Wieczorynka
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Wieczorynka (alternatively: Dobranocka) is an evening programming block intended for children of preschool and early school age, broadcast on TVP ABC. From the 1950s until 2013, it was a short block of cartoons and animated series for children broadcast on TVP1. In the 1950s and 1960s, all editions were shown live, some as late as the 1970s. In 2013–2014, the block was additionally broadcast on TVP Kultura,[1] and in 1992–2021 also on TVP Polonia, where from 2014 it was called Dobranocka. Between 2019 and 2021, the program was still broadcast by TVP Wilno.
Popular Polish series
In Poland, the beginnings of the strand coincides with the launch of television in the 1950s. This slot was broadcast in the nationwide First Program of Polish Television in the evenings and lasted a maximum of 15 minutes. In the 1970s, the bedtime program broadcast on Sunday evenings was called Wieczorynka and lasted less than 30 minutes. However, the previous name was soon restored also on Sundays. Until 1993, the program was called Dobranocka.
The first bedtime shows of the 1950s and 1960s were not yet animated, they featured actors, toys and moving boards. One of the first characters appearing in Good Nights was the Mr. Darned puppet, made of a glove with button-eyes sewn on. Miś z okienka was broadcast from 1958 to 1973. In the "window", the bear talked to an actor (first Stanisław Wyszyński, then Bronisław Pawlik) about various books for children. In 1959, Przygody Gąski Balbinka appeared, the prototype of which were short fairy tales by Danuta Mancewicz published in Świerszczyk and then printed in the form of a booklet. Each episode was a set of static boards showing the adventures of Balbinka and her friend, the lisping Chicken Ptyś, and the characters' dialogues were read by the author, Danuta Mancewicz. Simple animation was also used in Przygody Gapiszon (1964–1966), whose originator and illustrator was Bohdan Butenko. The title Gapiszon was painted on a glass pane, behind which landscapes of Warsaw were moved.
In the 1990s, Dobranocka was the first in Poland to broadcast animated series by Walt Disney. After the fall of the Polish People's Republic, series and cartoons broadcast on this channel also enjoyed high viewership, including: Franklin, Tabaluga, various productions with Winnie the Pooh, Chuggington, Make Way for Noddy, Moomin, Postman Pat and the repeatedly-rerun Maya the Honey Bee and The Smurfs.
Over the years, many Polish cartoon were created especially for Dobranocka (later Wieczorynka). Most of them, made using various techniques, were created in the Se-ma-for studio in Łódź and Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała. The most popular include: Przygody kota Filemona, Miś Uszatek, Bolek i Lolek, Reksio, Dziwne przygody Koziołka Matołka, Pies, Kot i..., Porwanie Baltazara Gąbki, Plastusiowy pamiętnik, Wędrówki Pyzy, Mały pingwin Pik-Pok, Pampalini łowca zwierząt, Kulfon, co z ciebie wyrośnie?, Przygody Misia Colargola, Przygód kilka wróbla Ćwirka, Pomysłowy Dobromir, Zaczarowany ołówek, Król Maciuś Pierwszy, Pamiętnik Florki, and also Rodzina Treflików.