Between the Lions: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Five years in the making, Between the Lions has set out to get kids "wild about reading". In every episode, there can be found countless sight gags, puns, parodies, songs, and more, all of which are designed to help kids better understand the pronunciation of everyday words. The setting for the show is, fittingly, a library, where husband-and-wife team Theo and Cleo are the Librarians. Their inquisitive cubs, younger sister Leona and older brother Lionel, often help them out, while another character - the Information Hen - dispenses information to perplexed Library patrons. Among the other colorful characters likely to be encountered, is a statue of the library's founder, Barnaby B. ("Don't Call Me Buster!") Busterfield III, who makes sarcastic comments about the silliness he often witnesses going on in the library. There are also two dim-witted pigeons, Clay and Walter (get it?) who ha...

Series details

• Title: Between the Lions
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 2000-04-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-11-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17992
• IMDb ID: tt0242192
• TVDB ID: 74776

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-04-03; final listed air date 2000-05-12.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-04-02; final listed air date 2001-05-04.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-09-16; final listed air date 2002-11-18.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-09-15; final listed air date 2003-09-19.
• Season 5: premiered 2005-04-18; final listed air date 2005-06-13.
• Season 6: premiered 2006-04-17; final listed air date 2006-06-19.
• Season 7: premiered 2007-09-17; final listed air date 2007-11-19.
• Season 8: premiered 2008-09-15; final listed air date 2008-11-17.
• Season 9: premiered 2009-09-21; final listed air date 2009-11-23.
• Season 10: premiered 2010-09-20; final listed air date 2010-11-22.

Source and licence

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