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The Redwall animated television series, also known as Brian Jacques' Redwall, was a three season adaptation of Redwall, Mattimeo, and Martin the Warrior that was originally broadcast from 1999 until 2002 on PBS in the U.S. and Teletoon in Canada.

Produced by Nelvana, a Canadian animation studio, each episode was around 22 minutes in length, or 30 minutes with commercials.

Brian Jacques opened and closed the PBS episodes for the first two seasons, which generally included an educational featurette that offered a lesson on an aspect of the show, as well as a featured character and viewer question segment, which was filmed at Speke Hall in Liverpool. Later featurettes highlighted voice actors and crew members, as well as bits of medieval history, and would sometimes include 7th and 8th grade students in the Los Angeles area. These were never included in DVD or home video releases, however they can be found on the Redwall Wiki YouTube channel.

The first Redwall TV series episode aired September 12, 1999; the final episode was aired February 19, 2001. The TV series aired the first episode in the U.S. on PBS on April 1, 2001. The series finale aired in the U.S. on July 28, 2002.

A fourth season was originally planned, however the show was canceled for a film adaptation that didn't happen. Additionally, PBS dropped out, and a new broadcaster could not be found to finance production.

The Redwall Wiki has interviewed and highlighted many of the people involved with the Redwall TV series. Please see here.

Series Overview

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There are three seasons of the Nelvana Redwall TV series. For more information on individual seasons and episodes, please see their articles:

Season Episodes U.S. Premiere date U.S. Finale date
1 13 April 1, 2001 April 16, 2001
2 13 April 19, 2001 May 7, 2001
3 13 April 14, 2002 July 28, 2002
  • In 1999, an abridged version of Season 1 was released on video as an unofficial "Redwall movie."

There are 39 episodes of Brian Jacques' Redwall.

See a list of all episodes here:

Cast and Characters

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Please see below for the voice actors of the Nelvana Redwall TV series. Many appeared throughout all three seasons of the show. Voice actors were recorded in Toronto; during Season 2, Tim Curry was recorded remotely from Los Angeles.

Season 1 - Redwall

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Season 2 - Mattimeo

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Season 3 - Martin the Warrior

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Please see the chart below for voice actors with multiple appearances throughout the Redwall seasons.

Actor S1 S2 S3 Season 1 Characters Season 2 Characters Season 3 Characters
John Stocker ✔ ✔ ✔ Brother Alf / Cheesethief Abbot Mordalfus / Threeclaws / Skan / Old Rabbit / Guard Tramun Clogg
Graham Haley† ✔ ✔ ✔ Foremole / Shrew #2 Foremole / Nadaz / Andes / Halftail / Loamdog Grumm Trencher
Tyrone Savage ✔ ✔ ✔ Matthias Matthias Matthias
Andrew Gillies ✔ ✔ ✔ Redtooth / Friar Hugo Sir Harry the Muse / Malkariss / Grubclaw Ballaw
Elley-Ray Hennessy ✔ ✔ ✔ Dunwing Stryk Redkite Rowanoak
Jonathan Wilson ✔ ✔ ✔ Chickenhound / Mingo / Bigwing Adult Tim Churchmouse Skalrag / Adult Tim Churchmouse
Tracey Moore ✔ ✔ ✔ Warbeak Warbeak Queen Amballa
Chris Wiggins† ✔ ✔ ✔ Abbot Mortimer Mangiz the Seer / Crow Barkjon
Richard Binsley ✔ ✔ Basil Stag Hare Basil Stag Hare / Fleaback / Fengal / Ragwing / Weasel Guard —
Janet Wright† ✔ ✔ Constance Constance / Ghost of Martin the Warrior —
Susan Roman ✔ ✔ Jess Squirrel Jess Squirrel / Rosyqueen Stump —
John Gilbert ✔ ✔ John Churchmouse John Churchmouse —
Bruce Dow ✔ ✔ Log-a-Log Log-a-Log / Black Robed Rat —
Diego Matamoros ✔ ✔ Cluny the Scourge — Badrang the Tyrant / Stumptooth
Keith Knight† ✔ ✔ Squire Julian Gingivere — Luke the Warrior
Amos Crawley ✔ ✔ — Elmtail Martin the Warrior
Al Mukadam ✔ ✔ — Jube Felldoh
Noah Reid ✔ ✔ — Scurl Droptail Keyla

Redwall TV Series Production

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The Nelvana Redwall TV Series was produced by Nelvana. The production company was Molitor Productions Ltd.

Conception and History

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Nelvana co-founder Toper Taylor was a fan of the Redwall book series and successfully negotiated for the rights. The Redwall TV Series was officially greenlit by Nelvana in October 1998. At the time, Nelvana co-CEO Michael Hirsh stated "[Redwall] has all the elements of a medieval fairy tale."

Brian Jacques consulted on story and attended production meetings in Toronto, Ontario, and Los Angeles. Production was led by creator, developer, and writer Steve Roberts. Early screenings took place in Los Angeles in May 1999 before the series premiered in September that year.

Originally, PBS declined to distribute the series over concerns of violence for younger audiences, however the target demographic was school-aged kids. Nelvana worked with American Public Television to distribute Redwall as a free program offer as part of the PBS Bookworm Bunch and achieved an approximate 70% carriage rate on PBS stations across the U.S.

Writers and Directors

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The writers team consisted of Steve Roberts, Glenn Norman, Michelle Goodeve, Toby Roberts, Richard Barnard, and Ruth McCartney. Raymond Jafelice and Luc Bihan directed episodes.

Production and art

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Redwall was originally created by Cambridge Animation Systems' Animo software, which became property of Toon Boom Animation Inc. in 2009.

To view exclusive storyboard artwork from the Redwall TV Series, as well as production artwork, see here and here.

Executives & Crew

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  • Directors: Raymond Jafelice (Redwall / Mattimeo), Luc Bihan (Mattimeo / Martin the Warrior)
  • Co-director: Pascal Pinon
  • Assistant Directors: Tony Tarantini, Karen Lessmann, Brian Lee, Sean Jeffery
  • Executive producers: Michael Hirsh, Christian Davin, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith, Dan Maddicott, Peter Volkle, Ramsay Cameron
  • Supervising producers: Stephen Hodgins, Patricia R. Burns, Jocelyn Hamilton
  • Line producers: Lynne Warner, Corine Marcel, Marissa Collyer, Reka Temple
  • Adapted by: Michelle Goodeve, Brian Jacques, Glenn Norman, Steve Roberts, Toby Roberts
  • Story Editor: Steve Roberts
  • Theme by: Jack Procher, Daniel Fernandez
  • Music Supervisor: Stephen Hudecki, Mike Northcott
  • Music production co-ordinator: Amy Fritz
  • Music assistant: Helena Werren
  • Sound editing and supervision: Super Sonics Productions Inc, Scott McCrorie, Christopher G. Harris, Kevin Bond, Evan Turner, Hamish MacKenzie, Marc Chiasson, Alex Mine, Sheila Murray, Richard Omari Segal, Gregg Downing, Alfie Di Pucchio, Jason Doyle, Fiona Savage, Sabrina Dzugalo, Stephen Hudecki, Marc Lafontaine
  • Sound re-recording mixer: Michael Liotta
  • Sound Mixer: Tim Regan
  • Score Composed by: Acrobat Music
  • Casting and Voice Directors: Jessie Thomson, Karen Goora
  • Casting supervisor: Dee Shipley
  • Casting Administrator: Karyn Tester
  • Casting Co-ordinator: Christine Geddes
  • Casting Assistant: Carrie Justason, Liz Soares
  • Recording Assistants: Kerry Bones, Edmond Chan, Kelly Edmunds
  • Developer: Steve Roberts
  • Film editing: Christopher Gould
  • Production Supervisors: Steve Chadwick, Ruta Cube, Brad Markewitz, Akos Sarenczky, Bea Banyasz
  • Pre-Production Supervisor: Liza Vespi
  • Pre-Production Editing: Terry Carter, Rick Dubiel, Curtis Harry, Ken Hurlbut, Steve Keeping, Lex MacCrimmon, Colin McMahon, Shelley Mills-Hughes, Richard Segal, Kent Theaker, Geoff Walton, Henry Watkins, Peter Winninger, Darrell MacDonald, Mark Grosicki
  • Production Managers: Diane Dallaire, Marissa Collyer, Istvan Erdos, June Lee
  • Production Coordinators: E. Stephanie Kravos, Frederique Monfort, Claire Dame, Wendy Courtney, Andrew Fineberg, Syuyoung Park, Ryan Kuba, Krista Tevlin
  • Production Assistants: Caroline Simmons, Stephen Lategan
  • Production Secretaries: Anthony Henry, Suzanne Belec
  • Technical Team: Zsolt Fabian
  • Script Co-ordinator: Karen Moonah, Russell Vaz
  • Creative consultant: Chris Baker
  • Design supervisors: Alan Knappett, Rob Shedlowich, Loryane Tunley
  • Design coordinators: Marta Matson, Sheila Dinsmore, Dan Mokriy (compositor), Sheila Rogerson, Dawn Ewing
  • Design facility: Wack Wack Studio
  • F/X supervisor: Mike McKay
  • Special Effects designer: Lorenzo Del Bianco, Royce Langford
  • Director's Notes/Timing Notes: Niall Johnston, John De Klein
  • Lip Sync: Cathy Parkes
  • Overseas supervisors: John De Klein, Simon Ward Homer, Michael Daze
  • Designers: Todd Kauffman, KoKo Maung, Mark Poulin, Pat Rowsome, Marijan Trpkovic, Christopher D. Williams, James Wood, Isabelle Python, Katia Surmenian, Jean-Charles Ripell
  • Key animation/animation posing supervisor: Cynthia Ward
  • Key animation poser: Lynn Reist
  • Storyboard Artists: Karen Lessman, Aare Voitk, Raymond Jafelice, Dimitrije Kostic, Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall, Andrew Tan, Brian Lee, Rui Albino, Bob Muller, Christophe Huthwol, Thierry Martin, Stephane Vermuelen, Pascal Pinon, Gilles Dayez, Jean-Pierre Jacquet, Frank Ramirez, Mitch Manzer, Kerry Sargent, Karen Lloyd, Jun Nasayao, Lisa Whittick (uncredited), Nick Vallinakis, Dan Nosella, John Flagg, Joanne Rice, Winky Wong, Jeannie Paynter, Marcus Allan Nickerson
  • Senior illustrator: Steven Ahola
  • Storyboard Clean-up Artists: Jun Nasayao, Scott Bennett, Kevin Klis, Jim Nakashima, Winky Wong, Russ Tonks, Dave Pietila, Terry Rotsaert, Brian Zidovic, Roland L'Ecuyer, Deborah Ahee
  • Storyboard Coordinators: Allan Parker, Dinah Postma, Stephanie Seifert
  • Storyboard Clean-up Supervisor: Dave Quensnelle
  • Layout Artists: Vincent Simpson, Luc Latulippe, Gord McBride, John Riley-Cooper, Chris Minz, Daniel Poitras, Frank Ramierz, Gordon Hargreaves, Greg Gibbons, Tony Tarantini, Evan Purcell, Heidi Blomkvist, Michael Daze, Ron Wilson, Chad Hicks, Peter Hugean, Kevin Klis, Karen Moonah, Suzanne J. Cardona, Dennis Gonzalez, Tom Crook, Pedro Daniel García Pérez, Eugene McDermott
  • Layout Supervisors: Paul Riley, John Stevenson, Lyndon Ruddy, Eugene Hawkley, Ron Wilson
  • Color stylists: Trudy Binder, Dylan Wickware
  • Colorist: Colin Moore
  • Backgrounds: Mike Doherty, Michael Hitchcox
  • Senior background artist: Christina Rother
  • Background supervisor: Sandra Catherine Yeaman
  • Background artists: Gary Hunt, Don Gauthier
  • Background co-ordinator: Rebecca Orr
  • Paint and Compositing: TV-Loonland AG
  • Video Technician: James Jacobs
  • Sound Effects Editors: Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Evan Turner, Eric Mattar-Hurlbut, Hamish MacKenzie, Craig Marshall
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Scott McCrorie
  • Recording Assistants: Edmond Chan, Kerry Bone
  • Re-Recording Engineer: Andy Koyama
  • Music Editors: Peter Branton, Anthony Crea, Mike Northcott
  • Dialogue Editors: Keith Traver, Brian Fraser, Sean Pearson, Peter Winninger, Ken Hurlbut, Terry Carter, Geoff Walton, Rob McMahon
  • Translation: Francoise Boublil, Jean Helpert
  • Toutenkartoon: Frederic Mauxion (production manager), Sylvie Atorres, Pascal Jardin (assistant director), Stephane Pogran (technical advisor), Jean-Michel Spiner (studio manager)
  • Post Production Director: Rob Kirkpatrick
  • Post Production Managers: Lan Lamon, Daphne McAfee, Joe Scrivo, Paul Juby
  • Post Production Administrator: Ann McGuire
  • Post Production Supervisor: Samara Melanson
  • Post Production Co-ordinator: Brian Marsh
  • Post Production Assistants: Joey Aguiar, Michael Goldsmith, Steve Henry
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Cole
  • Picture Editor: Al Maciulis, Richard Bond, Karen Saunders, Brian Berger
  • On-line Editor: Brian Karn (uncredited)
  • Business & Legal Affairs: Suzanne L. Cross
  • Assistant Picture Editors: Graham Long, Doug Appeldoorn, Mia Randles, Paul Telford
  • Supervising Pre-Production Editor: Darrell MacDonald
  • Supervising Breakdown Editor: Rick Dubiel
  • Recording and Transfer Technician: Mike Reid
  • Animation Crew: Rg Prince Film Inc.
  • Additional Production Facilities: McClear Pathe, Magnetic North
  • The soundtrack for the show was performed by the Czechoslovak State Orchestra.

Redwall TV Series Awards

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Nominated:

  • Gemini Award - Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series (2001)
  • Gemini Award - Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series (2002)

Video/DVD Releases

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DVDs and VHS video cassette tapes of the Redwall TV series have been released in many regions.

In 2006, Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3 became available on Region 1 DVD.

In late 2009, Nelvana signed an agreement with Phase 4 Films to manage their children's show DVD releases. In 2010, the Redwall TV series DVDs were released by the KaBOOM! Entertainment Inc. division of Phase 4.

See International Redwall DVD Releases for more information.


Streaming

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The Nelvana Redwall TV series is available for streaming on Amazon Instant Video, iTunes, YouTube, Ameba TV, Canon Plus, Netflix, Angel, and Tubi.

Does Netflix have Redwall?

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YouTube

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In 2021, the Nelvana-owned Treehouse Direct YouTube channel began hosting the Redwall TV Series for free.

Amazon Instant Video

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iTunes

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Tubi

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Ameba TV

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Canon Plus

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Angel

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IMDB

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Trivia

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  • Nelvana co-founder Toper Taylor was elected mayor of Indian Wells, California, in 2024.
  • Voice actors Susan Roman and Richard Binsley attended drama school together.

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