Pepinot and Capucine (French title, Pépinot et Capucine) was a Canadian children's television series which aired on Radio-Canada from 1952 to 1954, and on the English CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.
Premise
This series was produced at Radio-Canada's Montreal studios. The title characters were the puppets Pepinot and his sister Capucine. Other regular characters included Mr. Black, a pet bear, known as l'Ours in French. Mr. White, an inventor, was known on the French series as Monsieur Blanc.
Scheduling
The series was broadcast on Radio-Canada since 7 September 1952 until 1954. After this, the series was simply titled Pépinot which was produced in several runs until 1972. Episodes continued to be rebroadcast through mid-1973.
The half-hour English version appeared on CBC Television on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in two seasons, first from 3 January to 27 June 1954 and secondly from 19 September 1954 to 19 June 1955.
See also
- Jeanne Auclair, artist who created puppets used on the show
References
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Pepinot and Capucine". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Pepinot and Capucine at IMDb
- "Les personnages de l'émission Pépinot et Capucine" at Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke (in French)
