Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
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Created byCurtis Jobling
Developed byPeter Saunders
Creative directorKeith Chapman
Voices ofBradley Shedden
Oliver Dillon
Mia Hann
Eden Jarrett
Max Miller
Jamie Oram
Tyler Coleman
Kassian Akhtar
Joshua Lester
Mihajlo Bucevac
Alexander Molony
Audrey Newman
Rosa Strudwick
Rylea Whitehead
Tim Owen
Oliver Dillon
Mia Hann
Eden Jarrett
Max Miller
Jamie Oram
Tyler Coleman
Kassian Akhtar
Joshua Lester
Mihajlo Bucevac
Alexander Molony
Audrey Newman
Rosa Strudwick
Rylea Whitehead
Tim Owen
| Raa Raa the Noisy Lion | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Curtis Jobling |
| Developed by | Peter Saunders |
| Creative director | Keith Chapman |
| Voices of | Bradley Shedden Oliver Dillon Mia Hann Eden Jarrett Max Miller Jamie Oram Tyler Coleman Kassian Akhtar Joshua Lester Mihajlo Bucevac Alexander Molony Audrey Newman Rosa Strudwick Rylea Whitehead Tim Owen |
| Narrated by | Lorraine Kelly |
| Theme music composer | Alan Coates and Kim Goody |
| Opening theme | Raa Raa the Noisy Lion |
| Ending theme | Raa Raa the Noisy Lion |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ian Mackinnon Peter Saunders |
| Producer | Keith Chapman |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production companies | Chapman Entertainment (Series 1 & 2) DreamWorks Classic Productions (Series 3) Mackinnon & Saunders |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBeebies |
| Release | 2 May 2011 – 22 January 2018 |
Raa Raa the Noisy Lion is a British stop motion animated children's television programme first broadcast in May 2011, which is shown on CBeebies. It features a group of animal-based characters and their adventures and activities through the Jingly Jangly Jungle. The show is narrated by Lorraine Kelly[1] and is produced by Chapman Entertainment (series one and two) and DreamWorks Classic Productions (series three).
- Raa Raa (voiced by Bradley Shedden in series one and two, and Tyler Coleman in series three): A fun-loving and noisy little lion.
- Topsy (voiced by Eden Jarrett): A giraffe who loves to read. She is the tallest and oldest of Raa Raa's friends. She can sometimes be bossy, but she is the one that wants to help her friends as well as she can.
- Zebby (voiced by Mia Hann in series one and two, and Audrey Newman in series three): A kind and gentle zebra who sometimes gets hungry.
- Huffty (voiced by Oliver Dillon): An elephant who loves music and giving his friends a ride on his train.
- Ooo Ooo (voiced by Jamie Oram in series one and two, and Alexander Molony in series three): A monkey who is fun and likes to swing on vines.
- Crocky (voiced by Max Miller in series one and two, and Oscar Louis Bucevac in series three, though he was credited as Mihajlo Bucevac): A crocodile who likes to hang out by the river and ride in his log boat.
- Pia (voiced by Rylea Whitehead): A parrot who likes to fly high in the air. She debuted in series three.
- Scuttle: A purple spider who has eight legs. She debuted in series three.
Development
The series was first announced by Canadian entertainment company CCI Entertainment on 1 April 2009, being pre-sold to CBeebies for a May 2011 delivery cycle.[2] In October, Chapman Entertainment took over CCI's role as co-producer.[3]
