The Large Family

The Large Family
GenreChildren's television series
Voices ofJeff Rawle
Paula Wilcox
Tyger Drew-Honey
Rosie Day
Thomas Mole
ComposerJohn Du Prez
Countries of originUnited Kingdom
France
India
Luxembourg (Season 1)
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersMichael Haggiag (Indie Kids/Coolabi)
Eric Garnet (Go-N Productions)
Lilian Eche (LuxAnimation, Series 1)
Ariane Payen (LuxAnimation, Series 1)
Tapaas Chakravarti (DQ Entertainment)
ProducersDan Maddicott (Indie Kids/Coolabi)
Fiona Stuart (for Truepenny (Indie Kids/Coolabi))
Running time15 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companiesCoolabi Productions
GO-N Productions
DQ Entertainment
LuxAnimation (Season 1)
Original release
NetworkCBeebies (UK)
TF1 (France)
Playhouse Disney (France)
ReleaseOctober 15, 2007 (2007-10-15) –
March 5, 2010 (2010-03-05)

The Large Family (French: La Famille Trompette) is an animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom. The series was produced by Coolabi Productions, GO-N Productions, LuxAnimation (Series 1) and DQ Entertainment, with the participation of TF1, Playhouse Disney France and CBeebies (Season 2), with distribution handled through GO-N Distribution (European French speaking territories) and BBC Worldwide (All other countries). The series focuses on a family of anthropomorphic elephants, the Larges. It consists of two seasons with 26 episodes of up to 12 minutes each.

Characters

The Large Family

The Smart Family

Others

Episodes

Season 1

  1. "Flour Power"
  2. "Girls' Stuff"
  3. "Good as Gold"
  4. "Sports Day"
  5. "Elephants Never Forget"
  6. "Sniffles and Snuffles"
  7. "The Great Explorer"
  8. "Easy Peasy"
  9. "Under the Stars"
  10. "The Wrong End of the Stick"
  11. "Fancy That"
  12. "Queen of the Castle"
  13. "The Mystery of the Missing Elephant"
  14. "You Can Do It"
  15. "Sebastian's Sleepover"
  16. "Spring Clean"
  17. "X Marks the Spot"
  18. "Picture Perfect"
  19. "Six Go to the Seaside"
  20. "Baby Chilly"
  21. "Sebastian's Cousin Sarah"
  22. "Mr Short Takes a Holiday"
  23. "Super Elly"
  24. "Me Too"
  25. "The Big Race"
  26. "Not Again"

Season 2

  1. "The Babysitter"
  2. "Mrs Large's Birthday Boogie"
  3. "The School Fete"
  4. "Roto-whizzers"
  5. "No Place Like Home"
  6. "While the Cat's Away"
  7. "The Blackout"
  8. "The Play's the Thing"
  9. "What a Load of Rubbish"
  10. "Pachyderm Park"
  11. "Father's Day"
  12. "A Dino Disaster"
  13. "Rock Star"
  14. "Don't Do It Yourself"
  15. "Trendy Trouble"
  16. "You Are What You Eat"
  17. "The E-Factor"
  18. "Girl Power"
  19. "Happy Birthday, Luke"
  20. "Four Go Away Together"
  21. "Mrs Large's Big Night"
  22. "A Walk in the Woods"
  23. "A Relaxing Day"
  24. "Mr Short's Christmas"
  25. "The Old New Teacher"
  26. "My Cousin, Little Luke"

Production

Production of the book series was announced when production company Indie Kids was established in September 2002

Broadcast

The series first aired in the United Kingdom on CBeebies on 15 October 2007. The series premiered in France on TF1 on 29 October on the same year, with its pay-TV premiere on Playhouse Disney in October 2008.

By October 2008, BBC Worldwide had pre-sold the series in over 22 territories, including Australia, Portugal, Iran and Sweden.

References

  1. ↑ "Coolabi acquires Indie Kids".
  2. ↑ "CBeebies - the Large Family, Series 2, My Cousin Little Luke".
  3. ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 201. ISBN 9781476672939.
  4. ↑ "Worst Witch team set up new kids outfit". C21Media. 25 September 2002.
  5. ↑ "CBeebies - the Large Family, Series 1, Flour Power".
  6. ↑ "GO-N présente " la famille Trompette ", diffusée sur TF1 depuis le 29 Octobre". 11 November 2007.
  7. ↑ "The Large Family Charges into Second Season".
  8. ↑ "The Large Family Charges into Second Season".
  1. ↑ Originally created as Indie Kids in earlier prints prior to Coolabi purchasing the studio.