Ferdy the Ant (TV series)

Ferdy the Ant
Genre	Adventure
Based on	Ferda Mravenec; by Ondřej Sekora
Developed by	Entertaining Cartoon Productions
Screenplay by	Iva Hercíková; Liane Novotny
Directed by	Jerry Hampeys; Ralph Newman
Opening theme	"Ferdy is your Friend" (English dub only)
Composer(s)	Evžen Illín; Jiří Strohner
Country of origin	United Kingdom; Germany; Taiwan
Original language(s)	English; German
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Release
Original network	SWR Fernsehen (Germany)
Original release	1984 –; 1985
External links
	Website

Ferdy the Ant (also simply referred to as Ferdy and Ferda) is a 1984 German-British children's animated television series based on the Ferda Mravenec series of picture books by Czech author Ondřej Sekora.[1] The animation was handled by Far Eastern Productions.

There are three English dubs. The original British English dub, the short-lived Harmony Gold USA dub and an American-produced 2000 dub.

The show is primarily aimed towards children from ages 3 to 10,[1] and has been owned by Entertaining Cartoon Productions and Licensing AG since 2000 and it was also an animation by Far Eastern Animation in Taiwan.

Premise

The series revolves around a little boy-ant named Ferdy as he embarks on a variety of adventures in the insect Utopia of Käfertal with his close insect friends.[2]

Episode format

Story-arcs usually last up to seven episodes.

Main characters

Ferdy
Bug Butterfingers
Cricket
Arambula
Woody
Gwendolyn (Referred to as Laura in later episodes)
Bug Sniffy
Bug Gobbler
Oskar

Episodes

The Daring Rescue
The Danger from the Mill
The Crazy Snail Trip
The Valley of the Horses
My Friend the Star
On Butterfinger's Trail
A Coach for Gwendolyn
The Search
False Witness
The Camp of the Red Ants
The Silver Grotto
The Ghost Mill
The Robbers
Dangerous Excursion
Playing With Water
The New House
The Cuckoo's Egg
The Spring Festival
The Heatwave
The Trip to Italy
The Ill-Fated Skiing Trip
The Flight in a Balloon
Butterfinger's Art School
On a Treasure Hunt
The Forest Fire
Homesickness
The Mysterious Ship
Ferdy in the Ant Hill
The Slavedealers
The Raid
The Battle
The Wedding Feast
Movie Stars
The Unknown Weapon
A Nightmare Diet
The Honey Knight
The Tortise
The Dream of the Wild West
The Visitor From Space
The Beauty Contest
The Circus
Gwendolyn's Birthday
Robin Hood
The Ghost Driver
The Pizzeria
The Owl's Book
The Toadstool
The Waterskiing Race
The Musical
The Easter Egg
The Snake
Hocus-Pocus

Video game

A 3D episodic arcade video game based on the series was developed by Centauri Productions and released by Cenega in 2002 for the PC.[3]

Home media

In 1986, select episodes of the Harmony Gold USA English dub of the series received a small VHS release in the US. The entire series was released on DVD in the Czech Republic in 2003.

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References

Oscar A. Mojica. "Ferdy". ferdy.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
http://www.fernsehserien.de/ferdy
Centauri Production & Karel Hejkal. "Centauri Production - Ferdy the Ant". centauriproduction.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

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[ferdy-1] Oscar A. Mojica. "Ferdy". ferdy.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

[2] ttp://www.fernsehserien.de/ferdy

[centauriproduction-3] Centauri Production & Karel Hejkal. "Centauri Production - Ferdy the Ant". centauriproduction.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-01-06.