King Rollo Films
Animation production company
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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.[1]
Company typePrivate company limited by shares
Industrystop-motion animation
CGI animation
CGI animation
Founded1978
FounderDavid McKee
| Company type | Private company limited by shares |
|---|---|
| Industry | stop-motion animation CGI animation |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder | David McKee |
| Headquarters | Honiton, England , UK |
Key people | David McKee |
| Website | kingrollofilms.co.uk |
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.[2]
Productions
Television series
| Title | Year(s) | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Rollo | 1980 | BBC1 | |
| Victor & Maria | 1981 | BBC1 | |
| Towser | 1984 | ITV | |
| The Adventures of Spot | 1987, 1993 | BBC1 | |
| Ric | 1989 | ITV Channel 4 Sat.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 Programming Currently 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 Kids Currently 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 | CBeebies PBS Kids | Co-produced with National Geographic Kids Entertainment and the BBC Currently 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) |
