Polka Dot Door was a long-running Canadian children's television series produced by the Ontario Education Communications Authority from 1971–1993. PDD was created and developed by a team of employees from TVOntario hired and led by original series producer-director, Peggy Liptrott.
Significant contributors to the creation and development of the series in 1971 included Executive Producer Dr. Vera Good who laid the conceptual foundation of the show, Educational Supervisor, Marnie Patrick Roberts, Educational Consultant L. Ted Coneybeare, Script Writers/Composers, Pat Patterson and Dodi Robb, Animator Dick Derhodge and Dr. Ada Scherman, a professor at the prestigious Institute of Child Study in Toronto who was consulted in the early stages of PDD's development and is responsible for giving the show its name.
The seven muffins live in the middle of the Deserted Meadow, far from the noise of the world, in the cavernous caverns of a muffins heap. The greenest in the green. Muzzle is the reddest. Titus is the yellowest. Hilda is the coolest. Valér is the blueest. Bela is the brownest. Fityirc is the grayest because ... Well, because it must be somebody! They are brave and timid, gentle and sudden in nature, multilingual and silent, clever and ... Well, they are all different. Like children (and adults, of course). Muffins loves best when nothing happens to them, they can just laze around at the top of their heap. But in vain, because most of the time their peaceful day turns into a complicated adventure! Luckily, the muffins are good friends, and together they can solve even the most jovial situations!
An anthology series seen by many as a precursor to the successful Dramarama [1983-1989]. Notable episodes include 'Death Angel' and 'Marmalade Atkins in Space'.
Les 100 tours de Centour was a 1971-1972 French language children's television show made in Quebec by Radio-Québec. Its stories revolved around Verbo, a genie with magical power who was trying to recapture Centour.
The show's main purpose was language acquisition, which was conveyed by the way Verbo would do magic: when he needed to perform a trick, he would ask his talisman for a formula He would then close his eyes and repeat, asking the children at home to do the same.
Centour on his part would perform magic by reciting similar formulas while shaking his magic wristband.
Memo's constant companion was Picot Cotton, a young human male whose family was often the target of Centour's tricks.
Mansour is an animated comedy series about an active, life-loving, 12 year old boy and his adventures with his best friends, Obaid and Salem. Whenever life throws this group of inseparable buddies an opportunity, they grab it with both hands and their everyday lives are made extraordinary through their wonderful adventures. Whether their escapades take place at home, in the mall or at school, or further afield, in the rainforests, pyramids and mountains of distant countries - Mansour and his friends share the same zest for life as they embrace and explore a world full of excitement and opportunity.