Anatole (TV series)

Anatole (TV series)
Anatole is an animated children's television series based on the Anatole book series by Eve Titus. The series was created by Scottish Television, Valentine Productions s.a.r.l. and Nelvana as one of their numerous programmes. It originally aired on Canada's YTV network from 1998 to 1999, and premiered in the United States on CBS on 3 October 1998, and aired through the 1998–99 television season.
Premise
The series tells the story of Anatole, a mouse who lives in Paris. He works as a night watchman in a cheese factory. He has a wife, Doucette, and a family of six little mice.
Characters
Main
Anatole, the series' lead. A loyal, honest, brave and open-minded mouse, Anatole is a good father to his children and a wonderful husband to Doucette.
Gaston, Anatole's friend
Doucette, Anatole's wife. Kind, loyal, wise and patient, Doucette is a source of comfort and advice to her children and her husband. A good mother, She gets genuinely worried whenever her family are in peril. In "The Hunchbat of Notre Dame", it is revealed that she is afraid of heights.
Paul, Anatole's oldest son. He loves inventing, sword-fighting and sailing.
Paulette, Anatole's oldest daughter. She shares similar interests as her brother Paul, incluidng inventing and sword fighting.
Claude, Anatole's middle son. He loves books and proves to have an active imagination.
Claudette, Anatole's middle daughter. Literary like her brother Claude, Claudette also loves art.
Georges, Anatole's youngest son
Georgette, Anatole's youngest daughter
Pamplemousse, the mayor of the mouse village
Supporting
Edgar - A large but good-natured rat who helps Anatole rescue Claude, Paul and Paulette from the Paris sewers.
Molière - Anatole's dependable mole friend, who is an expert miner/tunneler.
Rene
Yvette
Mayor Soucy
Pascal
Uncle Louis
M. Duval
Monsieur Duval
Charlemagne the Cat - M. Duval's pet cat and one of Anatole's antagonists in the series.
Pierre the Pigeon - A pigeeon who would much rather walk than fly, due to getting dizzy while flying (airsickness).
Otto
Gretchen
Hans
Nathalie
Comtesse De Souris
Maurice
Jacques - A misunderstood hunchbacked bat who guards the Notre Dame Cathedral. At first intimidating, he is actually a passionate music lover and gothic architecture. He shares similarties to Quasimodo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and Erik the Phantom from "Phantom of the Opera."
The Two Crows
Nostromo
The Bakers
Thief
Uncle Louis
Two weasels
Mayor Soucy
Pascal
Production
CBS announced in January 1998 that it would return to airing cartoons as part of its Saturday morning programming schedule for the 1998–99 television season, and Anatole was among the new animated series announced. In July 1998, it was announced that CBS would premiere Anatole and the rest of its Saturday morning animated programming on 19 September 1998, though by September the premiere date had slipped to 3 October 1998.
Episodes
Charles E. Bastien directed every episode of Anatole.
References
External links
Anatole on STV Player
1990s Canadian animated television series
1990s British animated television series
1990s French animated television series
1998 Canadian television series debuts
1999 Canadian television series endings
1998 British television series debuts
1999 British television series endings
1998 French television series debuts
1999 French television series endings
French children's animated television series
Canadian children's animated television series
British children's animated television shows
CBS original programming
YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
French television shows based on children's books
Canadian television shows based on children's books
British television shows based on children's books
Television series by Nelvana
Animated television series about mice and rats
Television shows set in Paris