Belle and Sebastian (2017 TV series)

Belle and Sebastian (Belle et Sébastien) is an animated children's television series, an adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Cécile Aubry. A Canada-France international co-production, the series was produced by the Montreal-based Groupe PVP and France's Gaumont Animation.

Plot
When Sebastian, a young orphan living in the Alps, meets Belle, a huge white Great Pyrenees, they set off together on a series of fantastic adventures around the mountains.

Characters

 * Sebastian (voiced by Angela Galuppo) is a young orphan. He is a stubborn but brave part of the Mountaineers.
 * Belle is a huge white Great Pyreness.
 * Cameron (voiced by Jessica Kardos) is Sebastian's frenemy, and Gabriel's friend.
 * Gabriel (voiced by Sonja Ball) is Cameron's friend.
 * Caspar (voiced by Terrence Scammell) is Angelina and Sebastian's grandfather.
 * Anton (voiced by Arthur Holden) is the main antagonist of the series who always tries to capture Belle.
 * Angelina (voiced by Brittany Drisdelle) is Sebastian's older sister and mother figure.
 * Roberta (voiced by Sonja Ball) is Cameron's mother. Angelina describes her as a tough cookie.
 * Mr. Damien is Cameron's father.
 * Ivan (voiced by Vlasta Vrána)
 * Victor is a student with asthma who often likes to visit Sonny and Adele. He appeared in "The Beauty and the Pug".
 * Madeline (voiced by Jessica Kardos)
 * Maurice
 * Elaina (voiced by Stephanie Buxton) is the mother of Sonny and Adele, and the mayor of the village. She doesn't like Belle.
 * Adele (voiced by Angela Galuppo) is the older sister of Sonny. As of "On Cold Terms", she is Sebastian's best human friend.
 * Megan is one of the students at the school.
 * Yuki is Gabriel's pet dog.
 * Professor Turner (voiced by Matthew Gagnon) is a teacher at the school.
 * Dr. William (voiced by Mark Camacho)
 * Sonny (voiced by Eleanor Noble) is a sometimes clumsy boy who is the younger brother of Adele.
 * Lynette (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) is a student at the school.
 * Pierrette (voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel)
 * Martin (voiced by Rick Jones)
 * Mitch (voiced by Julian Casey) is the fearless, Everest winner of the Silver Ice Axe.
 * Franck (voiced by Thor Bishopric) is a mountain climber.

Production
In September 2015, Gaumont Animation was developing an animated series based on Cécile Aubry's novel Belle et Sébastien. Later that month, Montreal-based Groupe PVP formed a coproduction partnership with Gaumont on two animated series, including Belle, and the production began in 2016.

The show was produced for a consortium of broadcasters, including Ici Radio-Canada Télé and Knowledge Network in Canada, M6 and Piwi + in France, ZDF in Germany, VRT in Belgium, and RTS in Switzerland.

Episodes

 * 1) The White Dragon
 * 2) The Curious Kid
 * 3) The Wild Mountaineers
 * 4) Race Against the Train
 * 5) Fearless Sonny
 * 6) Mountain School
 * 7) Trapped
 * 8) The Secret Passage
 * 9) The New Cameron
 * 10) The Promise
 * 11) The Fear in Fearless
 * 12) Jealous
 * 13) The Beauty and the Pug
 * 14) Mayhem At the Inn
 * 15) Vote Belle!
 * 16) Picture-Perfect Village
 * 17) The Faded Mount
 * 18) The Pact
 * 19) The Great Bow Shelter
 * 20) Belle, the Sheepdog
 * 21) No Name Peak
 * 22) The Great Nordic Race
 * 23) The Angelina Mission
 * 24) On Cold Terms
 * 25) Sick as a Dog
 * 26) Caspar's Journal
 * 27) Sealed Lips
 * 28) The White Bear
 * 29) The Black Eagle
 * 30) The Mountain Fire
 * 31) Home is Where the Heart Is
 * 32) At the Top
 * 33) Chore Day
 * 34) The Presentation
 * 35) The First Meeting, The Runaway (Part 1)
 * 36) The First Meeting, The Hunt (Part 2)
 * 37) Lucky Star
 * 38) Beautiful Memories
 * 39) Werewolf
 * 40) Sebastian's Vertigo
 * 41) The Invisible Threat
 * 42) The Attack
 * 43) The Great Drought
 * 44) Adele's Bracelet
 * 45) The Happy Shelter Needs Work
 * 46) Oh My Mom
 * 47) The Little Mountain Guide
 * 48) Parasites
 * 49) Angelina's Secret
 * 50) The Desperate Chamois
 * 51) The Saint-Martin Amulet
 * 52) Vitamin

Broadcast
The series first began airing on Ici Radio-Canada Télé on September 9, 2017. It premiered in France on M6 on October 9 the same year. In the United States, the series began airing on TiVi5MONDE on June 13, 2018 and later in Germany, it premiered on KiKa on September 22.

The show had its English language debut on Knowledge Network on October 7, 2017. In Singapore, it began airing on Channel 5's Okto block on June 7, 2019. Belle and Sebastian also aired on Nick Jr in Australia and CITV in United Kingdom.