Franklin (TV series)

Franklin

Based on	Franklin the Turtle by Paulette Bourgeois Brenda Clark
Directed by	John van Bruggen Chad Hicks Andrew Tan
Voices of	Noah Reid Cole Caplan Cameron Ansell Bryn McAuley Elizabeth Saunders (as Elizabeth Brown) Richard Newman
Theme music composer	Bruce Cockburn
Opening theme	"Hey, It's Franklin!" performed by Bruce Cockburn
Ending theme	"Hey, It's Franklin!" (instrumental)
Composers	Ray Parker Thomas Szczesniak
Country of origin	Canada France (seasons 1–2 and 4–6)
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78 (156 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Michael Hirsh (seasons 1–5) Patrick Loubert (seasons 1–5) Clive A. Smith (seasons 1–5) Marc Minjauw (seasons 1–5) Paul Hannequart (seasons 1–5) Paul Robertson (season 6) Scott Dyer (season 6) Doug Murphy (season 6) Emmanuèle Petry (season 6) Christian Davin (season 6) Clément Calvet (season 6)
Producers	Ruta Cube (seasons 1–2) Ariane Payen (seasons 3–4) Pierre Urbain (seasons 5–6)
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	Nelvana Limited Big Bang Digital Studios Neurones France (seasons 1–4) Neurones Luxembourg (seasons 1–4) Neuroplanet (Season 5) LuxAnimation (season 6) Alphanim (season 6)
Original release
Network	CBC Television (Canada season 1) Family Channel (Canada seasons 1–5) Treehouse TV (Canada season 6) TF1 (France season 6)
Release	November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03) – August 8, 2004 (2004-08-08)

Franklin is an animated preschool educational children's television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois, and co-produced by Nelvana Limited. It was followed up by a CGI adaptation, Franklin and Friends.

The animated series has also produced several television films: Franklin and the Green Knight (2000), Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) and Back to School with Franklin (2003), alongside a theatrical movie: Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006), all of which were co-produced by Nelvana Limited.