Belle and Sebastian (2017 TV series) explained

Genre:	Historical Adventure Comedy drama
Developer:	Jean-Phillipe Robin
Director:	Lionel Francois
Theme Music Composer:	Music and lyrics by Béatrice Martin; Direction and arrangement by Renaud Bastien
Opentheme:	"Belle and Sebastian" performed by Cœur de pirate
Composer:	HITnRUN
Country:	Canada France
Language:	English French
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	52
Executive Producer:	François Trudel Vincent Leroux Nicolas Atlan Sidonie Dumas Christophe Riandée
Producer:	Marc Dhrami François Trudel
Editor:	Patrick Phelpin Anne-Claire de Heredia
Runtime:	11 minutes
Company:	Gaumont Animation Groupe PVP

Belle and Sebastian is an animated children's television series, an adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Cécile Aubry. A Canada-France international co-production, the series was produced by the Montreal-based Groupe PVP and France's Gaumont Animation.

Plot

When Sebastian, a young orphan living in the Alps, meets Belle, a huge white Great Pyrenees, they set off together on a series of fantastic adventures around the mountains.

Characters

• Sebastian (voiced by Angela Galuppo) is a young orphan. He is a stubborn but brave part of the Mountaineers.
• Belle is a huge white Great Pyreness.
• Cameron (voiced by Jessica Kardos) is Sebastian's frenemy, and Gabriel's friend.
• Gabriel (voiced by Sonja Ball) is Cameron's friend.
• Caspar (voiced by Terrence Scammell) is Angelina and Sebastian's grandfather.
• Anton (voiced by Arthur Holden) is the main antagonist of the series who always tries to capture Belle.
• Angelina (voiced by Brittany Drisdelle) is Sebastian's older sister and mother figure.
• Roberta (voiced by Sonja Ball) is Cameron's mother. Angelina describes her as a tough cookie.
• Mr. Damien is Cameron's father.
• Ivan (voiced by Vlasta Vrána)
• Victor is a student with asthma who often likes to visit Sonny and Adele. He appeared in "The Beauty and the Pug".
• Madeline (voiced by Jessica Kardos)
• Maurice
• Elaina (voiced by Stephanie Buxton) is the mother of Sonny and Adele, and the mayor of the village. She doesn't like Belle.
• Adele (voiced by Angela Galuppo) is the older sister of Sonny. As of "On Cold Terms", she is Sebastian's best human friend.
• Megan is one of the students at the school.
• Yuki is Gabriel's pet dog.
• Professor Turner (voiced by Matthew Gagnon) is a teacher at the school.
• Dr. William (voiced by Mark Camacho)
• Sonny (voiced by Eleanor Noble) is a sometimes clumsy boy who is the younger brother of Adele.
• Lynette (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) is a student at the school.
• Pierrette (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel)
• Martin (voiced by Rick Jones)
• Mitch (voiced by Julian Casey) is the fearless, Everest winner of the Silver Ice Axe.
• Franck (voiced by Thor Bishopric) is a mountain climber.

Production

In September 2015, Gaumont Animation was developing an animated series based on Cécile Aubry's novel Belle et Sébastien.^[1] Later that month, Montreal-based Groupe PVP formed a coproduction partnership with Gaumont on two animated series, including Belle, and the production began in 2016.^[2]

The show was produced for a consortium of broadcasters, including Ici Radio-Canada Télé and Knowledge Network in Canada, M6 and Piwi + in France, ZDF in Germany, VRT in Belgium, and RTS in Switzerland.^[3]

Episodes

1. The White Dragon
2. The Curious Kid
3. The Wild Mountaineers
4. Race Against the Train
5. Fearless Sonny
6. Mountain School
7. Trapped
8. The Secret Passage
9. The New Cameron
10. The Promise
11. The Fear in Fearless
12. Jealous
13. The Beauty and the Pug
14. Mayhem At the Inn
15. Vote Belle!
16. Picture-Perfect Village
17. The Faded Mount
18. The Pact
19. The Great Bow Shelter
20. Belle, the Sheepdog
21. No Name Peak
22. The Great Nordic Race
23. The Angelina Mission
24. On Cold Terms
25. Sick as a Dog
26. Caspar's Journal
27. Sealed Lips
28. The White Bear
29. The Black Eagle
30. The Mountain Fire
31. Home is Where the Heart Is
32. At the Top
33. Chore Day
34. The Presentation
35. The First Meeting, The Runaway (Part 1)
36. The First Meeting, The Hunt (Part 2)
37. Lucky Star
38. Beautiful Memories
39. Werewolf
40. Sebastian's Vertigo
41. The Invisible Threat
42. The Attack
43. The Great Drought
44. Adele's Bracelet
45. The Happy Shelter Needs Work
46. Oh My Mom
47. The Little Mountain Guide
48. Parasites
49. Angelina's Secret
50. The Desperate Chamois
51. The Saint-Martin Amulet
52. Vitamin

Broadcast

The series first began airing on Ici Radio-Canada Télé on September 9, 2017.^[4] It premiered in France on M6 on October 9 the same year.^[5] In the United States, the series began airing on TiVi5MONDE on June 13, 2018^[6] and later in Germany, it premiered on KiKa on September 22.^[7]

The show had its English language debut on Knowledge Network on October 7, 2017.^[8] In Singapore, it began airing on Channel 5's Okto block on June 7, 2019.^[9] Belle and Sebastian also aired on Nick Jr in Australia and CITV in United Kingdom.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biarritz Rendez-Vous: Gaumont Animation to Develop 'Belle and Sebastian' (EXCLUSIVE). Emilio. Mayorga. September 2, 2015. June 2, 2018. Variety. Penske Media Corporation.
2. Web site: Groupe PVP, Gaumont Animation pact on two series. Playback. Brunico Communications. September 29, 2015. June 2, 2018. Julianna. Cummins.
3. Web site: Gaumont Television, ZDF Team on 'Belle et Sebastien'. Else. Keslassy. February 2, 2016. June 2, 2018. Variety. Penske Media Corporation.
4. Web site: 5 super nouvelles émissions. September 4, 2017. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. June 2, 2018.
5. Web site: Belle et Sébastien débarquent sur vos petits écrans !. September 20, 2017. June 2, 2018. Gaumont Le Blog. Gaumont Film Company.
6. Web site: "Belle et Sébastien" on TiVi5MONDE starting June 13. TiVi5MONDE. June 12, 2018. December 18, 2018.
7. Freundschaft zwischen Kind und Hund: "Belle und Sebastian" (ZDF) Premiere der 52-teiligen Animationsserie ab 22. September 2018 bei KiKA. September 19, 2018. December 18, 2018. ARD/ZDF. Erfurt. Presse Portal.
8. Web site: Knowledge Kids Posts. Knowledge Network. September 29, 2017. June 2, 2018.
9. Web site: Belle & Sebastian Show Info. https://web.archive.org/web/20190611101617/https://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel5/shows/belle-sebastian/info. dead. June 11, 2019. Okto. Mediacorp. June 11, 2019.