5, Rue Sésame is a French language children's television series based on the American show Sesame Street, aired by France 5. This series is the second Sesame Workshop co-production for France, the first being 1, rue Sesame.
Seventy-five 26-minute-long episodes were created for the first season, directed by François Basset and Jul Mallard. The series is produced for France 5 by Expand-Drama with Sesame Workshop. Executive producer of the series is...
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5, Rue Sésame is a French language children's television series based on the American show Sesame Street, aired by France 5. This series is the second Sesame Workshop co-production for France, the first being 1, rue Sesame.
Seventy-five 26-minute-long episodes were created for the first season, directed by François Basset and Jul Mallard. The series is produced for France 5 by Expand-Drama with Sesame Workshop. Executive producer of the series is Georges Campana. The show debuted airing daily, Sunday to Friday at 6:30 am, and Saturdays at 7:00 am and 12:30 pm.
Terry Fitzpatrick, Sesame Workshop's executive VP for distribution:
For the most part, characters in 5, Rue Sésame are unique to the series.
The puppet of Griotte is based on that of Roxie Marie, a character who appeared on the original American Sesame Street during part of the 1990s. Besides being in a wheelchair unlike Roxie, Griotte also has longer hair. The puppet design for Yoyo debuted on Sesame Street as Narf, in the 33rd...
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