Il était une fois... la vie: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The program was originally produced in France in 1987 by Procidis and directed by Albert Barillé. The series consists of 26 episodes and originally was aired on the French channel Canal+, and then on the state owned channel FR3. It is the third part of theOnce Upon a Time... series.

Once Upon a Time... Life reintroduced the edutainment formula that had been left out on Once Upon a Time... Space. The series combined entertaining storylines with factual information, presented metaphorically.

The series Once Upon a Time... Life used the same characters from the other Once Upon a Time... seasons: the good characters represent the cells that make up the body's systems and defense mechanisms, such as red blood cells, white blood cells andplatelets, while the bad characters represent the viruses and bacteria that threaten to attack the human body. Every episode of the series featured a different organ or system within the human body (like the brain, the heart, the circulatory system, etc.).

Series details

• Title: Il était une fois... la vie
• Format: Animation
• Language: French
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1987-06-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1987-06-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: France 3
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 24 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 12587
• TVDB ID: 79158

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-06-17; final listed air date 1987-06-17; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Il était une fois... la vie on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.