Pippi Longstocking (1997 TV series)
Pippi Longstocking is a Canadian-German-Swedish animated television series produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri, TaurusFilm, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion, and Nelvana based on the book series drawn and written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. This was the first time that the popular character had been animated.
It was led by German director Michael Schaack. The story editor and chief writer for the series was Ken Sobol. His son John Sobol also wrote several episodes.Cast
- Melissa Altro as Pippi Longstocking
- Richard Binsley as Mr. Nilsson
- Noah Reid as Tommy Settergren
- Olivia Garratt as Annika Settergren
- Len Carlson as Thunder-Karlsson
- Wayne Robson as Bloom
- Rick Jones as Constable Kling
- Philip Williams as Constable Klang
- Ben Campbell as Captain Ephraim Longstocking
- Chris Wiggins as Fridolf
- Jill Frappier as Mrs. Prysselius
- Karen Bernstein as Mrs. Ingrid Settergren
- Ray Landry as Mr. Settergren
Broadcast
The show aired on Teletoon starting the day the channel launched, October 17, 1997. It was also shown on HBO, Nickelodeon Latin America and Brazil, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, Pop and Pop Girl, Boing, Cartoon Network, Arutz HaYeladim, Cartoon Network and TV Tokyo, and Disney Channel. It later ran on YTV in Canada, Qubo in the United States, France 5 in France, Boomerang in Japan, and Disney Junior and KiKa in Germany.Episodes
The series aired for two seasons, with 26 half-hour episodes being made in total.Season 1
Season 2
