King Rollo Films

King Rollo Films Ltd, known as King Rollo Films, is an animation production company established in 1978 by David McKee that produces cartoons for children's television. Their studios are based in Honiton, England.^[1]

King Rollo Films

Company type	Private company limited by shares
Industry	stop-motion animation CGI animation
Founded	1978
Founder	David McKee
Headquarters	Honiton, England , UK
Key people	David McKee
Website	kingrollofilms.co.uk

History

King Rollo Films is an independent animation studio led by Leo Nielsen.

The studio won a BAFTA for Maisy, a BAFTA nomination for Humf and a Daytime EMMY Nomination for Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies.

In 2004, the company split, with the Devon-based production arm and a rights-holding arm separating.^[2]

Productions

Television Series

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 with Ravensburger Film + TV GmbH
Hullaballoo	1994	Channel 4	Animation for the Pip the Mouse and Buddy the Elephant segments. Produced by Dorling Kindersley Vision and Crystalrowe Ltd
Maisy	1999–2000	ITV (CITV)	Co-produced with PolyGram Visual Programming/Universal Pictures Visual Programming
Fimbles	2002-2004	CBeebies	Animation for Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment
The Paz Show	2003–2006	ITV (CITV) Discovery Kids	Co-produced with Telescreen, Egmont Imagination (Season 1), Telescreen (Season 2) and Discovery Kids
Wide-Eye	2003	CBeebies	Co-produced with Abbey 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	Co-produced with National Geographic and the BBC
Humf	2008–2010	Nick Jr.	Co-produced with Rubber Duck Entertainment
Poppy Cat	2011	Nick Jr.	Co-produced with Coolabi