Nanalan’ (partially lost Canadian children’s TV series; 2005-late 2000s)

The show's title card.

Status: Partially Found

Nanalan’ was a series of Canadian puppet shorts created by Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley, running from 1999 to 2004. The series starred a 3-year-old puppet girl named Mona, her dog Russell, and her grandmother, Nana Bea. The shorts centered around Mona spending her days in Nana Bea’s backyard. 71 shorts in total were produced for YTV in Canada, and Nick Jr. in the U.S.

The shorts proved so popular, that Nanalan’ began airing as a series of 24-minute episodes. The 24-minute episodes were produced in late 2004 and aired on CBC in January 2005. While it is currently unknown when the series ended, it is known that 43 episodes were produced.

While most of the episodes (miniseries and half-hour program) have since gone missing, 8 episodes (4 in the miniseries, and 3 in the half-hour program) have been found, 6 of which being uploaded to the Nanalan' official YouTube channel.

Availability

In addition to the show's half-hour program airing on CBC, it also aired in the U.S. on select PBS member stations during the PBS Kids block; however, no one recorded any episode while it was still on. The English-language YouTube channel for Encore+ carried half-hour episodes of the show, which again have since been deleted. Doctor Jay has found a lot of episodes from the Nanalan' miniseries, all of which have been uploaded to his channel until they were removed. Below is a list of Nanalan' episodes.

Pre-season 1

1. Dragonfly (FOUND)
2. Bubble (FOUND)
3. Birdy (FOUND)
4. Scarf (FOUND)
5. Don't Cry (FOUND)
6. Caterpillar (FOUND)
7. Feed the Squirrel (FOUND)
8. Lollipops (FOUND)
9. Leaf Raking
10. Flamingo (FOUND)
11. Frog
12. Sandbox
13. Over the Fence
14. Bee
15. Tube
16. Russell's Itch
17. Russell's Dinner
18. Russell's Balloon
19. Snake (FOUND)
20. Hula Hula
21. Spider
22. Butterfly Tag
23. Feather
24. Sneeze
25. Dinner Guest (FOUND)
26. Feeding the Birds
27. Blowing a Balloon
28. Frog (V2)
29. The Bath
30. Love
31. Nap Swap
32. Pea Pod (FOUND)
33. Ouch
34. Wind
35. Big Dog
36. Apple
37. Picnic
38. Birthday
39. New Friend
40. Clouds
41. Worm
42. Stretching
43. Potato Bug
44. Hose
45. First Snow
46. Stick (FOUND)
47. Puppet
48. Bent Flower
49. Carrot
50. Hot Day
51. Nana's Fish
52. Dance (FOUND)
53. Snowball
54. Garden Gnome
55. Costume Party
56. Secret
57. Out of the Pool (FOUND)
58. New Doll
59. Imitate Bugs
60. Mona Lisa
61. Save the Fish
62. Lightning
63. Patio Lantern
64. Snow Person
65. Firefly
66. Whirlpool
67. Cocoon
68. Grey Day
69. Blanket
70. Maraca
71. Munk Love

Season 0

• Inside Nana's House (FOUND)

Season 1

1. Lollipop (FOUND)
2. Sunshine (FOUND)
3. Big Girl (FOUND)
4. Rainy Day (FOUND)
5. Free (FOUND (but cropped 4:3))
6. Purple Juice (FOUND)
7. Snow (FOUND (but divided into 3 parts))
8. Chirp (FOUND)
9. Play Day (FOUND)
10. Bye Bye (FOUND)
11. Chipmunk in the House (ALMOST FOUND)
12. Hummingbird
13. Love
14. Home
15. Birdsong (PARTIALLY FOUND)

Season 2

1. Hooray for You
2. Smelly Smells
3. Hootenanny
4. Under My Wing (FOUND)
5. Sick as a Dog (FORMERLY FOUND)
6. Nanalympics
7. Spring
8. Bee Sting
9. Purple Monster
10. Bubbles
11. Helpful Girl
12. Night Night Nana
13. Pumpkin
14. 1-2-3 Apple Tree (FOUND)
15. Windy Day
16. Russell Did It
17. Treasure
18. Four-Part Harmony
19. Soft as Nana (FOUND)
20. Mud Puddle
21. Camp Wooka
22. Toad and Budgie
23. Mona a Go-Go (FORMERLY FOUND)
24. New Friends
25. Winter Wonderland

External Links

• Wikipedia article on the series.
• http://television.aol.com/show/nanalan/58419/episodes?count=14&skip=42