Wissper
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| Wissper | |
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| Genre | Children's television series Adventure Fantasy Educational |
| Created by | Dan Good Lucy Chesher Kevin Snoad |
| Written by | Sharon Miller Simon Nicholson Jimmy Hibbert Gillian Corderoy Mellie Buse Nick Wilson (also head) Polly Churchill Arabella Warner Helena Smee |
| Directed by | Sharon Miller (voice) Lucy Chesher (art) Kevin Snoad Arabella Warner |
| Voices of | Joanna Ruiz Peyton Jowers Keith Wickham India Chesher-Good Jimmy Hibbert Alison Dowling Flynn Chesher-Good Rob Rackstraw Nigel Pilkington |
| Theme music composer | James Burrell |
| Composers | Mr Miller & Mr Porter |
| Countries of origin | Germany United Kingdom Ireland |
| Original languages | German English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jo Daris (co, m4e) Jessica Symons (Channel 5, Milkshake!) |
| Running time | 7-10 minutes |
| Production companies | Made 4 Entertainment Absolutely Cuckoo Telegael Discreet Art Productions Bastei Media Wissper Limited |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 5 (UK) Junior (Germany) |
| Release | 12 October 2015 – 30 November 2019 |
Wissper is a CGI preschool animated children's television series produced by Made 4 Entertainment (m4e), Telegael and Bastei Media. The first episode premiered in 2015. It is broadcast on the UK TV channel Channel 5 in their Milkshake! block.
Characters
- Wissper is a 7-year-old girl, born with the magical ability to whisper to animals. She has a loving connection to all creatures. By using the magic word "Sssshhh!...", she can transport herself to anywhere if there is an animal in trouble. Wissper is sweet natured, except when animals are behaving badly.
- Peggy is a baby penguin, who is loveable, cute and mischievous. A great swimmer, erratic waddler and Wissper's best friend Peggy often accompanies Wissper on her amazing adventures.
- Kev is an energetic, confident crocodile with a surfer-dude attitude. Above all he's enthusiastic - he'd love to be a top surfer, but he never quite hits the crest of a wave.
- Dan is a panda who is laid back, slow, gentle and zen-like. Dan can be shy in a crowd and is quite content with his own company. When he talks, it appears not to make much sense, since everything he says seems to come from a fortune cookie. Dan loves to chew on bamboo.
- Stripes is a tiger who is a feisty, sophisticated lady; powerful and happy in her own fur. Stripes is a well spoken mother figure to Wissper when in the animal worlds. She is fierce when she wants to be, but also inclined to want her tummy rubbed.
- Herbert is a horse and an honest, strong and hardworking chap who is at his happiest when working up a sweat in the fields or pulling heavy logs up a grassy slope. He likes nothing better than to have Wissper riding on his back. He has the hairiest feet you have ever seen.
- Gertie and Otis: Gertie is a giraffe who is tall, gangly, nervous, jittery and easily frightened. Otis is an oxpecker bird who is Gertie's laid back, musical companion. Together best friends, Gertie and Otis are the perfect combination to help when height is needed.
- Monty is a meerkat who is very lively – chattering, playing and racing. He's quick, alert, suspicious, funny and unpredictable. Monty has a huge family and loves acrobatics.
- Ellington is an elephant who is clumsy, and loves waking up all. He also loves acrobatics.
- Ralph (aka Ralphie) is Wissper's brother. He wears yellow glasses and a blue beanie, and is shown to be fond of video games. He dislikes being called Ralphie and prefers to be called Ralph.
- Oscar is an orangutan.
- Sam is a seal.
- Samson is a lion.
- Ritchie is an ostrich.
- Curtis is a chameleon.
- Ed & Ted are beavers.
- Sonia is a slow loris.
- Mavis is a pig.
Episodes
Season 1
- Pingwing Penguin
- Clumsy Elephant
- Polar Brrr
- Meerkat Muddle
- Mice View
- Tiger Teeth Trouble
- Orangutangle
- Step On It Seal
- Jumping Joey
- Monkey Mischief
- Strong as a Horse
- Panda Pal
- Calm Down Croc!
- Up With the Birds
- Pig in a Puddle
- Thirsty Giraffe
- Bear Cub Bedtime
- Roar, Lion, Roar!
- Pitch Perfect Panda
- Ostrich Away
- Whale Song Sing-a-long
- The Slow Slow Loris
- Hipp-No!
- Lostrich
- Meerkat Patro
- Oh No Polar Bear!
- Eager Beavers
- Camel Hump
- Flamingo Flamenco
- Paddling Pigs
- Arctic Foxed
- Handsome Horse
- Penguin Playtime
- Mini Mice Mystery
- Sssh Penguin Sssh
- Polar Bear Scare
- Koala Tag
- Sing Elephant Sing
- Meerkat Mystery
- Jump, Horse, Jump
- Bear in the Middle
- Orangutidy
- Gourmet Hippo
- A Penguin Party
- Horse in a Hole
- Pushy Penguins
- Croc Up a Tree
- Meerkat Itch!
- Polar Bears On Ice
- Pretty As A Pig
- A Penguin Pal Problem
- Orangutan's Bad Hair Day
Season 2
Development
Production for Wissper was announced in April 2014, when London-based British animation studio Absolutley Cuckoo partnered with Irish animation & production outfit Telegael and German brand development & media alum m4e AG to develop a new CGI-animated series about a girl that could talk to the animals called Wissper as Channel 5 ordered the series for its Milkshake! block while m4e would handle licensing and distribution to the series with Waybuloo creator & Absolutey Cuckoo's managing director, Dan Good, serving as creator and showrunner of the upcoming series and Nick Wilson would write the episodes for the series.
Six months later in October of that year, m4e AG signed a partnership deal with Bastei Media, the media division Colonge-based German publishing company Bastei Lübbe AG, to colloaborate on the upcoming British/German television series Wissper as Bestei Media had joined the series as co-producer and would handle international publishing rights to the series for books and apps, meanwhile Indian animation studio Discreet Art Productions had also joined the upcoming series as a co-producer and would handle animations services for the upcoming series
In January 2017, Channel 5 renewed the series for a second series with India Chesher-Good reprising her role of the titular character and a very different voice cast for the second series. The following month in February of that year during the production of the second series of Wissper, Belgian production outfit Studio 100 under its German distribution division Studio 100 Media had brought a majority stake in the series producer m4e AG and the series itself with Studio 100 Media would take over distribution for the second series
Animation
Animation services for Wissper had been provided by Irish animation & production studio and co-producer Telegael, who handled post-production & some animation services and Indian animation studio & co-producer Discreet Art Productions, who provived animation production services for the series.
References
- ↑ "M4e Bringing 'Wissper' and 'Atchoo!' to MIPJunior".
- ↑ Goldman Getzler, Wendy (16 April 2014). "Waybuloo creator teams up for new Wissper series". Kidscreen.
- ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (17 April 2014). "m4e teams with Absolutely Cuckoo for CGI series 'Wissper'". Animation World Network.
- ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (17 October 2014). "m4e Signs Co-Production Deal for 'Wissper'". Animation World Network.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (16 October 2014). "m4e and Bastei Get Together for 'Wissper'". Animation Magazine.
- ↑ "Channel 5 calls back Wissper". C21Media. 24 January 2017.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (27 February 2017). "Studio 100 Closes Acquisition of m4e Majority Stake". Animation Magazine.
- ↑ "Wissper". Discreet Art Productions.