''Little Princess'' is a British animated

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created by The Illuminated Film Company. It was directed by Edward Foster during series 1–3 and directed by Sue Tong during series 4. It premiered in the United Kingdom in 2006. The programme is shown in the UK as part of Channel 5's ''

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'' and as ''Y Dywysoges Fach'' in the children's programming strand

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on the Welsh language channel

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. The stories in series 1–3 are narrated by

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, who also provides the voice of the cat character Puss. Series 4 is narrated by Rufus Jones.

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provides the voice of the Little Princess. The series is based on the original books by

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and follows the success of Ross's 1986 book 'I Want My Potty', which was also turned into a five-minute short film for Anytime Tales.

Characters

*Narrator (voiced by

and Rufus Jones) *Little Princess (voiced by

) *Queen (voiced by

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) *Maid (voiced by

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) *King/Admiral (voiced by

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) *Chef/Gardener/General/Prime Minister (voiced by

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) *Great Uncle Walter (voiced by

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) *Algie (voiced by

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) *Professor (voiced by

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)

Additional Voices

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* David Holt *

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Dustin Demri-Burns Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in '' Cardinal Burns'' (2012–2014) and '' Slow Horses'' (2022). He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in '' Alan Partr ...

Terry Mynott Terry Mynott (born 21 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and singer. He stars as Martin Hurdle in Channel 4’s '' The Mimic'', having previously appeared in '' The Morgana Show'' and '' Very Important People''. In 202 ...

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* Lewis MacLeod *Steven Kynman *

Tim Whitnall Timothy Charles Whitnall (born 27 June 1961) is an English actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for playing Angelo in the long-running CITV series ''Mike and Angelo'' and narrating the BBC Children's Television programme ''Teletubbi ...

Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Specials

References

External links

*http://www.littleprincesskingdom.com Little Princess website *http://www.illuminatedfilms.com The Illuminated Film Company website
Edward Foster's website
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