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The Adventures of Spot
The Adventures of Spot was a British children's cartoon television show that first appeared on the BBC in 1987. The show was created after the success of Eric Hill's American children's book series Spot. The series has gown in success in the last 40 years, and his book are available in 28 countries and available in 34 languages. Each episode follows the journey of Spot the yellow puppy and his friends, with characters such as Helen the blue hippo and Steve the brown monkey. Both BBC series were produced by King Rollo Films founded by David McKee. The original show was written by Eric Hill and edited by David McKee. Production was run by Clive Juster, narrated by Paul Nicholas, and Animated by Leo Beltoff. The Music was produced by Duncan Lamont.

After the release of the series in the United Kingdom, the The Adventures of Spot went on to air in other countries such as Ireland, Japan, and the United States. Disney released both series one and two in the United Stated and dubbed it with American voice actors. Spot was voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and unlike in the U.K. version, the U.S. version had voice actors for each character.

The Adventures of Spot series 1 (1987)
The first series of The Adventures of Spot ran from April 9 to July 17, 1987 in the United Kingdom on the BBC. It consisted of 13 five-minute episodes. The original episodes were narrated by Paul Nicholas, and musically produced by Duncan Lamont. The entire first series of the original version can be found on Archive.org.

The Adventures of Spot series 2 (1993)
The second series ran from September 20 to December 20, 1993 on the BBC and also consisted of 13 five-minute episodes. Paul Nicholas and Duncan Lamont returned to dub the series again.

Spot's Musical Adventure's (2000)
In 2000, the series Spot's Musical Adventures aired on the BBC. This was also based on the Eric Hill children's book series and explored musical elements to the stories. The series ran for 13 five-minute episodes and was narrated by Jane Horrocks. The director was Leo Nielsen, and the script was written by Andrew Brenner. The entire original 13 episodes can be found on Archive.org.

When the series reached the United States, Disney dubbed the show with American voices. The series was released as a VHS tape titled Discover Spot.

Characters
Major characters within the series include Spot, his parents Sally and Sam, Helen, Steve, and Tom. In the BBC's British version of the show, the story is narrated by only Paul Nicholas. However, in Disney's American version of the series each of these characters are voiced.

Spot is voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and his parents are voiced by Linda Gary and Corey Burton. Helen is Spot's friend from school. She is a blue hippo voiced also by Linda Gary. Steve is also Spot's friend and next door neighbor. He is a brown monkey and is played by Corey Burton. Corey Burton also plays Tom, who is a green crocodile. He is also one of Spot's classmates and friend. The trailer for Disney's version can be found here.

In the Disney version of The Adventures of Spot, Corey Burton also voiced the minor characters of Billy the Bear, Leo the Lion, Mr. Kangaroo, and Teddy. Linda Gary voiced Clare the Turtle, Sybil the Cat, and Miss Bear.