Angelina Ballerina

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## Angelina Ballerina

### Starring

Finty Williams
Judi Dench
Derek Jacobi (season 2)
Jo Wyatt
Keith Wickham
Jonell Elliot
Adrienne Posta
Rob Rackstraw
Gary Martin
Sue Elliot Nicolls

### Blocks aired on

Musical Mornings with Coo
The Sprout Sharing Show
The Good Night Show
The Let's Go Show
Sprout Mornings

### Run on Sprout

September 26, 2005 -
October 2, 2011

### See Also

Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
James the Cat
Make Way for Noddy
Stella and Sam

"*Famous star and prima ballerina*"
―Angelina, "Lights, Camera, Action"
***Angelina Ballerina*** is a British animated children's television series, based on the Angelina Ballerina series of children's books by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig. Because both PBS and HiT Entertainment co-owned Sprout when the channel was launched, they aired a variety of shows from both their archive libraries on Sprout, including reruns of *Angelina Ballerina*.

## Plot

*"Angelina Ballerina is a little star with big dreams of becoming a prima ballerina. This feisty little mouse works hard to reach her goal and along the way, always learns from her mistakes. When little girls share in Angelina's experiences, they're inspired to go after their big dreams too!"* (link)
### For Parents

*"Did you know preschoolers love to "talk" with their bodies? Let them express themselves through dance and movement!"*
## History on Sprout

The show was one out of many to be aired on-demand, with selected episodes airing under the "Children's Favorites" label (and eventually in its own label). It joined the network at launch in 2005.

The show aired at 11AM and 8:30PM ET when Sprout launched, and later at 4PM when *The Sprout Sharing Show* launched. In 2010, it also started airing at 8PM on *The Good Night Show*, when Dragon Tales stopped airing on Sprout.

It has a Sprout Diner snack, **Angelina's Ballet Slippers**, and Dame Judi Dench's daughter, Finty Williams reprises her role as the titular character.

It has a Birthday Show snack, **Angelina's Tutu Treat**. The segment was included in a *Sprout Sharing Show* promo and in the Birthday Parties podcast.

It has a CGI spinoff called *Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps* which aired on PBS and, ironically enough, Sprout, which premiered on the latter channel after the original show stopped airing, getting replaced in the 8PM timeslot by *Pajanimals*.

The season 1 episode "The Ballerina Rag Doll" was included in Lend a Helping Hand, and "Angelina's New School" is a bonus feature on the DVD release of Safety First.

The special based on the show, "All Dancers on Deck" ("Angelina Sets Sail") aired on Sprout a few times. It premiered on April 20th during Sprout's Dance Party and aired twice during the Hooray for the Holidays festitivites the same year along with Angelina's Princess Dance.

*"Angelina Ballerina and all her friends work together to put on very special dance performances this holiday season. Watch "All Dancers On Deck" on December 22 at 5pm ET and December 25! Watch "Princess Dance" on December 19 at 5pm ET, December 23 at 5pm ET and December 25!"* (link )
Its Christmas special, "The Show Must Go On" aired on December 25th and 31st, 2009.

## Games

* Angelina Dance Studio
* Angelina's Dress Up Game
* Angelina Pop-Up Card Craft
* Angelina Matching Game

### Videos

Angelina's Ballet Slippers promo (2011)Angelina Ballerina Angelina and Anya Sprout broadcast
## Notes

* Nina and her Sproutlet friends once did "Angelina's Ballerina Bow Stretch" on *The Good Night Show*. This segment aired in "Dreams" and, appropriately, "Dance."
* A clip from an episode was featured in a 2007 PBS promo.
* Angelina was featured in the Bedtime ident.
* Angelina and her grandmother were featured in Come On, Let's Grow.
* This news article suggests the show was to air during *Sprout's Wiggly Waffle*.
* Miss Lilly's voice actress, Judi Dench and Angelina's voice actress, Finty Williams are mother and daughter in real life.
* A reboot was planned after 9 Story Media Group's acquisition of the show. However, the reboot never came to fruition.
* Miss Lilly's voice actress, Judi Dench, would later voice Mrs. Calloway in Disney's *Home on the Range* and its short *A Dairy Tale: The Three Little Pigs*.
* The only episode that has not shown on Sprout is "The Anniversary Party."

## External links

* SproutOnline.com page (2007)
* Parents and Kids Share Together

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cynopsis.com/monday-april-2nd-2007-4/
2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100210180447/http://www.sproutonline.com/currentsite/good-night-show/stretches/
3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080419114348/http://www.sproutonline.com/currentSite/good\_night/yoga.php?id=47

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