King Rollo Films

King Rollo Films Ltd, known as King Rollo Films, is a preschool 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