Téléfrançais was a French language children's television show, produced by TVOntario from 1984 until 1986. The series of 30 ten-minute episodes has become a popular teaching tool, and is used by many educators to teach French as a second language to elementary and middle school children. The show's name is a portmanteau for télévision and français.
The show follows the adventures of two children named Jacques and Sophie, and Ananas, a talking pineapple who resides in a junkyard. Other recurring characters are Pilote, Ginette, the Annonceur, Monsieur Pourquoi, Louis Questionneur, Brigitte Banane, and the comic skeletal musical group Les Squelettes. The programs were produced by Jennifer Harvey and directed by David Moore. The catchy theme and all of Les Squelettes' songs were written by the team of Bruce Ley and Jed MacKay.
All the characters and scripts were created by Ken Sobol.
The focus is on a family - or what one might think of it today: a wide variety of characters and interests collide when people grow together into a family, in a time when everyone just wants to become something, but nobody knows how to be someone anymore.
A sudden disaster ruins the life of a 17-year-old girl Sahsa. Her parents and a two-year-old sister Dasha are burnt to death in their own house. It turns out that gangsters threatened Sahsa's father. They made him sell his successful business for nothing. Sahsa is at a loss. She has no home, no money, no relatives. She can't live in her native town any more. The only thing that makes her move ahead is to find out what happened to her family. Why the remains of her little sister haven't been found?
The comedy series "ÄIJÄ" begins when Tauno and his best friend Rasmus start seventh grade. Tauno realizes he seems like a childish wimp compared to others. He's in danger of becoming an unpopular outcast! Tauno starts a "dude channel" on social media, and even changes his name - now Tauno is TJ. The goal is to get into the school's popular, tough boys' gang, who even hang out in the school attic - as long as Rasmus doesn't mess the whole thing up.