Nanalan’ (partially lost Canadian children’s TV series; 2005-late 2000s)
The show's title card.
Status: Partially Lost
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 by the official Nanalan' 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. YouTuber "Doctor Jay" has found a lot of episodes from the Nanalan' miniseries, all of which have been uploaded to their channel until they were removed.
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 Chipmunk | Found |
| 8 | Lollipops | Found |
| 9 | Leaf Raking | Found |
| 10 | Flamingo | Found |
| 11 | Frog | Found |
| 12 | Sandbox | Found |
| 13 | Over the Fence | Found |
| 14 | Bee | Found |
| 15 | Tube | Found |
| 16 | Russell's Itch | Found |
| 17 | Russell's Dinner | Found |
| 18 | Russell's Balloon | Found |
| 19 | Snake | Found |
| 20 | Hula Hula | Found |
| 21 | Spider | Found |
| 22 | Butterfly Tag | Found |
| 23 | Feather | Found |
| 24 | Sneeze | Found |
| 25 | Dinner Guest | Found |
| 26 | Feeding the Birds | Found |
| 27 | Blowing a Balloon | Found |
| 28 | Mona Finds a Frog | Found |
| 29 | The Bath | Found |
| 30 | Love | Found |
| 31 | Nap Swap | Found |
| 32 | Pea Pod | Found |
| 33 | Ouch | Lost |
| 34 | Wind | Found |
| 35 | Big Dog | Found |
| 36 | Apple | Found |
| 37 | Picnic | Found |
| 38 | Birthday | Found |
| 39 | New Friend | Found |
| 40 | Clouds | Found |
| 41 | Worm | Found |
| 42 | Stretching | Found |
| 43 | Potato Bug | Found |
| 44 | Russell's Tongue | Found |
| 45 | First Snow | Found |
| 46 | Stick | Found |
| 47 | Puppet | Found |
| 48 | Bent Flower | Found |
| 49 | Carrot | Found |
| 50 | Hot Day | Found |
| 51 | Nana's Fish | Found |
| 52 | Dance | Found |
| 53 | Snowball | Found |
| 54 | Garden Gnome | Found |
| 55 | Costume Party | Found |
| 56 | The Secret | Found |
| 57 | Out of the Pool | Found |
| 58 | New Doll | Found |
| 59 | Imitate Bugs | Found |
| 60 | Mona Lisa | Found |
| 61 | Save the Fish | Lost |
| 62 | Storm | Found |
| 63 | Patio Lantern | Found |
| 64 | Snow Person | Found |
| 65 | Firefly | Found |
| 66 | Whirlpool | Found |
| 67 | Cocoon | Found |
| 68 | Grey Day | Found |
| 69 | Blanket | Found |
| 70 | Maraca | Found |
| 71 | Munk Love | Found |
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 | Goodbye | Found |
| 11 | Chipmunk in the House | Found |
| 12 | Hummingbird | Found |
| 13 | Love | Found |
| 14 | Home | Found |
| 15 | Birdsong | Found |
Season 2
| # | Episode Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hooray for You | Found |
| 2 | Smelly Smells | Found |
| 3 | Brownies | Found |
| 4 | Hootenanny | Found |
| 5 | Under My Wing | Found |
| 6 | Sick as a Dog | Found |
| 7 | Nanalympics | Found |
| 8 | Spring | Lost |
| 9 | Bee Sting | Lost |
| 10 | Purple Monster | Lost |
| 11 | Bubbles | Lost |
| 12 | Helpful Girl | Lost |
| 13 | Night Night Nana | Lost |
| 14 | Pumpkin | Lost |
| 15 | 1-2-3 Apple Tree | Found |
| 16 | Windy Day | Lost |
| 17 | Russell Did It | Lost |
| 18 | Treasure | Lost |
| 19 | Four-Part Harmony | Lost |
| 20 | Soft as Nana | Lost |
| 21 | Mud Puddle | Lost |
| 22 | Camp Wooka | Lost |
| 23 | Toad and Budgie | Lost |
| 24 | Mona a Go-Go | Partially Found |
| 25 | New Friends | Lost |
| 26 | Winter Wonderland | Partially Found |
External Links
- Wikipedia article on the series.
- http://television.aol.com/show/nanalan/58419/episodes?count=14&skip=42