Back Цацачны замак Byelorussian The Toy Castle Czech Le Château magique French The Toy Castle Italian Игрушечный замок Russian Іграшковий замок Ukrainian
| The Toy Castle | |
|---|---|
| Le Château magique | |
| Genre | Supernatural Fantasy Slice of life |
| Created by | Katherine Jeans and David Langer |
| Based on | The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Developed by | Sound Venture Productions |
| Written by | Nancy Trites-Botkin Rick Jones Timothy Spain Mike Laewen Marc Charbonneau |
| Directed by | Katherine Jeans and David Langer |
| Narrated by | Rick Jones and Marc Charbonneau |
| Composer | Andrew Huggett |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 3 + 1 pilot |
| No. of episodes | 65 + 1 pilot |
| Production | |
| Producer | Neil Bregman |
| Production locations | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Editors | Cheryl Gadoury Kevin Kocvar |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Sound Venture Productions |
| Original release | |
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| Release | 1992 |
| Release | 4 September 2000 – 26 December 2003 |
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The Toy Castle (French: Le Château magique) is a Canadian children's television show that aired on Treehouse TV, SCN, Access, Knowledge Network, TVOntario and TFO.[1] It was aired from September 4, 2000 to December 26, 2003 and produced by Sound Venture Productions. It was inspired by Sound Venture's 1992 Christmas ballet special The Tin Soldier, which starred Frank Augustyn and was based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.[2][3] It is now shown during the Christmas season on Treehouse, TFO and Noovo. Told through ballet and narration, the stories are about a group of toys in a toy castle that magically come to life when the children are asleep. This series won a Gemini Award in 2003 for "Best Preschool Series".[4]
The series also aired on public television stations in the United States,[5] JimJam in Italy, TF1, France 3, M6 and Piwi+ in France and was reran in French on TQS. It was distributed worldwide by France Télévisions.[6]
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- ^ ""The Toy Castle™" New DVD Series Presents Imaginative Ballet Stories and Encourages Creative Play". PRweb.
- ^ "THE TOY CASTLE". Repubblica. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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