • Sonic Prime (2022) • Take Note (2022) • Ruby and the Well (2022) • Ninjago: Dragons Rising (2023) • LEGO Monkie Kid (2024) (season 5-present) • Camp Snoopy (2024) • Yo Gabba GabbaLand! (2024) • Minecraft (TBA)

As Decode Entertainment, Inc. / WildBrain Studios Toronto (1997-2011)

Freaky Stories (1997) • The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (1997) • Brats of the Lost Nebula (1998) • Angela Anaconda (1999) • Watership Down (1999) • Weird-Oh's (1999) • Rainbow Fish (2000) • The Zack Files (2000) • What About Mimi? (2000) • Our Hero (2000) • The Hoobs (2001) • Undergrads (2001) • Girlstuff/Boystuff (2002) • Olliver's Adventures (2002) • The Save-Ums! (2003) • Franny's Feet (2003) • Radio Free Roscoe (2003) • King (2003) • Be the Creature (2003) • The Blobheads (2003) • Bromwell High (2005) • Naturally, Sadie (2005) • Delilah & Julius (2005) • Planet Sketch (2005) • Dudson's Modern Tales (2006) • Naughty Naughty Pets (2006) • Chop Socky Chooks (2007) • The Latest Buzz (2007) • Super Why! (2007) (seasons 1-2) • The Adrenaline Project (2007) • Urban Vermin (2007) • Poppets Town (2009) • Grandpa in My Pocket (2009) • Waybuloo (2009) • Clang Invasion (2009) • How to Be Indie (2009) (season 1) • dirtgirlworld (2009)

As Halifax Film Company / Island of Misfits (2004-present)

Poko (2005) (season 2) • Lunar Jim (2006) • Bo on the Go! (2007) • Animal Mechanicals (2008) • The Guard (2008) • The Mighty Jungle (2008) • That's So Weird! (2009) • Pirates: Adventures in Art (2010) • The Doozers (2014) • Inspector Gadget (2015) • Wishenpoof! (2014) • Make It Pop (2015) • Super Why! (2015) (season 3) • Space Ranger Roger (2017) • Bob the Builder (2018) (season 3) • Fireman Sam (2017) (seasons 6-present) • Slugterra: Ascension (2022)

As Wild Brain / Wildbrain Entertainment (1994-2016)
What a Cartoon! (1995) (some shorts) • I Am Weasel (1995) • KaBlam! (1995) (The Brothers Tiki shorts) • Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998) ("Fathead") • Poochini (2000) • Higglytown Heroes (2004) • Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007) • The Ricky Gervais Show (2010) • The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010) • Monster High (2010) • Bubble Guppies (2011) (season 1) • UMIGO (2012)

As Playing With Time, Inc. / Epitome Pictures Inc. / DHX Studios Toronto (1992-2019)
The Kids of Degrassi Street (1979) • Degrassi Junior High (1987) • Degrassi High (1989) • Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) • Instant Star (2004) • The L.A. Complex (2012) • The Other Kingdom (2016) • Degrassi: Next Class (2016) • Massive Monster Mayhem (2017)

Notable acquired programming

Inspector Gadget (1983) • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) • Sonic SatAM (1993) • Teletubbies (1997) • Caillou (1997) (seasons 1-3 only) • The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997) • Sonic Underground (1999) • Boohbah (2003) • Strawberry Shortcake (2003) • LazyTown (2004) • In the Night Garden... (2007) • Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (2010)

See also
WildBrain Films & Specials \| FilmFair \| Cookie Jar Group / DIC Entertainment / CINAR \| Ragdoll Productions

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