Chirp is a Canadian animated children's television series created by J.J. Johnson. The series is based on the Canadian children's magazine Chirp. It was previewed on Kids' CBC on March 6, 2015, and premiered on April 20.[1] A Spanish dubbed version start airing on V-me in the United States in 10 May 2019.[citation needed]
| Chirp | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Adventure Comedy |
| Created by | J.J. Johnson |
| Based on | Chirp by Bayard Canada |
| Directed by | Mike Valiquette M.R. Horhager |
| Voices of | Jacob Ewaniuk Adrian David Lloyd Brianna D'Aguanno Elana Durtnall |
| Composers | Brian Pickett Graeme Cornies David Kelly James Chapple |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | J.J. Johnson Blair Powers Pete Denomme Jonas Diamond |
| Producers | Jain Dickson Mike Valiquette |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | Sinking Ship Entertainment Smiley Guy Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | March 6, 2015 – November 28, 2016 |
Premise
editChirp is about Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet, three birds who use their imaginations to go on adventures together.
Characters
edit- Chirp (voiced by Jacob Ewaniuk) is a male yellow bird who wears red boots.
- Squawk (voiced by Adrian David Lloyd) is a male blue bird.
- Tweet (voiced by Brianna D'Aguanno) is a female orange bird who has purple spots.
- Sparky (voiced by Elana Durtnall) is a dog who gives advice and explains what item Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet have.
- The Mail Squirrel is a flying squirrel that delivers packages to Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet, containing items to use on their adventures.
- The Vole Brothers are voles that use items to try and acquire apples in creative, and usually unsuccessful ways.
Episodes
edit| Sn.Ep | Title | Written By: | CBC Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | There She Blows! | J.J. Johnson | March 6, 2015 |
| 1.2 | To the Peak | J.J. Johnson | March 13, 2015 |
| 1.3 | Knights of the Awesome Castle | Sheila Dinsmore | March 20, 2015 |
| 1.4 | Waddle of the Penguins | Diana Moore | March 27, 2015 |
| 1.5 | Astro-Birds | Nicole Demerse | April 3, 2015 |
| 1.6 | Crouching Bird, Hidden Bunny | Sheila Dinsmore | April 10, 2015 |
| 1.7 | The Fast and the Furiously Happy | Nicole Demerse | April 17, 2015 |
| 1.8 | A River Leaks Through it | Sheila Dinsmore | April 20, 2015 |
| 1.9 | Ghost Town | Nicole Demerse | April 21, 2015 |
| 1.10 | Guardian of the Sandcastle | Amy Benham | April 22, 2015 |
| 1.11 | Foiled Again | Brendan Russell | April 23, 2015 |
| 1.12 | Clown Around | Diana Moore | April 24, 2015 |
| 1.13 | Treasure Trap | Brendan Russell | April 27, 2015 |
| 1.14 | Sleeping Giant | Dave Dias | April 28, 2015 |
| 1.15 | Volcano Escape | Bob Ardiel | April 29, 2015 |
| 1.16 | Stinky Business | Kristen McGregor | May 21, 2015 |
| 1.17 | Journey to the Cave of Wonders | Diana Moore | May 22, 2015 |
| 1.18 | Jurassic Pet | John Van Bruggen | May 25, 2015 |
| 1.19 | Staying on Track | John Van Bruggen | May 26, 2015 |
| 1.20 | Reach for the Sky | Bob Ardiel | June 23, 2015 |
| 1.21 | To the Rescue | Dave Dias | June 24, 2015 |
| 1.22 | Monster Hunters | Sheila Dinsmore | June 25, 2015 |
| 1.23 | Treasure X | John Van Bruggen | June 26, 2015 |
| 1.24 | Dungeons and Owls | Amy Benham | July 30, 2015 |
| 1.25 | Tree of a Kind | Kristen McGregor | July 31, 2015 |
| 1.26 | Landing Impossible | Diana Moore | August 10, 2015 |
| 1.27 | Monkey Sunshine | Lienne Sawatsky & Dan Williams | August 4, 2015 |
| 1.28 | Fly Me to Balloon | Amy Benham | August 5, 2015 |
| 1.29 | Slime Busters | Diana Moore | August 6, 2015 |
| 1.30 | Safari Stampede | Diana Moore | August 7, 2015 |
| 1.31 | Eight Arms are Better Than Two | Ben Joseph | September 21, 2015 |
| 1.32 | Mine, All Mine | Amy Benham | September 23, 2015 |
| 1.33 | Mermaid Mayhem | Diana Moore | September 23, 2015 |
| 1.34 | Frankensquawk | Diana Moore | September 24, 2015 |
| 1.35 | Bee-licious | Brendan Russell | September 25, 2015 |
| 1.36 | Ghost Ship | Diana Moore | September 28, 2015 |
| 1.37 | Dragon Coaster | Shawn Kalb | September 29, 2015 |
| 1.38 | Really, Really, Really Deep Under the Sea | Amy Benham | October 25, 2015 |
| 1.39 | Twinkle, Twinkle Little Meteorite | Bob Ardiel | September 30, 2015 |
| 1.40 | Magic Hat-Astrophe | Shawn Kalb | November 25, 2015 |
| 1.41 | Super Crime Fighters | J.J. Johnson | November 26, 2015 |
| 1.42 | Fairy Trap | Amy Benham | November 27, 2015 |
| 1.43 | Outer Space Trek | Martha Sepulveda | November 30, 2015 |
| 1.44 | Carrot Thief | Amy Benham | December 1, 2015 |
| 1.45 | Anthill Attack | Brendan Russell | December 2, 2015 |
| 1.46 | Planet of the Robot Baby | Ben Joseph | December 3, 2015 |
| 1.47 | Time Out | Amy Benham | December 4, 2015 |
| 1.48 | Ice Ninjas | Amy Benham | January 8, 2016 |
| 1.49 | Pyramid Party | Diana Moore | January 10, 2016 |
| 1.50 | Runaway Snowball | Bob Ardiel | January 11, 2016 |
| 1.51 | Sandnado | Diana Moore | January 12, 2016 |
| 1.52 | Monster Trucks | Diana Moore | January 31, 2016 |
Broadcast
editChirp premiered on March 6, 2015 on CBC, and September 14, 2015 on Tiny Pop,[2] and on November 1 on JimJam,[3] before being cancelled. From September 25, 2017 through January 29, 2021, the series aired on Qubo Channel,[4] before it closed operations, it is also airing on the Nick Jr. Channel in Canada.[citation needed] In 2019 through present a spanish dubbed version of the series chirp has been started to be aired on V-me at 10:30 in the morning after Rob the Robot in the United States.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Kids' CBC (March 2, 2015). "Chirp is coming to Kids' CBC on April 20". Facebook. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ Tiny Pop (September 14, 2015). "Don't forget, everyone: brand new show Chirp starts today at 3pm!". Facebook. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ Ákos97 (October 15, 2015). "A JimJam 2015. novemberi újdonságai". Rajzfilmövezet. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Chirp". Qubo. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
