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Junglies is a British short-lived animated television series by Terry Ward, lasting from 1992-1993 on TV-am.

Overview

The series is set on the fictional Junglie Island, an island somewhere between Africa and Asia. Each episode follows the adventures of several anthropomorphised animals called the Junglies, all of whom are portrayed as young children.

A total of 13 episodes were produced, and aired between 1992 and 1993 exclusively in the United Kingdom, some of which were released straight-to-video. The series has never been released on DVD, although one episode, "Flying South", was featured on the VHS and DVD versions of "A Day Full of Animals and Songs".

Characters

Like Nellie the Elephant, another series by Ward, all the characters were only voiced by two actors, in this cast, all voices were provided by Gary Wilmot and Jessica Martin:

• Tyrone – an energetic and mischievous tiger who is the leader of the Junglies.
• Marvin – a mischievous and cheeky monkey.
• Geraldine – a bucktoothed giraffe who loves butterflies.
• Lester – an outspoken lion and Tyrone's best friend.
• Penny – a parrot who speaks with a Scouse accent.
• Sebastian – a snake who speaks with a lisp.
• Henrietta – a hippopotamus whose mother is the school teacher.
• Ethel – an elephant and Henrietta's best friend.
• Zoe – a patient zebra who speaks with a French accent.
• Albert – an alligator and Marvin's best friend.
• Graham – a gorilla who only appears in the last episode.
• The Sun – an unnamed, anthropomorphised sun. He is not always seen, has hands and arms and a face like vertebrate animals, and wakes up (and goes to sleep) at the beginning and middle of various episodes.
• The Moon – a real, voiceless moon. The moon is not always seen, but it appears every night of the year on Junglie Island, even Christmas Day.
• Firefly – a minor character on Junglies who appears every night of the year on Junglie Island. She is seen in the episodes "Say Cheese Everyone" and "A Journey To The Moon".

Episodes

• 1. "First Day at School"
• 2. "Hide And Seek"
• 3. "Penny's Little Brother"
• 4. "Echo Valley"
• 5. "Albert's Tooth"
• 6. "Journey To The Moon"
• 7. "Where's Zoe"
• 8. "Say Cheese Everyone"
• 9. "Heavy, Heavy, Heavy"
• 10. "Down the River"
• 11. "Flying South"
• 12. "The Great Storm"
• 13. "A Very Big Monkey" (this episode was only broadcast and never commercially released)

Home video

Two VHS releases of the series were released in 1991 and 1992 by Abbey Home Entertainment.

See also

• Nellie the Elephant - another programme with similar animation designs, also by Ward.

References

1. ^ Toonhound – Junglies
2. "BabyFirstTV". Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.

External links

• Junglies at IMDb

• 1992 British television series debuts
• 1993 British television series endings
• 1990s British animated television series
• 1990s British children's television series
• British children's animated comedy television series
• British English-language television shows
• Animated television series about children
• Animated television series about mammals
• Animated television series set on fictional islands
• Animated television series set in Africa