Miffy's Adventures Big and Small

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small^[a] is an animated television series based on the Miffy book series by Dutch artist Dick Bruna, and the continuation of Miffy and Friends (2003–07). The series first aired on 2 October 2015 on Tiny Pop in the UK^[4] and aired on KRO-NCRV in the Netherlands^[5] and on the Nick Jr. Channel in the US. The series finale aired on 16 June 2019.

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small
Genre	Animated television series
Created by	Dick Bruna
Written by	Ciaran Murtagh Andrew Jones
Directed by	Adam Shaw Helen Arntsen Chris Drew
Starring	Arisha Choudhury Isla Gudgeon Duke Davis Teresa Gallagher
Narrated by	Dan Chambers
Theme music composer	Tom van Beers
Opening theme	Miffy Theme
Ending theme	Miffy Theme (instrumental)
Composer	David Schweitzer
Country of origin	Netherlands United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3[1]
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Frank Padberg Marja Kerkhof
Editor	Judith Allen
Running time	7 minutes
Production companies	Blue-Zoo Animation Studio[2] Mercis BV
Original release
Network	KRO-NCRV (Netherlands) Tiny Pop (UK)
Release	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)[3] – 16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)
Related
Miffy and Friends

Cast

• Sophie Goldstein as Miffy
• Ziggy Badans as Dan
• George Woolford as Grunty
• Bob Golding as Poppy
• Teresa Gallagher as Melanie
• Rasmus Hardiker as Boris
• Esther Coles as Barbara
• Arisha Choudhury as Miffy's Mom
• Dan Chambers as Miffy's Dad
• Jonell Elliot as Aunt Alice
• Peter Dickson as Uncle Pilot
• Shanti Deen-Ellis as Miffy's Grandma
• Leon Williams as Miffy's Grandpa
• Isla Gudgeon as the School Teacher
• Caron Pascoe as Snuffy

Episodes

The series had three seasons,^[6] each consisting of 13 seven-minute segments.^{[citation needed]}

Production

Production began in April 2014, when Mercis BV announced a new reboot series that would bring its famous Miffy franchise into CGI for the first time with Mercis BV had appointed London-based British animation production studio Blue Zoo Animation Studio to produce a new CGI animated series featuring its character Miffy with scripts being developed by Blue Zoo's British writing team and would be completed for a 2015 release as German media management company M4E and its Dutch distribution subsidiary Telescreen alongside Mercis BV would jointly distribute the series.^[7] The series was publicly announced in October of the same year, at the MIPCOM trade show in Cannes, France. At the convention, the series' launch date was announced for autumn 2015 to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the Miffy character.^[8] 52 segments were ordered in 2014, with an additional 26 segments later in 2016.^[1]

One year later in August 2015 during the 60th anniversay of the Miffy franchise, it was announced that Sony Pictures Television through its British children's channel Tiny Pop had picked up the upcoming CGI animated series now entitled Miffy’s Adventures Big and Small from Mercis BV.^[9]

Broadcast

Miffy's Adventures Big and Small first aired on 2 October 2015. The series aired on Sony's Tiny Pop network in the UK,^[10] on ABC Kids in Australia,^[11] on e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, on Akili TV in Kenya, on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States,^[12] on NET25 in the Philippines, on Tooniverse in South Korea, and on TVOKids in Canada. ABC released the series in Australia and PBS Distribution released the first two seasons in the US.^[13]

Notes

1. Dutch: Nijntjes avonturen groot en klein; Swedish: Miffys äventyr stora och små