Timmy the sheep

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Television series
German title Timmy the sheep
Original title Timmy Time
Timmy the sheep logo.gif
Country of production United Kingdom
original language no
Year (s) 2009–2012
length 10 mins
Episodes 78 + 2 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre Children's series, comedy
idea Jackie Cockle
Peter Curtis
Kay Benbow
production Jackie Cockle
Peter Curtis
Kay Benbow
music Mike Stobbie
First broadcast April 11, 2009 on BBC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 12, 2010 on Super RTL
synchronization
The characters as chocolates

Timmy das Schäfchen (English original title Timmy Time ) is a British animated series that started in Germany on January 12, 2010 on Super RTL and is broadcast with three episodes of 10 minutes each in an episode of half an hour in length. The series is an offshoot of Shaun the Sheep , in which Timmy is his cousin. The series is aimed at preschoolers.

Pattern of action

This series is all about ten different animal children who play and learn in a kindergarten. Even if there is no specific pattern of action, the series conveys important values ​​such as friendship, helpfulness and order. Dialogues as such do not take place, the animal children communicate in their respective animal sounds.

characters

Except for Timmy, the characters are not mentioned by name, as they only communicate in their animal sounds. Nevertheless, names were given to the characters.

  • Henriette (in the English original: Harriet), a heron who, however, has the beak of a pelican. She is one of the two educators in kindergarten and communicates through chattering and "clicking" . She is the stricter of the two.
  • Eduard (Osbourne), an owl , always reproduces a hoot-hoot or ho-hoot as linguistic communication . Eduard is not as strict as Henriette, but if the worst comes to the worst, he can also be strict.
  • Timmy the sheep is the protagonist of the series. He usually says bäääh , sometimes boooh when the mood is negative or disappointed . In his activity he occasionally creates a lively chaos. He is an avid soccer player. His teddy bear is the only prop from the previous series that he uses frequently. He gives his trademark back then, the pacifier, to his mother in the opening credits.
  • Jule (Yabba) is a duck and communicates accordingly with Quak Quak . As a special feature, she wears a blue diving mask on her head, which she rarely uses. She is quick to snap and react accordingly annoyed, especially when her best friend Timmy is just doing nonsense again.
  • Max (Paxton) is a pig and accordingly says Oink . He wears a blue wool sweater and is characteristic of his big appetite.
  • Kati (Mittens) is an orange-brown cat and speaks Mee-yew or Miou . She is a little vain and doesn't like it when her fur gets dirty, which is why she avoids such situations as much as possible. She is one of the few girls in the group.
  • Ralfi (Luffy), a dog , is lively and enthusiastic. With a cheerful woof-woof or Wa-huuu he's always there. He likes to play fetching sticks.
  • Ida also known as Rosalie when learning with Timmy (Apricot) is a shy hedgehog girl who instinctively shelters herself in some situations. She doesn't appear very often in the episodes and doesn't speak much either. Whenever she speaks, only a faint hicoo comes out.
  • Streifi means learning with Timmy Nikki (Stripey) is a happy badger . As sounds he gives a "horn sound" (Honk) of itself. Because badgers are nocturnal animals, Streifi looks correspondingly sleepy.
  • Kit (Kid) is a devouring kid who gnaws at objects or eats them up completely. Kit does a short mow like a goat .
  • Olli (Otis) is a baby owl and probably Eduard's child. He makes the usual noises of owl children (twit-twoo) . Trademark: the yellow rain hood that he puts on every now and then.
  • Franky (Finlay) is a young fox who, contrary to natural enmities, gets along well with the dog Ralfi and often plays with him. As is common with foxes, it also emits a yip or yip-yap . In the series he's always happy and enthusiastic.
  • Raupi (Bumpy) is a green caterpillar and only makes beeping noises . He does not belong to the group, but is occasionally involved in actions.

Production and publication

The series is a production by Aardman Animations , HIT Entertainment and the BBC , which is also responsible for the animation series Wallace & Gromit . The series was invented by Jackie Cockle, the artistic director was Richard Edmunds. In the British original, Timmy Time has been broadcast on CBeebies since April 11, 2009 .

The series has been shown in German by Super RTL since January 12, 2010 . In addition to the UK and Germany , Timmy Time is broadcast in 25 other countries, mostly on Playhouse Disney . The first season consists of 26 episodes, in autumn 2010 the second season was added in Germany with 13 episodes.

synchronization

The English version is dubbed by Kate Harbor , Justin Fletcher and Louis Jones . In 2013, the actor Wayne Carpendale was used as the narrator for the German audience.

criticism

“The 10-minute episodes are age-appropriate and embedded in a framework story through the opening and closing credits, and are predominantly set in one location. Mama Schaf takes Timmy to kindergarten every morning and at the end of an adventure she picks him up again. In the meantime, a manageable story from the experience of the youngest is told, which accompanies the entry into the cinematic narration in a child-friendly manner with many repetitions, without dialogues and with slow image changes. Like all productions from the Aardman Studios [...], the plastillin figures in this series are lovingly and detailed, designed down to the smallest detail and animated with the usual perfection. "

- Top video news

Awards

  • Platinum in the Kids Award , Germany
    • 1 × "Platinum" for the DVD Timmy wants to win (2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TIMMY THE SHEEP - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORIES . Top video news. Publisher: Children's and Youth Film Center on behalf of the BMFSFJ .
  2. ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on May 28, 2016