La Bande à Ovide, a.k.a. Ovide and the Gang, is a 1980s animated TV
show produced by the Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe (who also
produced Mega Babies, Sharky and George and The Little Flying Bears)
in association with Belgium's Odec Kid Cartoons. It ran on
Télévision de Radio Canada starting October 17, 1987 to 1988 and
also goes by the names "Ovide Video" and "Ovide's Video Show"; the
series gained popularity in the United Kingdom when it was broadcast
on the Children's BBC service in 1988 and 1989 in a Friday afternoon
slot before switching to Channel 4, while in the US, it was aired on
Nick Jr. in 1992 and 1997.The characters were created and designed by
Bernard Godi in cooperation with Belgian comics artist and animator
Nic Broca, who had previously designed the Snorks for SEPP. The show
premiered in the UK on January 17, 1990.The show stars a blue platypus
named Ovide who lives on a non-descript South Seas island, where he
has adventures with his friends and thwarts Cy and Bobo, the show's
villains.Television plays an important role in this series. In every
episode, Ovide and his friends are watching a programme; Ovide carries
a brown briefcase which contains a portable TV set; and there's a
wandering TV on the island that approaches the characters at crucial
moments and provides information important to the plot. Every time Cy
sees the TV, he apparently becomes entranced by it.#
show produced by the Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe (who also
produced Mega Babies, Sharky and George and The Little Flying Bears)
in association with Belgium's Odec Kid Cartoons. It ran on
Télévision de Radio Canada starting October 17, 1987 to 1988 and
also goes by the names "Ovide Video" and "Ovide's Video Show"; the
series gained popularity in the United Kingdom when it was broadcast
on the Children's BBC service in 1988 and 1989 in a Friday afternoon
slot before switching to Channel 4, while in the US, it was aired on
Nick Jr. in 1992 and 1997.The characters were created and designed by
Bernard Godi in cooperation with Belgian comics artist and animator
Nic Broca, who had previously designed the Snorks for SEPP. The show
premiered in the UK on January 17, 1990.The show stars a blue platypus
named Ovide who lives on a non-descript South Seas island, where he
has adventures with his friends and thwarts Cy and Bobo, the show's
villains.Television plays an important role in this series. In every
episode, Ovide and his friends are watching a programme; Ovide carries
a brown briefcase which contains a portable TV set; and there's a
wandering TV on the island that approaches the characters at crucial
moments and provides information important to the plot. Every time Cy
sees the TV, he apparently becomes entranced by it.#
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