Pepinot and Capucine

Pepinot and Capucine (French title, Pépinot et Capucine) was a Canadian children's television series which aired on Radio-Canada from 1952 to 1954, and on the English CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.

Pepinot and Capucine
Also known asPépinot et Capucine
Genrechildren's puppetry
Written byReginald Boisvert
Composer(s)Neil Chotem
Country of originCanada
Original language(s)French
English
No. of seasons1
Production
Producer(s)Jean-Paul Ladouceur
Production location(s)Montreal
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkRadio-Canada
CBC Television
Original release7 September 1952 (French network debut) –
19 June 1955 (English network ending)

Premise

This series was produced at Radio-Canada's Montreal studios. The title characters were the puppets Pepinot and his sister Capucine. Other regular characters included Mr. Black, a pet bear, known as l'Ours in French. Mr. White, an inventor, was known on the French series as Monsieur Blanc.[1]

Scheduling

The series was broadcast on Radio-Canada since 7 September 1952 until 1954. After this, the series was simply titled Pépinot which was produced in several runs until 1972. Episodes continued to be rebroadcast through mid-1973.[2]

The half-hour English version appeared on CBC Television on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in two seasons, first from 3 January to 27 June 1954 and secondly from 19 September 1954 to 19 June 1955.

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References
  1. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Pepinot and Capucine". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. "Au p'tit écran - 25 CBLFT Toronto". Courrier Sud (in French). 29 July 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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