''Becca's Bunch'' is a preschool television series featuring handmade

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characters that premiered in the

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and

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on 2 July 2018 and ended on 13 December 2018. The series premiered in the United States on the

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on 24 September 2018.

Characters

Main

* Becca (voiced by Noa Fe Williams) is an optimistic

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who wears a red

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. She is the leader of her bunch and the protagonist of the series. Her musical instrument is a guitar. * Russell (voiced by Dylan Martin Frankel) is an adventurous squirrel. His musical instrument is drums * Pedro (voiced by Ben Stone Zelman) is a fearful bespectacled

worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always). Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete worm ...

. His musical instrument is a tambourine. * Sylvia (voiced by Susie Power) is a clever pink

fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelv ...

. She carries a shoulder bag containing objects which her friends would sometimes use in their adventures. Her musical instrument is a keyboard.

Recurring

* Benny and Shelly (both voiced by Lisa Biggs) are Becca's baby brother and sister. They are still in their eggs, though their limbs are sticking out, and are able to walk. *Moms (voiced by Amy Stephenson) is Becca's mother. She is sometimes see flying an airplane. *Pops (voiced by

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) is Becca's father. *Uncle Ned (voiced by

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) is Pedro's uncle. *Ringo (voiced by Guy Harris) is a

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who is a bus driver. *Mayor Ladymaus (voiced by

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) a

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is the mayor of Wagtail Woods. *Barry (voiced by Daxx George) is a little

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. *Lola (voiced by Lisa Biggs) a

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who is Barry's mother. *Casper and Jasper (both voiced by Jaden Pace) are the

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brothers, and are somewhat rivals of the bunch. *Beatrice (voiced by Sabrina Glow) is a young

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, who is a friend of Casper and Jasper. *Gill (voiced by Jason Shablik) is a big

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. *Steven Se'Gull (voiced by

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) is a

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, he's the lifeguard of the beach. *John Wolfenstein (voiced by Paul Tylak) is a gray

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, who is a radio personality of Wagtail Woods. *Mr. Nugget (voiced by Paul Tylak) is a

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, who's John Wolfenstein's best friend and colleague. Unlike the other characters, he does not speak but just clucks. *MJ (voiced by

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) is a big

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. *Buck (voiced by Joey Camen) is a building

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Production and broadcast

The series is a production of JAM Media. In June 2018, it was announced that ''Becca's Bunch'' would premiere in the United Kingdom and Ireland on

on 2 July 2018. On 19 September 2018, it was announced that the series will premiere in the United States on the

on 24 September 2018. The series was also sold for broadcast on ABC Kids in Australia, KiKa in Germany, CBC Kids in Canada and France Télévisions. ''Becca's Bunch'' consists of 52 eleven-minute segments.

Episodes

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* on the

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