| Company type | Private company limited by shares |
|---|---|
| Industry | stop-motionanimation CGIanimation |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder | David McKee |
| Headquarters | Honiton, England ,UK |
Key people | David McKee |
| Website | kingrollofilms.co.uk |
King Rollo Films Limited, known asKing Rollo Films, is a preschool animation production company established in 1978 by children's book author and illustratorDavid McKee that produces cartoons for children's television. Their studios are based inHoniton,England.[1]
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King Rollo Films is an independent animation studio led by Leo Nielsen.
The studio won a BAFTA forMaisy, a BAFTA nomination forHumf and a Daytime EMMY Nomination forMama Mirabelle's Home Movies.
In 2004, the company split, with the Devon-based production arm and a rights-holding arm separating.[2]
| Title | Year(s) | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Rollo | 1980 | BBC1 | |
| Victor & Maria | 1981 | BBC1 | |
| Towser | 1984 | ITV | |
| The Adventures of Spot | 1987, 1993 | BBC1 | |
| Ric | 1989 | ITV Channel 4 Sat.1 | Co-produced withRavensburger Film + TV GmbH |
| Hullaballoo | 1994 | Channel 4 | Animation for thePip the Mouse andBuddy the Elephant segments. Produced byDorling Kindersley Vision and Crystalrowe Ltd |
| Maisy | 1999–2000 | ITV (CITV) | Co-produced withUniversal Pictures Visual Programming Currently owned byNBCUniversal |
| Fimbles | 2002-2004 | CBeebies | Animation for Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment |
| Paz | 2003–2006 | ITV (CITV) Discovery Kids | Co-produced withTelescreen,Egmont Imagination (Season 1),Telescreen (Season 2) andDiscovery Kids Currently owned byWarner Bros. Discovery |
| Wide-Eye | 2003 | CBeebies | Co-produced withAbbey Home Media |
| The Roly Mo Show | 2004-2006 | CBeebies | Animation for Fimbles segments and Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment |
| Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies | 2007–2008 | CBeebies PBS Kids | Co-produced withNational Geographic Kids Entertainment and theBBC Currently owned byThe Walt Disney Company andNational Geographic Society |
| Humf | 2009–2010 | Nick Jr. | Co-produced withRubber Duck Entertainment |
| Poppy Cat | 2011 | Nick Jr. | Co-produced with Coolabi Productions andKlasky Csupo (U.S. production) |
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