The Caribou Kitchen

The Caribou Kitchen is a 1995 CITV animated television series, aimed particularly at pre-school children, which is about an anthropomorphic caribou named Claudia who runs a restaurant in the fictional town of Barkabout which serves a number of talking animal guests, including Mrs Panda, Caroline the Cow, Gerald the Giraffe and Taffy the Tiger. Other recurring supporting characters included the chef Abe the Anteater, and waiters Lisa the Lemur and Tom the Tortoise. Each of the 52 episodes lasts 10 minutes and intends to teach its pre-school audiences important lessons. Narration and character voices are provided by Kate Robbins in the UK. The rights to the show are owned by Universal Television, the current successor of Entertainment Rights.[1]

The Caribou Kitchen
Written byAndrew Brenner
Directed byGuy Maddocks
Voices ofKate Robbins
Narrated byKate Robbins
ComposerNicholas Paul
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerEtta Saunders
ProducerSimon Maddocks
Camera setupFilmfex Services
Running time10 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companiesMaddocks Cartoon Productions
World Productions
Release
Original networkITV (CITV)
Original release5 June (1995-06-05) 
8 October 1995 (1995-10-08)

Characters

  • Claudia the Caribou (title character)
  • Caroline the Cow
  • Mrs Panda
  • Taffy the Tiger
  • Cyril the Squirrel
  • Abe the Anteater (the cook)
  • Lisa the Lemur (the waitress)
  • Kevin the Chameleon
  • Tom the Tortoise (the waiter)
  • Hector the Hippopotamus
  • Godfrey the Goat
  • Helen the Hamster
  • Betty the Beaver
  • Flora the Frog
  • Sophie the Swallow
  • Penelope the Porcupine
  • Gerald the Giraffe

Episodes

Season 1 (1995)

No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
1"Table for Two"June 5, 1995 (1995-06-05)
2"Too Many Ant Eaters"July 2, 1995 (1995-07-02)
3"First Come, First Served"July 3, 1995 (1995-07-03)
4"Big is Beautiful"July 4, 1995 (1995-07-04)
5"Colour Co-Ordinated"July 5, 1995 (1995-07-05)
6"Not Enough Cooks"July 8, 1995 (1995-07-08)
Claudia is understaffed, and Mrs Panda filling in is not helping.
7"One-Track Tummy"July 8, 1995 (1995-07-08)
8"Rhyme Without Reason"July 10, 1995 (1995-07-10)
9"A Snack in Time"July 11, 1995 (1995-07-11)
10"Soap or Soup"July 12, 1995 (1995-07-12)
11"Share is Fair"July 15, 1995 (1995-07-15)
12"There's No Need to Shout"July 16, 1995 (1995-07-16)
13"Old Hat"July 17, 1995 (1995-07-17)
14"Copy Cat Squirrel"July 18, 1995 (1995-07-18)
15"Poor Plums"July 19, 1995 (1995-07-19)
16"Cherry Tree"July 22, 1995 (1995-07-22)
17"Snake Charmer"July 24, 1995 (1995-07-24)
18"Snakes and Ladders"July 26, 1995 (1995-07-26)
19"Timed Tables"July 29, 1995 (1995-07-29)
Tom is a bit slow to take orders, while Lisa is a bit hasty to go about.
20"Lost at Tea"July 30, 1995 (1995-07-30)
Sophie and Flora have a picnic. Flora then has tea with Caroline.

Season 2 (1995)

No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
1"Pain in the Prickly"August 1, 1995 (1995-08-01)
2"Not Enough Pebbles"August 2, 1995 (1995-08-02)
3"The Bigger the Better"August 5, 1995 (1995-08-05)
4"Fruit and Nuts"August 6, 1995 (1995-08-06)
Cyril spends a lot of time cracking jokes instead of helping.
5"Abe's Day Off"August 7, 1995 (1995-08-07)
6"Two Friends Are Better Than One"August 8, 1995 (1995-08-08)
7"Proud to Be Prickly"August 9, 1995 (1995-08-09)
8"A Very Silly Secret"August 12, 1995 (1995-08-12)
9"The Garden Party"August 13, 1995 (1995-08-13)
10"The Push of the Tiger"August 14, 1995 (1995-08-14)
11"Moving Slow"August 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
12"Swing is Here"August 16, 1995 (1995-08-16)
13"Doctors and Nurses"August 19, 1995 (1995-08-19)
14"Bamboo for One"August 20, 1995 (1995-08-20)
15"Promises, Promises"August 21, 1995 (1995-08-21)
16"The Ant Thief"August 22, 1995 (1995-08-22)
17"Please Wipe Your Feet"August 23, 1995 (1995-08-23)
18"Help Not Wanted"August 26, 1995 (1995-08-26)
19"My Way"August 27, 1995 (1995-08-27)
20"Taffy's Best Friend"August 28, 1995 (1995-08-28)
21"A Change of Tart"August 29, 1995 (1995-08-29)
22"Size Isn't Everything"August 30, 1995 (1995-08-30)
23"Two Waiters Are Better Than One"September 3, 1995 (1995-09-03)
24"What's Not Hot Pot"September 4, 1995 (1995-09-04)
25"A Wash in Time"September 5, 1995 (1995-09-05)
26"Noise Annoys"September 6, 1995 (1995-09-06)
27"You Can Drive My Truck"September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
28"What the Panda Saw"October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)
29"Cooking for Cooks"October 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)

References

  1. "Entertainment Rights - Caribou Kitchen". 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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