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

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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.^[1] The shorts centred 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,^[2] 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

#	Episode Title	Status
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	Lost
10	Flamingo	Found
11	Frog	Lost
12	Sandbox	Lost
13	Over the Fence	Lost
14	Bee	Lost
15	Tube	Lost
16	Russell's Itch	Lost
17	Russell's Dinner	Lost
18	Russell's Balloon	Lost
19	Snake	Lost
20	Hula Hula	Lost
21	Spider	Lost
22	Butterfly Tag	Lost
23	Feather	Lost
24	Sneeze	Lost
25	Dinner Guest	Found
26	Feeding the Birds	Lost
27	Blowing a Balloon	Lost
28	Frog (V2)	Lost
29	The Bath	Lost
30	Love	Lost
31	Nap Swap	Lost
32	Pea Pod	Found
33	Ouch	Lost
34	Wind	Lost
35	Big Dog	Lost
36	Apple	Lost
37	Picnic	Lost
38	Birthday	Lost
39	New Friend	Lost
40	Clouds	Lost
41	Worm	Lost
42	Stretching	Lost
43	Potato Bug	Lost
44	Hose	Lost
45	First Snow	Lost
46	Stick	Found
47	Puppet	Lost
48	Bent Flower	Lost
49	Carrot	Lost
50	Hot Day	Lost
51	Nana's Fish	Lost
52	Dance	Found
53	Snowball	Lost
54	Garden Gnome	Lost
55	Costume Party	Lost
56	Secret	Lost
57	Out of the Pool	Found
58	New Doll	Lost
59	Imitate Bugs	Lost
60	Mona Lisa	Lost
61	Save the Fish	Lost
62	Lightning	Lost
63	Patio Lantern	Lost
64	Snow Person	Lost
65	Firefly	Lost
66	Whirlpool	Lost
67	Cocoon	Lost
68	Grey Day	Lost
69	Blanket	Lost
70	Maraca	Lost
71	Munk Love	Lost

Season 0

Episode Title	Status
Inside Nana's House	Found

Season 1

#	Episode Title	Status
1	Lollipop	Found
2	Sunshine	Found
3	Big Girl	Found
4	Rainy Day	Found
5	Free	Found (cropped 4:3)
6	Purple Juice	Found
7	Snow (1 \| (2 \| 3)	Found
8	Chirp	Found
9	Play Day	Found
10	Bye Bye	Found
11	Chipmunk in the House	Lost
12	Hummingbird	Lost
13	Love	Lost
14	Home	Found
15	Birdsong	Partially Found

Season 2

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

External Links

References

[1] ttps://theglobeandmail.com/arts/puppeteers-pull-their-own-strings/article1125279/

[2] ttps://neatorama.com/2007/08/04/nanalan-guys-surprised-own-nana-with-a-song/

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