The Adventures of Grady Greenspace

infobox Television
show_name = The Adventures of Grady Greenspace
format = Children's Television
runtime = approx. 13 minutes
country = France
network = France 3
first_aired = 1992
last_aired = 1995
num_episodes = 52

"The Adventures of Grady Greenspace" is a children's TV programme that was originally a French/Canadian programme entitled "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle" (roughly translated as "The Investigations of Chlorophylle") which was co-produced by Damned Productions (Paris), la Société Française de Production, France 3, Productions Espace Vert (Montreal) and Logos Distribution [http://www3.sympatico.ca/b.carriere/Bio_2E.htm] and aired between 1992-1993 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800969/] .

The UK version was produced by Central Independent Television in 1995.

The series was based on the character Chlorophylle created by Dargaud [http://www3.sympatico.ca/b.carriere/Bio_2E.htm] and was about a group of environmentally aware creatures and their adventures.

The shows characters were a combination of around twelve puppets and a large number of live animals. [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.montpellier-agglo.com/85240303/0/fiche___actualite/%26RH%3D1150966457702&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLes%2BEnqu%25C3%25AAtes%2Bde%2BChlorophylle%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG]

Characters

Puppets

*Chloro (French) / Grady (English) - The shows main character. A black and white dormouse that solved environmental issues with the aid of his friends. Grady lived inside an old building and slept in a human's old slipper.
*Radar - Radar was a bat and close friend of Gradys
*Anthracite (French) / Scuzzy (English) - The main villain of the series. Scuzzy was a black rat and leader of a group called the Rafia who were usually the cause of the problem that Grady was trying to solve. [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://television-jeunesse.site.voila.fr/Chloro.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLes%2BEnqu%25C3%25AAtes%2Bde%2BChlorophylle%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG]
*Maeva (French) / Rhonda (English) - A white rat that was the sister of Scuzzy. She was also Grady's love interest.

Live Animals

*The Council - A group of owls that Grady would often consult when he needed advice

Cast and Crew

Directors

*Frédéric Goupil
*Claude Grégoire
*Michel Marin
*Bruno Carrière

Production Manager

*Karine Dhont

Writers

*Michel Marin
*Diane Cailhier [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.infoculture.ca/%3Fpage%3D5%26view%3D2%26numero%3D5611&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLes%2BEnqu%25C3%25AAtes%2Bde%2BChlorophylle%2Bepisode%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN]

Cinematography

*Jacques Meynard

Voice Actors

*Terrence Scammell - lead voice actor for English version. [http://www.mensour.ca/Resumes/Scammell.htm]

Episodes

There were 52 episodes in total. [http://www3.sympatico.ca/b.carriere/Bio_2E.htm] Known episodes:
* Vote For Grady - first aired in the UK on 03/05/1995. [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/24842]
* Shady Business - first aired in the UK on 17/05/1995. [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/24842]

Around the world

The show originally aired in France and Canada and is known to have aired in the UK

External links

* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/24842 More info on BFI.ORG.UK]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://television-jeunesse.site.voila.fr/Chloro.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLes%2BEnqu%25C3%25AAtes%2Bde%2BChlorophylle%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Synopsis of "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle"]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800969/fullcredits#directors Crew listing at IMDb]
* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/b.carriere/Bio_2E.htm Biography of Bruno Carrière]
* [http://www.telenostalgie.com/Chlorophylle.htm Screenshots at www.telenostalgie.com]
* [http://www.lilchef.co.uk/gradygreenspace/ Bring Back Grady Greenspace fansite]
* [http://carasek.topcities.com/grady.html Carasek's Grady Greenspace fansite]