Bojan the Bear

Bojan the Bear (Slovene: Medved Bojan) is the title and the protagonist of the Slovenian animation children's television series. It's the best-known and most successful Slovenian cartoon series.

Bojan the Bear
Medved Bojan
Genre	Children's
Created by	B. Ranitović (script) D. Povh (script) P. Štalter (animation) Z. Gašparović (animation)
Directed by	Branko Ranitović Dušan Povh
Composers	Mojmir Sepe Lado Jakša
Country of origin	Slovenia
Production
Running time	4-5 min
Production companies	Studio 37 - Ljubljana Viba Film - Ljubljana
Original release
Network	TV Ljubljana 1 (1985-91) and TV Slovenia 1 (1991-99) (Slovenia) The Children's Channel (1988-94) (U.K.)
Release	1985 (1985) – 1999 (1999)

Bojan the Bear is a painter who paints his own world with three colours. A friend of his enters the world, using two other colours - white and black - to paint glaciers.

The cartoon was created by Serbian-born Branko Ranitović and Slovenian Dušan Povh. Series was in original run from 1985 to 1999. Animated series was broadcast on Slovenian national television RTV Ljubljana and broadcast on United Kingdom television The Children's Channel. Character was originally animated by Zdenko Gašparović and Pavao Štalter.

List of episodes

Season 1: 1985

#	Title	Director	Writer	Production date
1	"Bojan The Bear - Mountaineer"	Branko Ranitović	Branko Ranitović	October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24)
2	"Bojan The Bear - Photographer"	Branko Ranitović	Dušan Povh	October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24)
3	"Bojan The Bear - Racing Car Driver"	Branko Ranitović	Branko Ranitović	October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24)
4	"Bojan The Bear - Gymnast"	Branko Ranitović	Branko Ranitović	October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24)
5	"Bojan The Bear - In The Circus"	Branko Ranitović	Dušan Povh	October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24)

Season 2: 1988

#	Title	Director	Writer	Production date
6	"Bojan The Bear - Athlete"	Branko Ranitović	/	February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26)
7	"Bojan The Bear - Sailor"	Branko Ranitović	/	February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26)
8	"Bojan The Bear - Chauffeur"	Branko Ranitović	/	February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26)
9	"Bojan The Bear - Television"	Branko Ranitović	/	February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26)
10	"Bojan The Bear - Breakfast"	Branko Ranitović	/	February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26)
11	"Bojan The Bear - Winter Sports"	Branko Ranitović	/	February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26)

Season 3: 1995

#	Title	Director	Writer	Production date
12	"Bojan The Bear - Musician"	D. Povh, B. Ranitović	Dušan Povh	1995 (1995)

Season 4: 1996

#	Title	Director	Writer	Production date
13	"Bojan The Bear - The Scarecrow"	D. Povh, B. Ranitović	Vera Suhadolnik	1995 (1995)
14	"Bojan The Bear - Camping"	D. Povh, B. Ranitović	Karmen Lužar	1995 (1995)

Season 5: 1998

#	Title	Director	Writer	Production date
15	"Bojan The Bear - Easter"	Branko Ranitović	Dušan Povh	1998 (1998)

Season 6: 1999

#	Title	Director	Writer	Production date
16	"Bojan the Bear - Robinson"	Dušan Povh	Dušan Povh	1999 (1999)

• List is not completed. Numerous episodes (Fireman, Apples, Xmas, Rainbow, Fischerman, Picnic, Bees, Small House, Painter,...) are missing.

Broadcast UK history

• The Children's Channel (1988–1994)

VHS UK history

• Screen Legends (1988–1993)

Videos

In 1988, "Bojan The Bear - Athlete" was released on a The Children's Channel which was exclusively sold and distributed under license from Carlton Communications along with Bojan the Bear and many more.

Title	Release Date	VHS Studio	Episodes
All Colours, Shapes and Sizes	1988	Screen Legends	Bojan The Bear - Athlete

External links

• Bojan the Bear at Slovenian Film Fund
• Bojan the Bear at imdb.com
• Bojan the Bear at youtube.com
• Bojan the Bear at slocartoon.net (Slovene)