The Bellflower Bunnies () is a children's animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales books by Geneviève Huriet, Amélie Sarn and Loïc Jouannigot. It debuted on TF1, a French television network, on 24 December 2001. Many French and Canadian companies have participated in the show's production over the years; TF1 has always been involved. The series is written by Valérie Baranski, and produced by Patricia Robert. Moran Caouissin directed the first season, and Eric Berthier did the last two.

The show centres on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.In the first four English episodes, Violette retains her original French name, Pirouette.

The Bellflower Bunnies originally aired on TFOU TV (formerly TF! Jeunesse), the children's service of TF1, and has since appeared on France's local Disney Junior (formerly Playhouse Disney). The series has also been broadcast on CBC Television and TFO in Canada, KI.KA in Germany, Portugal's RTP in the Azores, and in several other countries.

The show has fifty-two episodes: four in the first season, twenty-two in the second, and twenty-six in the third. In the entire series, thirteen are based directly on installments in Beechwood Bunny Tales, published by Milan Presse of France and Gareth Stevens in the United States; the rest are based on scripts by Valérie Baranski. Distributors in Europe, North America, and South Korea have released DVDs of the first two seasons.

Overview The English episode titles come from Feature Films for Families and Direct Source's Region 1 DVDs, as well as the online schedules of the Al Jazeera Children's Channel in the Middle East (for season 2).

Season Episodes Director Original broadcast (France) DVD release dates Region 1 Region 2 Region 314Moran CaouissinDecember 20011 October 2003 23 January 2003 22 February 2008 March 2005 – July 2006February 2005222Eric BerthierSeptember 2004 – February 200512 April 2005Select episodes only. November 2004 – July 2005 22 February 2008 (episodes 5–8);14 August 2008 (episodes 9–16)Numbers refer to official production order (see this table). 13 June 2005Select episodes only.Not released326Eric BerthierApril 2007 – July 2010TBA 4 November 2008 (episodes 1–5);6 January 2009 (episodes 6–10) TBA

Season 1

Official # TF1 # French title English title Air date (France) Original Beechwood Bunny Tale 1 2 "Room to Move" 25 December 2001 Family Moving Day (La famille Passiflore déménage) 2 3 "Carnaval" "Carnival" 27 December 2001 Carnaval chez les Passiflore 3 1 "Vive la glisse" "Slide On" 24 December 2001 Vive la glisse! 4 4 "En ballon" "Balloonatic Bunnies" 28 December 2001 En ballon, les Passiflore!

Season 2

Official # TF1 # French title English title Air date (France) Original Beechwood Bunny Tale / Source material 5 5 "Born to Be Bunnies" 22 September 2004 6 8 "Bunnies on a Case" 13 October 2004 7 6 "Refried Donuts" 29 September 2004 8 17 "Noël chez les Passiflore" 25 December 2004 9 7 6 October 2004 Dandelion's Vanishing Vegetable Garden (Le jardin de Dentdelion Passiflore) 10 9 "Papa Bramble's Invention" 20 October 2004 11 10 "Kazoar the Ogre" 27 October 2004 Loosely follows storyline of Aunt Zinnia and the Ogre (Tante Zinia et l'ogre Kazoar) 12 12 "En avant la musique" "Face the Music" 17 November 2004 En avant, la musique! 13 11 "Periwinkle's First Dance" 10 November 2004 Periwinkle at the Full Moon Ball (Le premier bal d'Agaric Passiflore) 14 26 "Dentdelion et le bébé marmotte" "Dandelion and the Baby Groundhog" 23 February 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 15 13 24 November 2004 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 16 14 "Pirouette sous les feux de la rampe" "In the Limelight" 1 December 2004 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 17 15 "Coup de foudre aux Airelles" "Love at First Sight" 8 December 2004 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 18 22 "Au pays des fantômes" "In Ghost Country" 26 January 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 19 21 "Dentdelion fait son cinéma" "Dandelion and the Silver Screen" 19 January 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 20 23 "Agaric et le sorcier" "Periwinkle and the Witch Doctor" 2 February 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 21 18 29 December 2004 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 22 16 "Papa Bramble's Secret" 15 December 2004 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 23 19 "Vive les vacances" "Holiday with Love" 5 January 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 24 20 "Chez les petits savants" "At the Science Academy" 12 January 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 25 24 "Au cœur de la source" 9 February 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 26 25 "Sacrée Nounou" "Hairy Nanny" 16 February 2005 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski

Season 3

Official # TF1 # French title English title Air date (France) Original Beechwood Bunny Tale / Source material 27 27 4 April 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 28 28 18 April 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 29 29 25 April 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 30 30 2 May 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 31 31 "Poussières d'étoiles" "Stardust" 9 May 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 32 32 "Vacances de rêve" "Dream Vacation" 23 May 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 33 33 30 May 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 34 34 6 June 2007 Les Passiflore à la mer 35 35 "Parfum d'amour" "Perfume of Love" 13 June 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 36 36 "Pirouette et la cigogne" "Violet and the Stork" 20 June 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 37 38 4 July 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 38 37 27 June 2007 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 39 39 6 July 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 40 40 "Tempête aux Airelles" "Storm over Blueberry Hill" 13 July 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 41 41 "Arsène et compagnie" "Archie and Co" 20 July 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 42 42 27 July 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 43 43 17 August 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 44 44 20 August 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 45 45 "Chez Zinia" "At Zinnia's Place" 24 August 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 46 46 "The Bunnyosaurus" 22 December 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 47 47 "The Chosen One" 23 December 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 48 48 "Roméo et Pirouette" "Romeo and Violet" 30 December 2008 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 49 49 "Sacré manège" "Merry Go Round" 1 January 2009 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 50 50 "Mon pantin à moi" "My Rag Doll" 2 January 2009 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 51 51 "Pierre de lune" "Moonstone" 12 July 2010 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski 52 52 "Fabiola la douce" "Sweet Fabiola" 13 July 2010 Teleplay by Valérie Baranski

Notes

References General

Some French titles for season 3 were provided by TFO's schedules during its summer 2008 run, before the episodes premiered on France.

Specific

External links

Official site for the U.S. distributors, Feature Films for Families and Direct Source Official sites for the French distributors, TF1 Vidéo, and Seven Sept