Arthur 

Based on the books by Marc Brown, these are the adventures of Arthur, an 8-year-old aardvark, and his family and friends as they grow up and learn how to be good neighbors to one another.

Stars:

J.T. Turner, Melissa Altro, Arthur Holden

12 wins & 33 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
J.T. Turner	...	Descriptive Narrator / ... 213 episodes, 1996-2015
Melissa Altro	...	Mary Alice Crosswire / ... 158 episodes, 1996-2019
Arthur Holden	...	Emil Nigel Ratburn III / ... 151 episodes, 1996-2019
Daniel Brochu	...	Buster Baxter / ... 148 episodes, 1996-2019
Jodie Resther	...	Francine Alice Frensky / ... 147 episodes, 1996-2019
Bruce Dinsmore	...	Binky Barnes / ... 144 episodes, 1996-2019
Sonja Ball	...	Jane Read / ... 104 episodes, 1996-2015

Storyline

Bespectacled aardvark Arthur Read demonstrates to kids how to deal with such childhood traumas and challenges as homework, teachers and bullies. He also has to contend with his sisters, but loves playing with his friends: tomboy Francine, foodie and best pal Buster, super smart Brain, rich girl Muffy and geography expert Sue Ellen.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | based on children's book | animal character name as series title | one word series title | controversy | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Official Sites:

PBS

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Artur

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

9 Story Media Group, CINAR, Cookie Jar Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The town of Elwood City where the show takes place actually exists near Pittsburgh, PA.

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Goofs

In the opening sequence, D.W. is shown turning the pages of the book with her left hand, yet when it cuts to a close-up, her right hand is on the book.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Is Maleficent Sexy? (2019)

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Soundtracks

Arthur Theme Song
Composed by Judith Henderson and Jerry Devilliers
Performed by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

User Reviews

Such a great show, would be even better with less DW

Arthur is a great show for kids that is not only charming, relate- able and fun and taught great morals to watch but also had great characters. Like the ever reliable best friend Buster who had a running gag of eating questionable food, the tom boy Francine who is hinted to be a love interest for Arthur, Binky the on and off again bully, Fern the adorable shy girl and many more. But for every good character on this show there is a bad trait put in to 1 of the worst characters of any show ever DW! DW is annoying, bratty, mean, selfish, loud, snot nosed, whiny, rude, greed and just plain a shot in the foot to the show for having so many episodes with her put in the lead role. For a show called Arthur their sure is a lot of his sister and some episodes really could have been better if they just swapped her out for someone else. Their are good episodes with her in the lead role like the fire drill episode or Bleep. But there are the bad ones like the one where she gets an allowance but is jealous that her friends get more and does some pompous bull crap to trick her parents into giving her more or one of the episodes I hate the most, "Never, Never, Never" where she has to donate toys she doesn't play with anymore but obviously she doesn't want to get rid of them, so you know what she dose, she gives legit all her toys to the tibble twins and like the brats they are don't give them back and she acts like a brat for the rest of the episode and doesn't really learn anything at the end of episode. Or The episode DW flips she could have been replaced with Sue Ellen or any other girl character. Overall I was just ranting about DW a bad character in a show full of great ones.....but really there should have been less of her.