Bouli

French animated TV series

Bouli
Directed by	Denis Olivieri
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	114 (78 five - minute and 36 seven-minute ones)
Production
Running time	23 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network	Antenne 2
Release	1989 (1989) – 1991 (1991)

Bouli is an animated television series originally produced in France between 1989 until 1991.^[1]

Synopsis

The Moon magically brings Bouli the snowman and his snowman friends to life and keeps them from melting.

All the snowmen live in a picturesque village hidden in the woods. Bouli's main goal in life is to be good to others, to help them, to smile and to involve them in a variety of activities and adventures, including sea voyages, skiing, ice skating, cooking, playing music, etc.

Bouli as well as all his friends are lovable and easily identifiable characters for children: the sailor, the footballer, the tennis player, the trader, the cook, the punk, the lifeguard, the grandfather, and Bouli's two closest friends: Bouli girl whom he loves, and a big bear who sleeps, snores and eats cakes.

Distribution

TV

The series originally aired in France between 1989 and 1990.

In Ireland, it was first broadcast in Irish on The Den, a children's block on RTÉ's Network 2 channel, premiering on 2 September 1991; and was repeated on Irish-language-specific Telefís na Gaeilge's Cúlabula block in the late 1990s.
In North Macedonia it was broadcast in the early 1990s.
In Israel it was broadcast on Channel 1.
In Brazil it was broadcast on the TV Cultura channel.
In New Zealand it was broadcast on TV2.
In Canada it was broadcast on CBC Television as part of their Hodge Podge Lodge block from 1990-1994 and on Treehouse TV in 1997.
In Russia it was broadcast on Karusel.
In Singapore it was broadcast on Channel 5.
In Australia it was broadcast on ABC Australia from August 20, 1990 to July 19, 1994.
In the United Kingdom it was broadcast on the defunct largest children's cable network The Children's Channel.
In Jordan it was broadcast in its original French language on the French network of JRTV.
In Saudi Arabia it was broadcast on the country's English language network Saudi 2 with the English dub being screened.
In Poland it was broadcast on TVP1 in 1990-1992 and 2008-2009 and on TVP Polonia in 2009.
In the Netherlands it was broadcast in the 1991-1992 season at least.
In Greece it was broadcast on ERT1.

The show was also broadcast in several other countries.

Home media releases

Two collections of episodes from the Irish-language dub were released on VHS in Ireland via RTÉ; Bouli agus a Chairde (Bouli and Friends), in 1990, and Bouli Arís (Bouli Again) in 1991.^[2] Irish clothing company HairyBaby also created a licensed Bouli line of T-shirts and hoodies for adults, based on the Bouli agus a Chairde box art.

A French DVD box set of the series was produced in the 2000s. An English DVD release was never made.

References

^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 187. ISBN 9781476672939.
^ "Resources". University College Cork. Retrieved 14 February 2024.