Moominvalley is a Finnish-British animated family drama musical series. An adaptation of the classic Moomin books and comics by writer-illustrator Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson, it is created using new techniques in 3D CGI.
It has been renewed for season 3 and 4 in mid-2021, the former premiering in December of the same year and the latter airing from October 26, 2024, with season 4 being the last season.
Cast[]
Character | Actor | ||
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Moomintroll
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Taron Egerton (season 1-2) | |
Jack Rowan (season 3-present) | |||
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Moominmamma
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Rosamund Pike | |
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Moominpappa
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Matt Berry | |
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Snufkin
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Edvin Endre | |
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Little My
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Bel Powley | |
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Snorkmaiden
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Akiya Henry | |
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Sniff
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Warwick Davis | |
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Muskrat
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Will Self | |
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Mrs Fillyjonk
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Kate Winslet (season 1-2) | |
Teresa Gallagher (season 3-present) | |||
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Teety-Woo
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Matt Lucas | |
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Mymble
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Jennifer Saunders | |
Too-Ticky | Katie Leung (season 1-2) | ||
Teresa Gallagher (season 3-present) | |||
Emma the Stage Rat | Alison Steadman | ||
Misabel | Rebecca Root | ||
Ninny | Mayumi Kawai | ||
The Ghost | Richard Ayoade | ||
Mr Brisk | Julian Barratt | ||
The Hobgoblin | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | ||
Thingumy | Jon Monie | ||
Bob | Susie Brann | ||
The Groke | |||
Hemulens (female) | |||
Hemulens (male) | Joe Wilkinson | ||
Seahorses | Miriam-Teak Lee | ||
Shalom Brune-Franklin | |||
Toffle | Iina Kuustonen | ||
Snork | Chance Perdomo (season 3) | ||
Stinky | Mike Wilmot |
Broadcast[]
Prior to the English dubs release, the Finnish dub began airing on February 4, 2019 on YLE TV2, the Swedish dub on February 26 on Yle Teema & Fem, and the Japanese dub on April 4 on NHK BS4K.
Moominvalley began airing in the UK on Sky One (later rebranded as Sky Showcase (UK and Ireland)) on April 19, 2019[1]. It's also available on Amazon Prime Video[2], Sky Go[3], and NOW [4]. The first 8 episodes aired between 1 AM to 5 AM on April 19, 2019.[5] The episodes later re-aired in the evenings in pairs between April 19 to April 22. The last 5 episodes aired on April 27 and 28, 2019.[6][7]. Later, in 2023, the show premiered on the Sky Kids channel, on June 19th[8], and a year later, on August 3, 2024, it began airing on Sky Mix[9], marking the first time the series aired on a free-to-air channel in the country, if one was to exclude the Welsh and Scottish Gaelic dubs.
This show is available to watch on Netflix in Japan, in both English and Japanese[10]. It was added on December 12, 2020[11].
In Canada, the show's first season became available to stream in the French dub on May 13, 2020, and the second season later on July 6, 2021 on ICI TOU.TV[12]. In January of 2021, it premiered on Knowledge Network's "Knowledge Kids" block in the English dub.[13] Seasons 1 and 2 became available to stream on Crave on March 12, 2022, in both the French and English dubs[14].
In Finland, the show began airing in English, on Yle TV2, on April 4, 2021, with all 13 episodes premiering in a marathon[15]. Later that year, season 2 premiered on Christmas Day, with the first 7 episodes. The following day, on December 26, the next 6 episodes aired[16].
In New Zealand, it premiered on August 1, 2021, on TVNZ 2[17]. 2 seasons are available on TVNZ on Demand[18]. The show airs every Sunday morning, at 7:30 AM. In South Africa, it is available on Showmax, the series has been added on August 9, 2021[19].
The show is also available to watch on YouTube, although they comprise of 3 select episodes, the episodes being Little My Moves In, Moomin's Winter Follies, and Moominmamma's Flying Dream.
Episodes[]
№ | Episode title | Premiere (Sky One/Sky Showcase) | Premiere (Sky Kids) | Premiere (Sky Mix) | |
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FIRST SEASON | |||||
1 | Little My Moves In | April 19, 2019 | June 19, 2023 | August 3, 2024 | |
2 | The Spring Tune | June 20, 2023 | August 4, 2024 | ||
3 | The Last Dragon In The World | June 21, 2023 | August 10, 2024 | ||
4 | Moominsummer Madness | June 22, 2023 | August 11, 2024 | ||
5 | The Golden Tale | June 23, 2023 | August 17, 2024 | ||
6 | The Secret Of The Hattifatteners | June 26, 2023 | August 18, 2024 | ||
7 | Snufkin And The Park Keeper | June 27, 2023 | August 24, 2024 | ||
8 | Monster Fish | June 28, 2023 | August 25, 2024 | ||
9 | Night Of The Groke | April 27, 2019 | June 29, 2023 | August 31, 2024 | |
10 | Moominmamma's Maid | June 30, 2023 | September 1, 2024 | ||
11 | Ghost Story | July 3, 2023 | September 7, 2024 | ||
12 | The Invisible Child | April 28, 2019 | July 4, 2023 | September 8, 2024 | |
13 | Midwinter Ancestor | July 5, 2023 | September 14, 2024 | ||
SECOND SEASON | |||||
14 | Moomin's Winter Follies | December 21, 2019[20] [nb 1] | |||
15 | The Fire Spirit | ||||
16 | Moominpappa & Son | December 22, 2019 | |||
17 | Little My Moves Out | ||||
18 | The Strange Case Of Mrs Fillyjonk | December 24, 2019 | |||
19 | The Hobgoblin's Hat | April 10, 2020 | |||
20 | Thingumy and Bob | ||||
21 | The Trial | April 11, 2020 | |||
22 | Farewell, Snorkmaiden | ||||
23 | Moominpappa’s Island | April 12, 2020 | |||
24 | Moominmamma’s Mural | ||||
25 | Moomintroll and the Seahorses | April 13, 2020 | |||
26 | November | ||||
THIRD SEASON | |||||
27 | Homecoming | April 15, 2022[21] [nb 2] | |||
28 | Moomintroll's Grand Adventure | ||||
29 | Brisk and Breezy | April 16, 2022[22] | |||
30 | Inventing Snork | ||||
31 | The Stinky Caper | April 17, 2022[23] | |||
32 | Toffle's Tall Tales | ||||
33 | Winter Secrets | April 18, 2022[24] | |||
34 | Lonely Mountain | ||||
35 | Mrs Fillyjonk's Last Hurrah | April 24, 2022[25] | |||
36 | Snufkin and the Fairground | ||||
37 | Call of the Hattifatteners | May 1, 2022 [26] | |||
38 | Moominmamma's Flying Dream | ||||
39 | Midsummer Magic | May 8, 2022 | |||
FOURTH SEASON | |||||
40 | Ringmaster Brisk | October 26, 2024[nb 3] | |||
41 | Moomins And The Railway | October 27, 2024 | October 27, 2024 | ||
42 | Sniff's Cave | November 2, 2024 | |||
43 | Sea Maiden Seamaiden (in schedules) |
November 3, 2024 | |||
44 | Inspector Stinky | November 9, 2024 | October 28, 2024 | ||
45 | Midsummer Meddling | November 10, 2024 | |||
46 | Moominmamma The Artist | November 16, 2024 | |||
47 | The Great Cold | November 17, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | ||
48 | Moominpappa The Great Explorer | November 24, 2024 | |||
49 | Song Of The Groke | November 30, 2024 | |||
50 | Moominpappa And Aunt Jane | December 1, 2024 | October 30, 2024 | ||
51 52 |
The Comet In Moominvalley | December 23, 2024(?) |
International versions[]
Language | Title | Channels | |
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Armenian | Մումի թրոլների հովիտը | 5 TV (intermittently) |
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Estonian (ETV) |
Muumioru lood | ETV2 |
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Estonian (KidZone) |
Muumioru lood | KidZone TV KidZone Mini Viaplay |
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Latvian (KidZone) |
Muminu ieleja Mumin ieleja (Viaplay) Muminieleja (Tet TV+) |
KidZone TV KidZone Mini STV Viaplay Tet TV+ |
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Latvian (LTV) |
Muminieleja | LTV1 LSM Bērnistaba REplay.lv |
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Lithuanian (KidZone) |
Trolių mumių Trolių mumių slėnis (Viaplay) |
KidZone TV KidZone Mini Viaplay |
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Lithuanian (LRT) |
Trolių mumių slėnis | LRT TV |
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Russian | Муми-тролль | KidZone TV |
Notes[]
- While the show itself has not been dubbed into Turkish, books based on the show have been translated[32].
References[]
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2019-04-18
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moominvalley/dp/B07ZS1SJR9
- ↑ https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/cb72686f-2d2c-4c4a-b1cb-1ca425e9fe7a/moominvalley/episodes/season-1/episode-0
- ↑ https://www.nowtv.com/watch/moominvalley/iYEQYZ6ymh22CyMipkYm1y
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2019-04-18
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2019-04-27
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2019-04-28
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/b/rwijuo-2v91
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-mix/2024-08-03
- ↑ https://www.netflix.com/jp-en/title/81311749
- ↑ http://unogs.com/search/moominvalley?countrylist=21,23,26,29,33,36,307,45,39,327,331,334,265,337,336,269,267,357,378,65,67,390,392,268,400,402,408,412,447,348,270,73,34,425,432,436,46,78
- ↑ https://ici.tou.tv/la-vallee-des-moomins
- ↑ https://www.gutsy.fi/premieres
- ↑ https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/march-2022-crave-streaming-overview/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MoominvalleyTV/posts/4144583232233032
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MoominvalleyTV/posts/5001032203254793
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/nordicchill/posts/1959572697551977
- ↑ https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/moomin-valley
- ↑ https://businesstech.co.za/news/industry-news/510630/whats-new-on-showmax-in-august-2021
- ↑ https://www.moomin.com/en/blog/series-two-of-moominvalley-premieres-on-sky-one-sky-kids-and-now-tv-this-christmas/#428fe06a
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MoominvalleyTV/status/1514873504407212035?s=20&t=UKkKf-CKtl5AATcWmVTr-g
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MoominvalleyTV/status/1515223506740518917?s=20&t=UKkKf-CKtl5AATcWmVTr-g
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MoominvalleyTV/status/1515585913128108034?s=20&t=UKkKf-CKtl5AATcWmVTr-g
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MoominvalleyTV/status/1515948274624221189?s=20&t=UKkKf-CKtl5AATcWmVTr-g
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2022-04-24
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2022-05-01
- ↑ Mumins në tokën e dëborës • Seriale • TvProfil
- ↑ https://albaniandubs.weebly.com/aida-germenji.html
- ↑ What’s Behind The Spike In Popularity For Nordic Content?
- ↑ https://in.fo/news-detail/kringvarpid-keypt-raettindini-til-52-nyggjar-mumi-partar
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0frc4xy
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Mumi-Vadisi-Maceraları-Tove-Jansson/dp/6257952476
Footnotes[]
- ↑ "Moomin's Winter Follies" was added onto Sky Kids 9 hours ahead of TV premiere.
- ↑ Homecoming was added onto Sky Kids and NOW TV on December 1, 2021. 4 months later, Moomintroll's Grand Adventure, along with the remaining 11 episodes, was added onto Sky Kids and Now TV on April 1, 2022.
- ↑ This episode, alongside the rest of the season was added onto Now on the same date, thus considering this date to be the end of Moominvalley's run.
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