King Rollo Films Limited, known as King Rollo Films, is a preschool animation production company established in 1978 by children's book author and illustrator David McKee that produces cartoons for children's television. Their studios are based in Honiton, England.
History
King Rollo Films is an independent animation studio led by Leo Nielsen.
The studio won a BAFTA for Maisy, a BAFTA nomination for Humf and a Daytime EMMY Nomination for Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies.
In 2004, the company split, with the Devon-based production arm and a rights-holding arm separating.
Productions Television series Title Year(s) Network Notes King Rollo 1980 BBC1 Victor & Maria 1983 ITV Towser 1984 ITV The Adventures of Spot 1987, 1993 BBC1 Ric 1989 ITVChannel 4Sat.1 Co-produced with Ravensburger Film + TV GmbH Hullaballoo 1994 Channel 4 Animation for the Pip the Mouse and Buddy the Elephant segments. Produced by Dorling Kindersley Vision and Crystalrowe Ltd Maisy 1999–2000 ITV (CITV) Co-produced with Universal Pictures Visual ProgrammingCurrently owned by NBCUniversal Fimbles 2002-2004 CBeebies Animation for Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment Paz 2003–2006 ITV (CITV)Discovery Kids Co-produced with Telescreen, Egmont Imagination (Season 1), Telescreen (Season 2) and Discovery KidsCurrently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Wide-Eye 2003 CBeebies Co-produced with Abbey Home Media The Roly Mo Show 2004-2006 CBeebies Animation for Fimbles segments and Roly Mo storybook segments, show produced by Novel Entertainment Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies 2007–2008 CBeebiesPBS Kids Co-produced with National Geographic Kids Entertainment and the BBCCurrently owned by The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic Society Humf 2009–2010 Nick Jr. Co-produced with Rubber Duck Entertainment Poppy Cat 2011 Nick Jr. Co-produced with Coolabi Productions and Klasky Csupo (U.S. production)
References
External links King Rollo Films Official Website