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 | ||
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Martha Lorraine
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Tabitha St. Germain | |
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Mariella Lorraine
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Jake Lorraine
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Helen Lorraine
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Madeleine Peters | |
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Danny Lorraine
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Brian Drummond | |
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Pablum
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T.D. Kennelly
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Alex Ferris (seasons 1-4) | |
| Valin Shinyei (season 5-6) | |||
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Alice Boxwood
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Christina Crivici (seasons 1-3) | |
| Michelle Creber (season 4) | |||
| Ashlyn Drummond (season 5-6) | |||
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Truman Oatley
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Cedric Payne | |
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Carolina
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Vanesa Tomasino | |
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Ronald Boxwood
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Kathleen Barr | |
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Otis Weaselgraft
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Colin Murdock | |
International versions[]
| Language | Title | Channels | |
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Arabic | مغامرات مارثا | Jeem TV (formerly) MBC 3 (formerly) Makan 33 (formerly) |
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Bulgarian | Говорещото куче Марта | HBO Max (formerly) |
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Croatian | Martha, pas koji govori | HBO Max (formerly) |
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Czech | Upovídaná Marta | Minimax (formerly) |
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Dutch | Martha praat | Ketnet (formerly) |
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Finnish | Martta puhuu | TV Finland (formerly) Yle TV2 (Pikku Kakkonen block, formerly) Yle Areena[2] |
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French | Martha bla bla | France 5 (formerly) Télé-Québec[3] (formerly) Unis TV (formerly) TFO (formerly) Ludikids[4][5] France 3 (Ludo block, formerly) myCANAL (intermittently) |
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German | Marla spricht! | Super RTL (formerly) |
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Greek | Μάρθα το σκυλί που μιλάει | ERT1 (formerly) |
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Hebrew | מרתה מדברת | Logi (formerly) Israeli Educational Television (formerly) Kan Educational (formerly) yesVOD (formerly) HOT VOD Young (formerly) YouTube |
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Hungarian | Locsi-fecsi Márta | AMC Mikro Minimax |
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Italian | Marta il cane parlante | JimJam[6] (formerly) |
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Kannada | unknown | Chintu TV[7] (formerly) |
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Korean | 말하는강아지 마사 | Tooniverse (formerly) |
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Macedonian | Марта, кучето што зборува | HBO Max (formerly) |
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Malayalam | ടിങ്കു സ്പീകിംഗ് | Kochu TV[8] (formerly) |
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Mandarin (China) | 玛莎说话啦 | iQiyi |
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Polish | Marta mówi | MiniMini+ TeleTOON+ (formerly) Puls 2 TVP1 (formerly) TVP ABC (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | Martha Fala | Discovery Kids (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | Marta Fala | RTP2 (formerly) SIC K (formerly) |
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Romanian | Marta vorbăreața | Minimax |
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Serbian | Marta - Pas koji govori | Minimax (formerly) HBO Max (formerly) |
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Slovene | Klepetava Marta | Minimax HBO Max (formerly) |
 
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Spanish (Latin America) | Martha habla | Discovery Kids (formerly) Discovery Familia (formerly) PBS Kids (via SAP, formerly) Telefe (formerly) Canal 13 (formerly) Multivisión (formerly) Clarovideo |
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Spanish (Spain) | Martha puede hablar | Disney Junior (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly) |
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Tamil | செல்ல க்குட்டி மரர்த்தர | Chutti TV (formerly) |
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Telugu | unknown | Kushi TV (formerly) |
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Turkish | Konuşkan Martha | MinikaGO (formerly) MinikaÇocuk (formerly) |
| Language | Title | Channels | |
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Russian | Что скажет Марта | Ryzhiy (formerly) |
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Vietnamese | Martha Biết Tuốt | SCTV3 An Viên - BTV9 SAM - BTV11 VTVCab 8 - Bibi (formerly) |
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Swedish | Martha pratar | Yle Areena |
References[]
- ↑ https://myafn.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/afnfamily_schedule_winter2014new1.pdf
- ↑ https://areena.yle.fi/1-3859681?t=jaksot
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110729195314/http://www.telequebec.tv/emissions/marthablabla/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wznsoapzEI8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kc2lyVvd4A
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101204025425/http://www.it.jimjam.tv/programmi/marta-il-cane-parlante.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170414204711/https://www.sunnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=41&channelname=Chintu+TV&type=3
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123350/http://www.sunnetwork.in/program-details.aspx?IProgramID=2lWjM74k1Nc=&ShowType=Channel
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