Kipper (TV series)
| Kipper | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Genre | Children's television show Slice of life Education Comedy |
| Created by | Mick Inkpen |
| Based on | Kipper the Dog by Mick Inkpen |
| Directed by | Mike Stuart |
| Voices of | Martin Clunes Chris Lang Julia Sawalha |
| Music by | Bob Heatlie |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ginger Gibbons |
| Running time | 10 minutes (approx.) |
| Production companies | HIT Entertainment Grand Slamm Children's Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (Children's ITV) |
| Release | 5 September 1997 – 21 December 2000 |
Kipper is a British preschool animated children's television series based on the characters from Mick Inkpen's Kipper the Dog picture book series. Seventy-eight episodes were produced. The videos have won awards including a BAFTA award for best children's animation. The show was produced by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Grand Slamm Children's Films, and ran for six seasons on ITV from September 1997 until December 2000. Out of these, thirteen episodes - twelve of the first series, and the last of the third series, were written by Mick Inkpen himself.