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Children's Favourites - Rupert Bear |
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This is the new facsimile of the 1959 Rupert Bear Annual which contains 5 exciting adventures. The classic annual has been beautifully reproduced as close to the original as possible. With a protective hard slipcase and authentic certificate, it will make a wonderful addition to any collection.
The Rupert Annual is a national institution, and Egmont are giving it a new lease of life. While retaining the mix of pictures, rhyming text and story paragraphs that gives traditional Rupert its charm, Egmont has updated the artwork and stories to create an annual with universal appeal. Rupert’s world is timeless, and Egmont are bringing it to a new generation!
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Rupert Bear
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rupert Bear is a cartoon
character created by Mary Tourtel and who first appeared in the Daily
Express on November 8, 1920.
History
Rupert has a series of
friends, Bill Badger,
Algy Pug and Edward
Trunk (an elephant)
being the most enduring. He also had a foe called Raggety, a creature made from
twig. Mary Tourtel's last Rupert story was 'Rupert and Bill's Seaside Holiday'
published in 1935. She was replaced by Alfred
Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch. Bestall improved the stories
and plots of Rupert but more importantly he created the most beautifully
crafted illustrations in the Rupert Annuals. Bestall drew Rupert until 1973, when he retired.
Much of the landscape in Rupert is inspired by the Snowdonia
landscape of North Wales. Rupert appears each day in the
Daily Express; his new adventures are illustrated by John Harrold. A
Rupert Annual is still produced every year, with Harrold's drawings coloured
usually by Gina
Hart. Rupert appeared in Paul
McCartney's 1984
music
video "We All Stand Together"; McCartney also
made an animated video starring Rupert called Rupert and the Frog Song. On October 31,
2005, UK Media Group
Entertainment Rights secured majority interest
from the Daily Express on Rupert Bear. There are plans for a film, books, Limited
Edition Prints and DVDs that will see Rupert joined by new friends in addition
to established characters. Television series
The Adventures of Rupert Bear (1970-1974)
Main article: The Adventures of Rupert Bear Rupert first appeared on
television in an ITC series, produced for the ITV network which ran for
over 100 ten-minute episodes. The characters were all puppets, although the
opening sequence memorably featured a toy Rupert bear sitting in a live-action
child's bedroom. Rupert's friends and flying chariot appeared straight from the
Daily Express pages, although he was joined by some new friends
including a sprite called Willy Wisp. One of the most memorable
elements of the series was the catchy theme song, sung by Jackie Lee,
which reached number 14 in the UK charts in 1971. Infamously, the song includes
the erroneous lyric "Rupert the Bear", even though Rupert has
never had the definite article in his name. Rupert (1991)
Main article: Rupert (TV series) In 1993, Rupert Bear got
his own animated television series, with 39
episodes produced by Nelvana (Canada) and Ellipse (France)and another 27 episodes by
Nelvana to bring the total to 66. It was broadcast in syndication on YTV in Canada. In the United
States, the show first aired on Nickelodeon before moving to CBS [1];
repeats of the series came to qubo's digital service in January 2007. The show was broadcast in the
UK on CITV. In
Australia, the show was broadcast on the ABC. Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic... (2006)
Main article: Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic... A new Rupert Bear animated
television series. Notable changes to the characters are Rupert will wear
trainers and his fur will have a slight tan. Pong Ping has become a girl and
Raggerty is now an elf. Rupert
Bear, Follow The Magic... was
broadcast on Channel Five from November 8-December 7,
2006. Thirteen
ten-minute original episodes were broadcast and subsequently repeated. Sources
External links
Retrieved
from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Bear"
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