Caillou: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This show is about the life of a young bald boy named Caillou, his family and his friends. It is based on the books by Christine L'Heureux and Helene Despeteaux, which is highly popular in the Quebec area in Canada. There are actually two versions of the show. The first version premiered in late 1998, is only 5 minutes in length, consists of 65 episodes, and is fully animated. The plot line of this version is that a grandmother reads her grandchildren a Caillou book. While this version enjoys success in some countries outside the US, it was never formally aired in the US. The second version, which premiered in late 2000, has the show extended to 30 minutes, and has puppets, music and live action segments thrown in. The animation parts, however, are a mixture of the first version of the show with the "grandma reading to kids" part of the story lopped off and some new stories (however...

Series details

• Title: Caillou
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Family
• Premiere date: 1998-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-09-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Cartoon Network
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 12083
• IMDb ID: tt0262153
• TVDB ID: 77953

Cast and credited roles

• Annie Bovaird — Caillou (8 episodes, 2005-2006)
• Bob Stutt — Gilbert
• Brigid Tierney — Rosie; Clementine
• Bryn McAuley — Caillou (2000-2001)
• Claudie Verdant — Clementine's Mom (French version)
• Dallas Jokic — Daniel (3 episodes, 2010)
• Ellen David — Miss Martin (40 episodes, 2000-2006)
• Graeme Jokic — Leo (21 episodes, 2010)
• Jaclyn Linetsky — Caillou (2002-2004)
• Jennifer Seguin — Caillou's Mom
• Matt Ficner — Teddy
• Pat Fry — Caillou's Dad

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-01-01; final listed air date 1998-01-05.
• Season 2: premiered 2000-09-04; final listed air date 2000-09-04.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-02-10; final listed air date 2003-09-24.
• Season 5: premiered 2009-04-02; final listed air date 2009-09-25.

Source and licence

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